Comments on: Parishing, church libraries and goodbye to a school library https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2016/02/parishing-church-libraries-and-goodbye-to-a-school-library.html What's happening to your library? Tue, 16 Feb 2016 21:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Ian Anstice https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2016/02/parishing-church-libraries-and-goodbye-to-a-school-library.html#comment-7660 Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:56:47 +0000 http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/?p=10608#comment-7660 In reply to Anonymous Coward.

Hi, Anonymous Coward. I can confirm that many library services do still ask for this information – in the form of asking if someone is Mr, Miss or Mrs – when joining people. It’s traditional and I think they do it out of inertia than really thinking about the need. Ian.

]]> By: Anonymous Coward https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2016/02/parishing-church-libraries-and-goodbye-to-a-school-library.html#comment-7659 Mon, 15 Feb 2016 13:12:13 +0000 http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/?p=10608#comment-7659 Hi Ian,
I’ve never asked marital status or gender at my library service and can’t imagine what I would do with the information. Are there really still library services gathering this information?

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