New College fires librarian over book disposals

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New College has fired its dean of libraries, saying she was responsible for the improper disposal of thousands of books and ignored the advice of a New College attorney.

The school put Shannon Hausinger on administrative leave Aug. 16 following public outrage when images of about 13,000 books seen in or near a dumpster circulated on social media. The university said she did not follow proper procedures and did not keep a list of the books disposed of.

Hausinger, who has a master’s degree in library and information science and a doctorate in ethical leadership and education, has worked in libraries since the mid-1990s and joined New College in February. She hired a law firm in a failed effort to get her job back.

Not all the books found in or near the dumpster last month were from the library. Some were from the school’s Gender and Diversity Center, which was being repurposed. On social media, college trustee Chris Rufo and spokespeople for the governor’s office cheered the disposal of gender-related books.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2024/09/06/new-college-fires-librarian-over-book-disposals/

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1. "Hi, I'm Chris Rufo, conservatwat and smarmy, slappable, smug douchebag. But I repeat myself..."

Rufo is also named in the complaint as allegedly stating that LGBTQ+ people have “synthetic sexual political identities” and that transgender people have “personal psychopathologies.” “Trustee Rufo mocks transgender students, calls New College students mentally ill, and blames their mothers,” the complaint states.

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2. " The Hillsdale College of the south".