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- From: torsten@cwis.unomaha.edu (Torsten Wesley Adair)
- Newsgroups: alt.censorship,soc.libraries.talk,alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk,alt.sex,rec.arts.books
- Subject: Re: [UPI] Library attacked for buying Madonna's Sex book
- Message-ID: <1992Nov15.233623.27404@news.unomaha.edu>
- Date: 15 Nov 92 23:36:23 GMT
- Article-I.D.: news.1992Nov15.233623.27404
- References: <1992Nov13.225907.27781@u.washington.edu>
- Sender: news@news.unomaha.edu (UNO Network News Server)
- Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
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- The Omaha Public Library has not ordered this book.
- The Acting Director of the Public Library, quoting the library's
- selection policy (AKA bullet-proof jacket), has said that the library
- has not ordered any copies because it has gotten bad reviews, has a poor
- binding, etc.
- However, this has not kept six of seven City Council memebrs from
- passing a letter asking (?) the library not to purchase the book. Steve Exon
- (he is responsible for the 2 Live Crew raid last Spring) is a city council
- member.
- No one has donated a copy yet, and even so, the library is not
- required to catalog donations; gifts may end up at the book sale.
- Books are cataloged as Reference for two reasons:
- 1) They contain information that is important and which should stay
- in the library so that patrons can be served better.
- 2) The book is a very likely candidate to be stolen, replacing it
- would be prohibative, or it conatains material that is adult in nature and
- which some people would check out just to keep it from others. "Sex" falls
- under this catagory.
-
- Torsten Adair, Student Assistant, Cataloging Department, Omaha PL
- These opinions are my own, and are in the public domain. As a student
- assistant, I have no authority whatsoever, and anyone who believes I speak
- for OPL should be locked in a padded cell.
-
- torsten@cwis.unomaha.edu
-