-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Sat, 20 Jul 1996, David Sternlight wrote:
That is also false in its implications. Librarians are in loco parentis, and most libraries are VERY careful about what materials young children are exposed to and what is more, are responsive to community pressure in the matter since most libraries are community-based. Again you have seized on the details of an example to act as if it were the argument itself, and nit-picked. My core point remains unrefuted.
Uh, wait a second. Libraries and Librarians are not acting in loco parentis. The purpose of a librarian is to aid patrons in locating materials and to maintain the order of the library. The Library Bill of Rights (which, of course, legally means nothing) guarantees access to any materials by any patron. If little eight year old Johnny Doe comes and asks for _The Joy of Gay Sex_, a librarian is supposed to do nothing more that point Johnny to the "J" section. Now, I am generalizing as SOME librarian do refuse to check materials some might feel inappropriate, but that is not a librarian policy. The Library Establishment (ALA, basicly) believes in the idea that it is the parents that should be responsible for what Little Johnny reads, not the librarian. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: PGP Signed with PineSign 2.2 iQCVAwUBMfJLmjokqlyVGmCFAQFGLwP/YCz5RNWunZnDlEXIUaiWyyKtQWkY1eFo H6ztprN9u8natpFQPn9beRq0QyV3g54gkGUvNKs2jh34caCRpaAbv4dajXSBE9Jy VzdryDZFhUsNATGJ+Vz8S8v/mFXBLr9Duni41llElzNj8RQDKWx2m4tbquaLiz/L Lo5hBJBXkcI= =G65B -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ____ Robert A. Hayden <=> hayden@krypton.mankato.msus.edu \ /__ Finger for Geek Code Info <=> Finger for PGP Public Key \/ / -=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=- \/ http://krypton.mankato.msus.edu/~hayden/Welcome.html -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GED/J d-- s:++>: a- C++(++++)$ ULUO++ P+>+++ L++ !E---- W+(---) N+++ o+ K+++ w+(---) O- M+$>++ V-- PS++(+++)>$ PE++(+)>$ Y++ PGP++ t- 5+++ X++ R+++>$ tv+ b+ DI+++ D+++ G+++++>$ e++$>++++ h r-- y+** ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------