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To: bajabaja
The truth is that all librarians censor what we read almost daily. No library, or almost no library can hold every book written. Someone (the librarian?) has to decide which books are acceptable in their particular library.

This must,by necessity, ban most books. There simply isn't shelf space. The result will always reflect the personal view of the deciding body.

22 posted on 09/06/2008 3:03:19 AM PDT by snowtigger (It ain't what you shoot, it's what you hit...)
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To: snowtigger
This must,by necessity, ban most books. There simply isn't shelf space. The result will always reflect the personal view of the deciding body.

Re: banned books. Some are banned, some are "challenged" meaning someone tried to have them banned. The list is long and some of the reasons for banning a book may seem silly. Some of the books on the list in this latest attempt at creating a Palin scandal were banned a long time ago or in far away countries.

Re: librarians as censors. While it's true that there is a limit to shelving space in any library, the librarians who do the purchasing select according to the interests/needs/demands of the population they serve. If the book you seek is not in the collection of your library (whether it's an academic library or a very small public library), the librarian will get it for you through inter-library loan or, at the very least, let you know where it can be found. A librarian does not censor information, they make it accessible.

28 posted on 09/06/2008 4:38:06 AM PDT by freelancer (If we do not win the war against terrorism, everything else is irrelevant.)
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