[bksvol-discuss] Re: adult content
- From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:47:55 -0500
The thing about the LOC rating system is that it does not really make any
judgements about what is appropriate for anyone, it just states whether
"strong language" "violence" or "sexually explicit" content is present in
the book. For small amounts of anything in those categories the word "some"
is used. They do not prevent access to these books by minors. I assume
this is because the system was only really designed for cateloguing not
access.
I distinctly remember being told that it is not ok to comment on the content
in either the short or long synopsis fields, but comments are allowed in the
reviews that noone writes, and that can not be written until the book is
available in the collection. Too bad. The only option left to us is
basically a value judgement, and/or reliance on the word auditor.
Sarah Van Oosterwijck
http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
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