On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 5:53 PM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 6:31 AM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen > <cimonav...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 10:10 PM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.w...@gmail.com> >> wrote:> >>> >>> This seems like an over-hasty statement. There are many possible >>> categorization schemes that are neutral; the ALA in fact makes that >>> distinction itself, since libraries (obviously) use all kinds of labeling >>> and categorization schemes all the time. The ALA and other library >>> organizations have taken a stand against censorious and non-neutral >>> labeling, not all labeling. If you keep reading the ALA page you linked, it >>> says that the kind of labels that are not appropriate are when "the >>> prejudicial label is used to warn, discourage or prohibit users or certain >>> groups of users from accessing the material" -- e.g. a label that reads "not >>> appropriate for children". That does not mean that picture books for kids, >>> or mystery novels, or large-print books, aren't labeled as such in every >>> public library in the country -- and that is the difference between >>> informative and prejudicial labeling. >> >> Would I be incorrect in pointing out that American public librarys routinely >> exclude world famous childrens book author Astrid Lindgrens childrens >> books, because to puritanical minds a man who can elevate himself >> with a propeller beany, and look into childs rooms thereby, smacks too >> much of pedophilia? >> > > Uh... yes, you would be incorrect? I certainly checked out Astrid > Lindgren books from the public library when I was a kid. I have never > heard of them getting challenged in the US. Citation needed? > > The ALA maintains a list of books that do get routinely challenged in > US libraries here: > http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/index.cfm. > Note, this just means someone *asked* for the book to be removed from > the public or school library, not that it actually was; libraries > generally stand up to such requests. > > Also note that challenges are typically asking for the book to be > removed from the library altogether -- restricting access to it for > everyone in the community -- as opposed to simply not looking at it > yourself or allowing your own kids to check it out. It's the 'removal > for everyone' part that is the problem; the issue here is freedom of > choice: people should have the right to read, or not read, a > particular book as they see fit. >
The wikipedia article does mention the controversy, but omits the fact that several libraries did in fact pull the books from their inventory... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlsson-on-the-Roof -- -- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]] _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l