I don't know that it is censorship. No library, so far as I know,
prohibits ("censors") any publication but no library buys everything and
libraries use standards like accuracy, quality, and the purpose and clientele
of a particular library. Our library, for example, does collect a certain
amount of anti-semitic materials because of a history course offered here
on the subject. That doesn't mean all libraries should collect such material,
however, in my opinion. With all due respect, I think being blanketly
against "censorship" tends not allow us to fittingly judge and evaluate.
Shmuel Ben-Gad,
Gelman Library,
George Washington University.
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