Open Library already has a means to label books such that if someone is uninterested in them then they can exclude them. It is the tag labels. If you want to label a book as intended for adults then just add that tag. If you want to label it as intended for children then just label it as children's literature.
_ _ _ "Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters." - Rosa Luxemburg Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rogerbailey81 The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Mangum" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 6:00 PM Subject: Re: [ol-discuss] 'Adult' books published in the 1960's & 1970's >I appreciate the subject of "Adult" Books being raised. > > I think there is a difference in how the content is labeled and provided. > There are a large number of individuals that battle issues with > pornography just like others are dealing with drug addiction or other self > destructive behavior. If there is a way to label content as Adult and not > intended for Children similar to a video game rating or even a browser > setting to exclude sexual or adult content. This allows those who choose > not to be exposed to the content to avoid it if the system allowed them to > exclude categories or select a rating for content provided if it be sexual > or drug or violence related. > > While I understand not making choices for others and respect that, I am > hoping that as systems like OL are created they can be considerate of > those who wish to avoid content as a personal choice as well. There is > something about wanting to go so far to one side that nothing can be > excluded to the point that use of a service is diminished because of the > risk of unwanted exposure to some material. > > My $.02 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 1:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Ol-discuss Digest, Vol 43, Issue 15 > > Send Ol-discuss mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than > "Re: Contents of Ol-discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. 'Adult' books published in the 1960's & 1970's (Stuart Fanning) > 2. Auto Reply: 'Adult' books published in the 1960's & 1970's > ([email protected]) > 3. Re: 'Adult' books published in the 1960's & 1970's (Alex Stinson) > 4. Auto Reply: Re: 'Adult' books published in the 1960's & > 1970's ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:16:07 -0000 > From: "Stuart Fanning" <[email protected]> > Subject: [ol-discuss] 'Adult' books published in the 1960's & 1970's > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <35B353BEA63D43428A4E18E2314E2015@xppc673> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > A bit of guidance please. When book censorship lifted in the US in the mid > to late 1960's a large number of 'adult' books were published, many of > which have become collectable items. Are the owners/sponsors of The Open > Library happy for these titles to be added, or would prefer for them not > to be? > > Thanks, Stuart Fanning > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/ol-discuss/attachments/20110225/06d3df5c/attachment.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:16:31 -0800 (PST) > From: [email protected] > Subject: [ol-discuss] Auto Reply: 'Adult' books published in the > 1960's & 1970's > To: Open Library -- general discussion <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <9abe7141-a4aa-4f81-8714-7a99f45b7fce@default> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > This is an auto-replied message. I will be out of the office Thursday, > February 24th and Friday, February 25th. > > I will get back to you when I return on Monday, February 28th. > > Thank you - > > Christy > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:53:05 +0000 > From: Alex Stinson <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ol-discuss] 'Adult' books published in the 1960's & > 1970's > To: Open Library -- general discussion <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Though I certainly am not one of the sponsors of the project, I am one of > the volunteers and I would be rather offended if a program that called > itself "Open Library" would in fact be closed to broadly published books, > even if they are controversial. I think in a case like this you want to > look at common sense: we want to share open knowledge about books, per > http://openlibrary.org/help/faq#oclc , so any book published openly and > that could reasonably be included in any type of library (public, > university or adult if such a thing exists) should be included. Does that > mean we include all adult books published? No, but, in general all books > published with some degree of circulation should be here. This is my > opinion, I think it would be very counterproductive to start not > including books because of some sense of moral judgement on them. That > simply isn't the role of the librarian. > > I have seen similar discussions at Wikipedia and what it comes down to is: > if you are going to keep a project free and open, then any form of > censorship is against the grain of the mission, whereas reasonable > exclusion of things which aren't important, or in Wikipedia terms notable, > makes sense. > > Alex Stinson > User:Sadads > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sadads > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Stuart Fanning < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> A bit of guidance please. When book censorship lifted in the US in >> the mid to late 1960's a large number of 'adult' books were published, >> many of which have become collectable items. Are the owners/sponsors >> of The Open Library happy for these titles to be added, or would >> prefer for them not to be? >> >> Thanks, Stuart Fanning >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ol-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >> [email protected] >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/ol-discuss/attachments/20110225/3f8d1a1e/attachment.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:53:28 -0800 (PST) > From: [email protected] > Subject: [ol-discuss] Auto Reply: Re: 'Adult' books published in the > 1960's & 1970's > To: Open Library -- general discussion <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <001f03a9-0b2e-4bb6-b3af-f6255eb2ab28@default> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > This is an auto-replied message. 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