tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050517.post113242632553243021..comments2023-03-27T02:27:13.539-05:00Comments on Every. Single. Book.: The Offensive ThirdUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050517.post-1137212247807226422006-01-13T22:17:00.000-06:002006-01-13T22:17:00.000-06:00The standard for what to censor alters from one cu...The standard for what to censor alters from one culture to another. In the typical (we all know there is such) Christian community, certain values are cherished and are not with which to be tampered. But what about the typical Muslim culture?<BR/>As a librarian, I use my "power" (*see original post) to influence my students in what I consider to be a positive manner...but a Jewish family probably wouldn't be pleased with the fact that I have 25 NIV Bibles on the shelf-all with AR tests to accompany the individual books held within. What about a Muslim or a Hindu librarian, or what about a librarian who is an active participant in wicca? Should he or she have the same liberties as me in regards to collection development?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164215734837780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050517.post-1132696176984858232005-11-22T15:49:00.000-06:002005-11-22T15:49:00.000-06:00The dilemma is: provide all sorts of information a...The dilemma is: provide all sorts of information and place responsibility solely on the reader OR "censor" materials in the selection process in order to protect others (in this case, children).<BR/>Hitler did say in the beginnings of his rise to power that "to control the textbooks is to control the people." Interesting, very interesting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164215734837780noreply@blogger.com