Dear All, We shelve the videos/DVDs in our library by general subject using the guidelines from the Jewish Heritage Video Collection. I recently had a patron complain that the movie "Mr. Saturday Night" should not be in the "comedy" section (which is where the JHVC has categorized it). She was going through a rough period in her life and this movie upset her. She said there needs to be a warning label on it and was very adamant about this point.
How do you handle the dilemma of catagorizing movies that are dark comedies or comedy/dramas? How should I have responded to this patron? Thank you! L'Shalom, Poshi Mikalson Librarian Congregation B'nai Israel Sosnick Library 3600 Riverside Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95818 916-446-4861 ext. 18 Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
