Maureen,
Like many things, this comes down to very local and context-driven
decision-making, in which you need to balance a LOT of considerations. I
faced a request more than a decade ago for an extremely hardcore
pornographic film that, after careful consideration, I declined. The
faculty
What was the film? What kind of university was it? A Catholic one? What
does extremely hardcore pornographic mean? I can see people worried about
a public library (and I think that isn't good librarianship anyway) but a
college? This is pure censorship and not good librarianship. Sorry to
This is a very interesting subject worth exploring, I feel, as there is a fine
line that can become quite blurred in relation to what is porn and what is
not. I find the subject of great interest as I am involved in two films that
have, at times, become caught in the web if such discussions,
Um, whatever happened to “Freedom to View.”
http://www.ala.org/vrt/professionalresources/vrtresources/freedomtoview
Sharon Herfurth
Office of Programs Partnerships
Austin Public Library
Austin, TX
From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf
Hello All,
I have been a lurker on this list for quite a while. I feel compelled to
make a response now...to offer support for Darby and to express my
appreciation for the thoughtful comments of Gisele and Darby in response to
a legitimately challenging question by Maureen. Good librarianship
But it is. Besides, we don't even know what the film is!
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Catherine Lee catherinelee...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hello All,
I have been a lurker on this list for quite a while. I feel compelled to
make a response now...to offer support for Darby and to express my
Catherine,
Thank you for your support, which I can only hope mirrors the majority
of the videolib community.
If it were unclear to anyone, I was addressing a real-life situation
in which I was recognizing a need for my institution to:
1) comply with the law, and
2) adhere to our
I have to say we had real discussions a few years ago with a very fine
academic (and good friend) about releasing a DVD of historic pornography
that was being taught in her course and other people's courses. I was
really interested in it until the archivist holding the collection
mentioned the
Darby,
Please do not take my comments personally. I am truly sorry if I offended
you but I stand by my comments. Of course you would not buy any child
pornography. None of us would. I would still like to know the title. The
professor had a good reason for using it so that makes it a
Darby,
I noticed that your university has an undergraduate department in Women's
and Gender Studies, and yet that you have no Barbara Hammer, Beth B., or
Carolee Schneeman, to name the most prominent of queer filmmakers, whose
films contain explicit sexual activity, and are as far from porn as
As usual, videolib provides a lively forum for discussion, and this one in
particular is fascinating. But I must say, I'm quite disturbed by the
vitriolic tone of some of the responses as well as the judging and the public
bullying that Maureen
and Darby are having to endure. Am I the only
Hi Matt,
You are not the only one!
Best,
Sarah
Sarah E. McCleskey
Head of Access Services, Film and Media
112 Axinn Library, 123 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549
sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edumailto:sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu
516-463-5076 (phone)
516-463-4309 (fax)
From:
No, Matt, you are decidedly not alone.
Stating opinions is one thing; attacking is another. It’s not open dialogue
when someone is slammed and hit with flat-out judgments. Unless the goal is to
get a videolib member to never post again, perhaps a gentler, more inquisitive
approach would be
I'm a heretofore lurker on VIDEOLIB but must proclaim that I stand fully
with Doug and Elizabeth and find it more dismaying that their insightful
comments are being interpreted as vitriol and bullying. What part of
Please don't take my comments personally. I am truly sorry if I offended
you is
Hi Matt,
I'm feeling the same. Thanks for saying so.
Cristella Bond
Information Services Librarian
Anderson Public Library
111 E. 12th Street
Anderson, IN 46016
(765) 641-2456
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From: Sarah E. McCleskey sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
BULLSHIT I did not attack Darby or Maureen personally. I attacked
what they did. What they said. They were wrong. If you don't want to
have discussions then don't bother hanging around here. You Matt are
attacking me and I am sure you would not have the balls to say that to my
face. I
I am not sure that I could agree with the thesis that librarians are “the worst
of censors” and “do it all the time.” This may be often the case in certain
politically repressive cultures (North Korea?) but I don’t believe that it is
necessary the standard norm in American academic libraries.
Censorship is subjective? I just thought that we don't do it. I thought
as librarians we are totally against it. And yes there are many librarians
who do it. Why? because they are afraid. They don't want to ruffle any
feathers. Or they let a select few control them. Or only worry about
Or child pornography. There are laws but more importantly morals that
prevent us from doing this
I don't know of any snuff films. The film that came out several years ago
was s hoax. Many of the films we are talking about here aren't even x
rated.
On Nov 17, 2014 2:43 PM, Dennis Doros
Well, despite being an early initial responder, I'm playing catch up at
this stage in the game (it was a busy day in Berkeley).
I am very grateful that my budget, administration and clientele have
allowed for a great amount of autonomy in curatorial decisions. That said,
I have received some
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