[Publib] A Question of Confidentiality

[Tobin, Karen]

She's a PhD, a board certified anthropologist and a professor at a major
university. I have no doubt that she understands what is and is not
appropriate.

Karen M. Tobin
Assistant Director
Goodnow Library
21 Concord Rd
Sudbury MA  01776
TobinK at town.sudbury.ma.us
978-443-1035 x228
http://library.sudbury.ma.us

> -----Original Message-----
> From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-
> bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Donna Scanlon
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 3:53 PM
> To: Publib list
> Subject: [Publib] A Question of Confidentiality
> 
> The July/August issue of Pages magazine recently featured Kathy
Reichs,
> author of the series about forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
The
> article made mention several times that Reichs uses old cases of hers
as
> the basis not only for her novels but also the series "Bones."
> 
> I felt a bit queasy about that. I may be overreacting, but it seems to
me
> that she shouldn't be using actual cases that can be identified. Her
books
> have the typical disclaimer about the events being a work of fiction
etc.,
> but she's also saying in the article that the books are based on
actual
> cases from her files.
> 
> I'm curious to know what other folks think of this.
> 
> Donna
> 
> 
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> Donna Scanlon
> Reference Librarian
> Lancaster County Library
> 125 N. Duke Street
> Lancaster PA
> 
> 717-396-9313 x109
> dscanlon at dejazzd.com
> 
> Take a look at the Reader's Advisory Blog:
http://lplbooktalk.blogspot.com
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