[Publib] Blocking search terms

[Sheila Hammond-Todd]

This situation has been under discussion on the Progressive Librarians Guild listserv, PLGNET-L, with more details available.  The PLG website is: http://libr.org/plg

Sheila Hammond-Todd
Grand Junction, CO


GraceAnne Andreassi DeCandido <ladyhawk at well.com> wrote: Dear colleagues,
I pass this along, with permission, from the Feminist list. Besides
reading this Wired blog article myself, I have no further
information.
GraceAnne

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Date sent:       Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:42:59 -0500
From:            Cindy Ingold 
To:              wss-l at ala.org, feminist at mit.edu
Subject:         [Feminist Task Force] Popline Blocking
Searches on Term Abortion


Hi everyone,

A colleague of mine alerted me to this.  Has anyone else
heard about this?  If true, I think the women's/feminist
groups within ALA need to take a stand.

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/a-government-
fu.html

Thoughts, ideas?

Cindy

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Cindy Ingold
Women and Gender Resources Librarian
100 Main Library
University of Illinois
cingold at uiuc.edu
217-333-7998
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GraceAnne A. DeCandido
Reader Writer Reviewer ~ New York City
Part-time lecturer in children's and YA literature Rutgers SCILS/PDS

Favorite titles 2008
http://www.well.com/user/ladyhawk/books.html

"How hard can it be?"
"I am making this up as I go."
--That great sage and sex symbol, Indiana Jones


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