[1447] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: So what is the answer?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Carl M. Kadie)
Tue Oct 8 22:48:15 1991
From: kadie@eff.org (Carl M. Kadie)
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1991 02:48:12 GMT
Apparently-To: eff-mail-com-priv@eff.org
[Repost from alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk. - Carl]
edtjda@magic322.chron.com (Joe Abernathy) writes:
>And the oft-touted comparison of Internet to a library
>also has problems when held up against daylight. No
>matter what one argues, libraries outside of San
>Francisco usually do not carry material as explicit
>as that found in alt.sex.bondage or Modern Primitives,
>for instance.
Just as a grade or high school does not subscribe to all magazines, it
will not subscribe to all newsgroups. The important question then, is
how should a school decide which newsgroups to subscribe to? I believe
that newsgroups should be selected using the policy that is used to
select library material.
The American Library Association's _Workbook for Selection Policy
Writing_ says this about selection criteria: "In terms of the subject
matter covered, your policy will include criteria, and the application
of criteria, relevant to your objectives, excellence (artistic,
literary, etc.), appropriateness to level of user, superiority in
treatment of controversial issues, and ability to stimulate further
intellectual and social development. Consider authenticity,
appropriateness, interest, content, and circumstances of use."
The Workbook is available via anonymous ftp to ftp.eff.org as file
pub/academic/library/selection-workbook.ala.
- Carl Kadie
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Carl Kadie -- kadie@eff.org or kadie@cs.uiuc.edu
I do not represent EFF; this is just me.
