Electronic Brown Wrapper: Hustler via ILL [LC harbinger of of anti-filtering sentiment?]

scharles libernet at midtown.net
Sat Jun 7 16:06:20 EDT 1997


Oh Oh, I guess this means the Library of Congress is spending tax dollars on
pornography?  Next thing you know, there will be an endowment for arts.

SC

At 06:09 AM 6/6/97 -0700, you wrote:
>David Burt wrote:
>
>     . . . .you would not only would not fill an ILL request for Hustler,
>     you COULD NOT, because no library carries it. That's the point: it's
>     out of bounds. Sorry, but that's the truth: some information is out
>     of bounds to public libraries and their patrons, always has been. 
>
>However, according to FirstSearch's WorldCat the following libraries do
>carry <<Hustler>>.
>
> DLC   LIBRARY OF CONGRESS                                
> UIU   UNIV OF ILLINOIS                                   
> BGU   BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIV                           
> OSU   OHIO STATE UNIV, THE                               
>
>
>Three of the above libraries are indentified as ILL suppliers, so a
>public library could fill an ILL request for <<Hustler>>. 
>
>To quote one of Mr. Burt's favorite expressions:"Wrong." 
>
>
>Donald A. Barclay
>Coordinator of Electronic Services    always the beautiful answer
>University of Houston Libraries       who asks a more beautiful question
>DBarclay at uh.edu                               --e.e. cummings
>
>



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