Dear all,
Further to my bewilderment as to why a message on the value and use of
paperbacks would be blocked by a school district filter system, many kind
folks have suggested a number of reasons. For those that missed the
apparently offending (offensive?) post that was blocked due to ‘content’:
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This is very interesting, from a high school perspective in this state.
Most LMS/TLs here buy paperbacks (fiction only) in preference to library
binding-type material. It is the “format of choice” for the vast majority
of high school students. Also, being cheaper (cost wise) they help spread
our book budgets a little further.
Sure, they fall apart more easily, but we get a few years out of them.
Given the acceleration in changes in reading tastes, many of them only have
a ‘shelf-life’ of a few years anyway.
Just another perspective.
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However, after many days of analysis, research, questioning, and chocolate,
I think I’ve worked out what the offensive content was – the use of two
tagged keywords in the same message, “library” and “budget”.
:-)
Amanda Credaro
Sydney, Australia
Editor: Warrior Librarian Weekly
http://www.warriorlibrarian.com <http://www.warriorlibrarian.com/>
Teacher Librarian at Large!
Email: abcredaro@ozemail.com.au <mailto:abcredaro@ozemail.com.au>
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