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Re: policy for complaints?
Deborah, with respect to your concerns about material that be considered
racially objectionable, you may want to take a look at
http://www.blackhistory.harpweek.com/
to see how they've handled the issue--it includes a warning that readers are
advised to remember that older material has a different social context from
today's. The accompanying essay that addresses chronological context is most
interesting.
Holly Hodges
Special Collections
UTChattanooga
Deborah Davis wrote:
> I would be interested in this discussion too. We are scanning whole runs of
> publications (annuals, early newspapers), and some of that stuff is
> objectionable from a racial point of view. I've thought of "warnings" or
> some such text that would travel with the scan however it would be pulled
> up. Or is that borrowing trouble....
>
> Deborah S. Davis, Archives Librarian, VSU Odum Library
> (912) 333-7150
> dsdavishm@hotmail.com or dsdavis@valdosta.edu
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