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Censorship. Reference Desks. Ruth Kowal. Regional and Massachusetts Library of Last Recourse City of Boston Public Library Departments -Case example: How our cities' public libraries reference desks censor.
- Subject: Censorship. Reference Desks. Ruth Kowal. Regional and Massachusetts Library of Last Recourse City of Boston Public Library Departments -Case example: How our cities' public libraries reference desks censor.
- From: Don Saklad <dsaklad@GNU.ORG>
- Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 11:03:08 -0400
- Reply-to: Don Saklad <dsaklad@GNU.ORG>
- Sender: Archives & Archivists <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Deborah Caldwell-Stone Deputy Director
ALA Intellectual Freedom dstone@ala.org
John Arnold, Massachusetts Library Commissioner
arnold@reluctant.com
Bernie Margolis, American Library Association
bmargolis@bpl.org
Ruth Kowal Regional and Masssachusetts Library of
Last Recourse rkowal@bpl.org
Reply To:
dsaklad@gnu.org
Thank you for your interest in our Regional and
Massachusetts Library of Last Recourse City of Boston
Public Library Departments Reference Desks practices,
Deborah Caldwell-Stone.
BPL Director of Operations Ruth Kowal sent reference
desk requests to city hall. That isn't in accordance
with good reference desks practices.
Here's the web link for the Program on Negotiation
http://www.pon.harvard.edu
And here's the cite again
M.G.L. - Chapter 78, Section 7
http://www.state.ma.us/legis/laws/mgl/78-7.htm
GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS
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TITLE XII.
EDUCATION.
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CHAPTER 78. LIBRARIES.
Chapter 78: Section 7. Public libraries;
establishment by cities and towns; records.
Section 7. A town may establish and maintain public
libraries for its inhabitants under regulations
prescribed by the city council or by the town, and
may receive, hold and manage any gift, bequest or
devise therefor.
The city council of a city or the selectmen of a
town may place in such library the books, reports
and laws which may be received from the
commonwealth.
That part of the records of a public library which
reveals the identity and intellectual pursuits of a
person using such library shall not be a public
record as defined by clause Twenty-sixth of section
seven of chapter four.
Library authorities may disclose or exchange
information relating to library users for the
purposes of inter-library cooperation and
coordination, including but not limited to, the
purposes of facilitating the sharing of resources
among library jurisdictions as authorized by clause
(1) of section nineteen E or enforcing the
provisions of sections ninety-nine and one hundred
of chapter two hundred and sixty-six.
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