Now that would be a good idea and I am one of those strange adults LOL that don't hey that is a good idea.
Gwen----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 4:30 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: For wish list: more books by Elie WeiselIt isn't just for children; there are also adult readers who don't like to read books that contain obscenities or violence or explicit sex or --now the word escapes me, but those that use irreligious words when swearing. Like Lynn, I put a warning in the long synopsis
CindyWish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites below
Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+ListBooks Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
--- On Sat, 3/27/10, gwen tweedy <gstweedy@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: gwen tweedy <gstweedy@xxxxxxx> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: For wish list: more books by Elie Weisel To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Saturday, March 27, 2010, 10:11 AM I agree with Valerie on this one. I know if I had a child now, I would appreciate those boundaries. If I had a child I would prefer that I knew what they were getting, before they got it. Some are more free. It doesn't bother them what their children get hold of, that is cool that is between parent and child. I guess for me I was brought up differently I am just not able to stray from those ideals. Gwen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Loran Bailey" <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 11:55 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: For wish list: more books by Elie Weisel > I think it's silly to suggest that reading a word might be a risk to young readers. I suppose the hospitals are filled with young people who were severely injured by hearing a word on the street, which is something that nearly all of them do every day. Let's face it, the adult designation is not there to protect anybody. It is there for censorship. > > > _ _ _ > > "As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the world" > Virginia Woolf > > The Militant: > http://www.themilitant.com > Pathfinder Press: > http://www.pathfinderpress.com > Granma International: > http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 1:25 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: For wish list: more books by Elie Weisel > > > Someone told us that there is an actual standard because of the grant that rates books based on word frequencies and situations that cause them to generate the adult material designation. I do believe the F. word is one of the ones that is considered serious and is an automatic designation. A series of moderate occurrences can also generate the adult designation. It makes sense that there would be a criterion with so many books being available to young readers so that it would remove accidental inappropriate downloads. > > Having said that, apparently there were a couple of books that could find no reason for those designations, those they allowed a proofreader to remove it if there was absolutely no risk to young readers. I'm not trying to start a controversy here, just state what I was told how the adult designation came to be utilized. As a parent, even though Nichole is not completely independent in downloading, I am grateful that there is some boundary. It is easy enough for a child to get an exemption with parental approval. > > Valerie > > > On Mar 26, 2010, at 11:59 PM, Jamie Yates, CPhT wrote: > >> Some books get marked as adult because the proofreader finds the material to be very sensitive. I only mark books adult if they are sexually graphic but often Bookshare takes and marks my books adult for me. I find the Penny Warner books about the small town newspaper reporter who is deaf always get marked adult because she is fond of the f word. Her sex scenes are always very very very bland so it isn't the few and far between sex scenes, it has to be her colorful language. >> >> I've scanned many other books which Bookshare automatically marked adult and as the scanner I cannot unmark it. Only the proofreader can do it. >> >> I'm told that many Elie Weisel books are now required reading in high schools these days so probably Bookshare should be made aware of the situation so they can assess it. > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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