[bksvol-discuss] Re: adult content
- From: "Lisa B." <hunter123@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:44:28 -0400
I've wondered about this issue as well. It's not just the number of times
certain words are used in a book, it's also the subject matter. I recently
uploaded a book with 502 occurances of what the Bookshare automated tool
thought were words catogorized as adult content. However, because of the
lenghth of the book, the tool suggested that the story not be considered
adult content.
I realize putting a book into the adult catagory is up to the submitter and
the validator, but it would be nice to have some specific guidelines of what
is and is not appropriate. I was raised in a pretty progressive family, so
what I may consider adult content may be inappropriate to someone else.
Shelly, I agree, it would be nice to have the NLS's standards for
determining whether or not a book is of an adult nature.
Lisa
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Pietruk" <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:04 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: adult content
> Merrill
>
> I've been wondering much the same thing. I'm not sure if anyone from
> BookShare or BeneTech would want to go onthe record on this matter, but it
> would seem, as you surmise, this to be an important legal issue in
> reference to the service.
> And because this area is so gray, it might be one that no oneofficially
> dares say anything publicly.
> I wonder if there might be a site out there where librarians can quickly
> search for a thumbs up or thumbs down on a book they are classifying in
> relation to adult content.
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