I think what Shelley has written is the only guide that we as bookshare volunteers can apply uniformly. Anything else involves our opinions which would be different for each volunteer.
Misha Shelley L. Rhodes wrote:
You have definitely opened a can of worms, smile.My theory is if I bought it in a restricted section of a library or bookstore then I am going to mark it adult. If I didn't then it is not marked adult. Shelley L. Rhodes, VRTand Ludden Black Labrador Guide DogThe ultimate sense of security will be when we come to recognize that we are all part of one human race. Our primary allegiance is to the human race and not to one particular color or border. -Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (b. 1942)----- Original Message ----- *From:* Candice A <mailto:candicat87@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *Sent:* Saturday, June 26, 2010 11:01 PM *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] opening a can of worms I expect Hello all, There has been a discussion on mine and a few other's twitters that got me wanting a bit more clarification on this.In the manual it states that adult content is anything sexuallyexplissit or that insites hate. Now the sexually explissit part is quite easy to understand, but the second part seems much less clear. It says if we're not sure to just leave it marked as adult, but I've been told so many different things over the years it's hard to really tell anymore. I know this is comparing 2 vastly different programs, but I'll give you the example that when I was fifteen my parents thought I was reading racey material so put an adult blocker on my account with nls. A year later I called them requesting the bible, but because the bible had violence and strong language I was not allowed to take it out on lone until I was eighteen. I also worked at a library where they always would do a check on a book for anyone under eighteen before letting them take the book out including myself and I don't know what guidelines they used.So as for the hate thing does it become if there are race riottsin the book? Is it if there is one religion that hates another? Are all books with nazis out? I mean I know this can't be the case for educational purposes, but is the line drawn at talking about what hate speech and activities are or if they happen in the content of the book?
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