[Imc] philosophical question

[Brian Hagy]

sex is as looked down on in our society as protecting the environment
instead of profits and insisting on a national health care program.  thus,
i say erotica is within our scope, especially if the webzines have advice,
philosophy, and/or information about things which others consider "news"
(i haven't quite figures out what "news" really refers to).  i haven't had
a chance to follow the links below.

brian


On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, jacobs wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have an interesting question for folks.  Here's the background: About a
> month ago, as I was building the IMC library website, I decided it'd be cool
> to ask a webzine list for submissions and descriptions of websites that I
> would collect, organize, and give access to via our site. Seemed a good idea
> since we are collecting local zines in the library anyway.  Well, some of the
> submissions were from folks with webzines of erotic nature.  As of now, I have
> not added those webzines to the collection, but I'd like to ask for your input
> so that I can justify our collection. So here is an example of one sent to me
> (there are
> 4 or 5 others):
>
> Borcher's D/s Gazette - An art erotica e-zine for the general adult public
> with a focus on fetish and bdsm, with articles and personal essays, poetry,
> and art.
> http://borchernews.com
>
> the collection of our webzines is here:
> http://urbana.indymedia.org/library/webzines.html
>
> My feelings are mixed. Yes, we are a media organization, and erotica (like
> religious spoutings) does not fall within our scope. As a librarian, one
> seldom gets a chance to collect EVERYTHING due to budget-, space constraints
> and the like, but on the web, it is much easier to collect EVERY zine I come
> across. So my questions are:
>
> 1) what are the pros and cons of collecting erotic webzines for the IMC
> library;
> 2) If I DO collect them, should they be part of the list or separated out by
> subject.
>
> Thanks for any input.
>
> James Jacobs
> radical Librarian
>
> James R. Jacobs
> Graduate Reference Assistant
> Education/Social Science Library
> University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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> jacobs at uiuc.edu
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