Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Sex and the Librarian?

Sex, censorship and a difficult reader are not a new issue for the librarian:

"A certain lady of quality carried her purity so far, as warmly to rebuke her librarian for putting the male and female authors together on the same book shelves."

(American Periodical Series, "Extracts," The Philadelphia Album and Ladies Literary Portfolio, June 21 1834, p.199.

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