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From: jfraser@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jane Fraser)
Subject: Re: publicly-readable "adult" gifs (was Re: Ohio State University CIS Policies)
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Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1991 20:30:00 GMT
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In article <1991Jun8.200358.13482@eff.org> kadie@eff.org (Carl M. Kadie) writes:
>Refering to OSU's subscription to Playboy ...
>
>jgreely@morganucodon.cis.ohio-state.edu (J Greely) writes:
>[...]
>>I know; I checked too, before I posted.  I didn't have a chance to ask
>>how they regulate access, although I note that it's currently recieved
>>in the rare books room, which requires you to give your ID when
>>requesting materials.
>[...]
>
>It's my impression that materials such as Playboy are kept in places
>such as the Rare Book room to protect the magazine from the reader,
>not the reader from the magazine. (Playboy is prone to be stolen; a
>vulnerable not shared by GIF files).
>
>Perhaps a real-life librarian can set Mr. Greely and me straight (just
>send e-mail to caf-talk@eff.org).
>-- 
>Carl Kadie -- kadie@eff.org or kadie@cs.uiuc.edu -- But I speak for myself.
>

I happened to have lunch today with Bill Studer, Director of the
Libraries here at Ohio State.  Playboy is available only by
temporarily trading your student/faculty/staff ID for it, but anyone
may read it.  The only age limit imposed would be that the person
would have to be able to reach the counter to present his/her ID. :-)

The librarians assembled (most of the OSU Library administration) were
strong in their remarks that librarians everywhere believe in
unregulated access to library materials.

By the way, the OSU Library is believed to be the only place with a
complete collection of Hustlers.  Someone in sociology needed them for
research and used research funding to assemble the back collection.
The researcher gave it to the library on condition that they maintain
a subscription to keep the collection up-to-date.

Jane M. Fraser
Co-Director
CAST, Center for Advanced Study in Telecommunications
The Ohio State University
210 Baker Systems, 1971 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-4129


