LeeAnne Krause wrote:
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> Hi Videolibbers-
> Has anyone ever had difficulty knowing how to appropriately deal with
> video materials that have possibly disturbing content? For example,
> documentaries such as Dreamworlds, or feature films such as Kids or Tin
> Drum. Have you ever had complaints from folks who unwittingly checked
> stuff out not knowing the content and were offended by it, or do you
> find that folks are willing to fend for themselves and not be
> hypersensitive? One issue that I'm especially concerned about is those
> films which do not fall under the category of recent American features
> and therefore don't use the rating system. If something is "R" rated,
> then that's probably warning enough, but what about foreign films and
> documentaries? We recently got in several items that might be
> disturbing to some, and we're trying to determine which of the following
> tactics we should try to head problems off:
> 1- Do nothing- don't treat those items any differently, as long as we're
> only circulating to those over 18.
> 2- Put a warning inside the video/DVD case that the materials contain
> explicit content.
> 3- Verbally warn patrons.
> 4- Have our catalogers put a warning in the library computer records for
> those films.
>
> Which, if any, of these tactics do you use, and what is your degree of
> success?
> Thanks in advance,
> LeeAnne
>
> LeeAnne L. Krause
> Manager of Educational Films
> USC Film Library
> 803-777-2858
> See our new acquisitions at:
> www.sc.edu/library/film.html
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> <DIV><FONT size=1>Hi Videolibbers-</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=1>Has anyone ever had difficulty knowing how to appropriately
> deal with video materials that have possibly disturbing content? For
> example, documentaries such as Dreamworlds, or feature films such as Kids or Tin
> Drum. Have you ever had complaints from folks who unwittingly checked
> stuff out not knowing the content and were offended by it, or do you find that
> folks are willing to fend for themselves and not be hypersensitive?
> One issue that I'm especially concerned about is those films which do not fall
> under the category of recent American features and therefore don't use
> the rating system. If something is "R" rated, then that's probably
> warning enough, but what about foreign films and documentaries? We
> recently got in several items that might be disturbing to some, and we're
> trying to determine which of the following tactics we should try to head
> problems off:</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=1>1- Do nothing- don't treat those items any differently, as
> long as we're only circulating to those over 18.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=1>2- Put a warning inside the video/DVD case that the
> materials contain explicit content.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=1>3- Verbally warn patrons.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=1>4- Have our catalogers put a warning in the
> library computer records for those films.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=1>Which, if any, of these tactics do you use, and what is your
> degree of success?</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=1>Thanks in advance,</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=1>LeeAnne</FONT></DIV>
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> <DIV>LeeAnne L. Krause<BR>Manager of Educational Films<BR>USC Film
> Library<BR>803-777-2858<BR>See our new acquisitions at:<BR><A
> href="http://www.sc.edu/library/film.html">www.sc.edu/library/film.html</A></DIV>
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