VIDEOLIB Archive: Re: content warnings

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We have several titles dealing with various "sensitive" topics in =
straightforward, often graphic and verbally blunt, terms. The only title =
we have labeled with a warning is Dreamworlds, which came with a printed =
warning from Sut Jhally. Because we repackage / relabel everything we =
purchase, we taped the warning (5 paragraphs long) inside the back =
window of the case. This is the only program we have received with a =
noticeable warning, and we chose to make it available as closely as =
possible to the way it would have been had we retained the original =
packaging. We certainly do not attempt to label everything that may be =
offensive. We, after all, serve an adult audience who are on campus =
ostensibly to learn, in the broadest sense. Also, none of our materials =
are available on open stacks for patrons to browse. They must use the =
Library's database to access our titles, each of which when finished =
being cataloged, includes a reasonably descriptive annotation that =
should allow an interested viewer to ascertain the nature of the =
program's content. =20
Hope this helps,
Gail B. Fedak
Instructional Media Resources
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
phone 615-898-2740
fax 615-898-2530
email gfedak@mtsu.edu=20

-----Original Message-----
From: sgilliam@GUILFORD.EDU <sgilliam@GUILFORD.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list <videolib@library.berkeley.edu>
Date: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 9:35 AM
Subject: content warnings

> We purchased a tape from FFHS called Female Circumcision, which
>contains painfully graphic scenes of these rites performed on an =
infant
>and
>on a young woman.
>
>There is a fine print warning on theback of the package, but
>I think we need a more visible warning statement.
>How do you all handle this kind of thing?
>
>

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We have several titles dealing with = various=20 "sensitive" topics in straightforward, often graphic and = verbally=20 blunt, terms. The only title we have labeled with a warning is = Dreamworlds,=20 which came with a printed warning from Sut Jhally. Because we repackage = /=20 relabel everything we purchase, we taped the warning (5 paragraphs long) = inside=20 the back window of the case. This is the only program we have received = with a=20 noticeable warning, and we chose to make it available as closely as = possible to=20 the way it would have been had we retained the original packaging. We = certainly=20 do not attempt to label everything that may be offensive. We, after all, = serve=20 an adult audience who are on campus ostensibly to learn, in the broadest = sense.=20 Also, none of our materials are available on open stacks for patrons to=20 browse. They must use the Library's database to access our titles, = each of=20 which when finished being cataloged, includes a reasonably descriptive=20 annotation that should allow an interested viewer to ascertain the = nature of the=20 program's content.