The original posting then the response.
From: Lisa Locke <lmarielib_at_yahoo.com>
> How has 9/11 affected your library's collection
>development? For instance at Palm Harbor Library we
>did not receive a lot of our book orders around that
>time because of the back-up in the postal system.
>Publishers also did not get enough orders for items
>this past year because of the fear of items going
>through an anthrax contaminated post office.
>Therefore the publishers did not print certain new
>editions of books. Has there been any censorship of
>materials because of 9/11?
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From: Tom Izbicki <izbicki_at_jhu.edu>
We have not seen any immediate impact, except for an upturn in orders
for books about the Taliban.. We will see more demand for materials
on the Near East as Political Science shifted an appointment into
that region.
Tom Izbicki
Thomas M. Izbicki
Collection Development Coordinator
Eisenhower Library
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
Telephone: 410-516-7173
Fax: 410-516-8399
Received on Wed Apr 03 2002 - 06:37:20 EST