Unfortunately, in the world of research, very little is "open and shut."
We have an entire department at one of our schools that is doing
sociological and psychological studies involving child pornography,
child pornographers, and pedophilia in general. I would hate for one of
them to be arrested because they decided to come to the library to do
their research.
Situational ethics is a reality in some environments. My credo is "Ask,
Don't Assume".
Leah Krevit, M.L.I.S.
Associate Director
Collections Management
Houston Academy of Medicine -
Texas Medical Center Library
1133 John Freeman Blvd.
Houston TX 77030-2809
713.799.7126 | 713.799.7180 fax
leah.krevit_at_exch.library.tmc.edu
http://resource.library.tmc.edu
Check out our Institutional Repository at:
http://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu
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From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Melinda Gottesman
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 2:07 PM
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] pandora [privacy]
"More difficult yet: Library staff sees someone at a computer
looking at what appears to be child pornography. Can/should staff call
the police? (I don't know the answer to that one, but I'd be sure to
call the library's legal counsel before making a move.)"
Really? Child Pornography is a crime - if you witness a crime you need
to report it. To me that's pretty open and shut.
==Melinda==
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Melinda Gottesman
Reference Librarian/Instructor
University of Central Florida
Received on Wed Jan 30 2008 - 15:55:06 EST