Re: Need for change (UNCLASSIFIED)

From: Chris Markman <cmarkman_at_nyob>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:04:22 -0400
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Progressive Librarians Guild
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:)

Chris Markman
Resource Library Coordinator
Visual & Performing Arts
Clark University
508.793.7481
cmarkman_at_clarku.edu

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 1:57 PM, john g marr <jmarr_at_unm.edu> wrote:

> On Thu, 4 Aug 2011, Hill, Holly K Ms CIV USA IMCOM wrote:
>
>  Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
>> Caveats: FOUO
>> Or move them to Radical Cataloging [RADCAT_at_LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]?
>>
>
>  "RADCAT" appears to be lifeless. Perhaps fear-mongering has had the effect
> of making some folks overly cautious about expressing themselves and
> labeling some topics as too sensitive to discuss openly.
>
>  Philosophically, that's probably all it is-- just another example of
> general, society-wide contraction of folks' comfort zones in the face of
> overwhelming pressure from controlling overlords.
>
>  Oops, sorrry, but ... that's politics!
>
>
> Cheers!
>
> jgm
>
>  John G. Marr
>  Cataloger
>  CDS, UL
>  Univ. of New Mexico
>  Albuquerque, NM 87131
>  jmarr_at_unm.edu
>  jmarr_at_flash.net
>
>
>    **There are only 2 kinds of thinking: "out of the box" and "outside
> the box."
>
> Opinions belong exclusively to the individuals expressing them, but
> sharing is permitted.
>
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