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I'm doing a library display next week and would like a few library jokes to put on my board to catch attention And would love to hear from you. Rather than filling up the emails, if you'd like to reply directly to me and I'll put them all into one message for the list Many thanks Petra Petra Meeson Health Sciences Librarian Octapus Centre Hospital of St Cross Barby Road Rugby CV22 5PX Tel: 01788 663470 Fax:01788 663274 email: [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Gail Hendler [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 04 April 2008 20:25 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: US Government censors Popline searching Some welcome news from rational minds... April 4, 2008Statement Regarding POPLINE Database I was informed this morning that the word "abortion" was blocked as a search term in the POPLINE family planning database administered by the Bloomberg School's Center for Communication Programs. POPLINE provides evidence-based information on reproductive health and family planning and is the world's largest database on these issues. USAID, which funds POPLINE, found two items in the database related to abortion that did not fit POPLINE criteria. The agency then made an inquiry to POPLINE administrators. Following this inquiry, the POPLINE administrators at the Center for Communication Programs made the decision to restrict abortion as a search term. I could not disagree more strongly with this decision, and I have directed that the POPLINE administrators restore "abortion" as a search term immediately. I will also launch an inquiry to determine why this change occurred. The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge and not its restriction. Sincerely, Michael J. Klag, MD, MPH Dean, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health For additional information, please contact Tim Parsons at 410-955-7619 or at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> . > Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 16:51:45 +0100 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: FW: US Government censors Popline searching > To: [log in to unmask] > > Good afternoon all, > > This has been forwarded by a friend (Career Development Group President); I have forwarded it to LIS-MEDICAL as well. > > Some of the comments on the website are particularly interesting, my favourite is "Let's hope Pubmed isn't next"... > > Paula. > > Paula Younger > Electronic Resources Librarian > Exeter Health Library > Royal Devon & Exeter Foundation Trust > Peninsula Medical School Building > Barrack Road > Exeter > EX2 5DW > Tel: 01392 406729 > Fax: 01392 406728 > Email: [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: CDG Officers [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rowena Macrae-Gibson > Sent: 04 April 2008 12:15 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: US Government censors Popline searching > > This message is from the CDGOFFICERS Mailing List of the Career Development Group, a group of The Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals - Registered Charity Number 313014. > > Dear All, > > You may have seen this from other routes but the Popline database has made the term 'abortion' into a stop word because they are worried about losing their US government funding. > For those of you who don't use Popline (it is a free rather than a subscribed resource) the database covers "reproductive health, containing citations with abstracts to scientific articles, reports, books, and unpublished reports in the field of population, family planning, and related health issues" so such censorship really is undermining their own purpose. > > The full story is at > http://womenshealthnews.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/why-is-a-government-fun > ded-reproductive-health-database-blocking-users-from-searching-for-abort > ion-articles/ _____ More immediate than e-mail? 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