Comments on: ALA WAC[ky Web Advisory Committee] http://litablog.org/2007/06/ala-wacky-web-advisory-committee/ Library and Information Technology Association Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:19:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Aaron the Librarian http://litablog.org/2007/06/ala-wacky-web-advisory-committee/comment-page-1/#comment-36667 Aaron the Librarian Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:22:43 +0000 http://litablog.org/2007/06/25/ala-wacky-web-advisory-committee/#comment-36667 "Challenged Content" as in "Challenged Books." An ALA Divisional blog posted content about a product (mentioned or demonstrated in a session) that was... um... shall we say "less than complimentary" about said product. The product vendor demanded the removal of either the offending phrase or post (I didn't catch which as fingers didn't want to be pointed) think they said ALA did so, but later reinstated it. Long story short, there are now suggested guidelines about that sort of thing for the myriad pieces-parts of ALA. “Challenged Content” as in “Challenged Books.” An ALA Divisional blog posted content about a product (mentioned or demonstrated in a session) that was… um… shall we say “less than complimentary” about said product. The product vendor demanded the removal of either the offending phrase or post (I didn’t catch which as fingers didn’t want to be pointed) think they said ALA did so, but later reinstated it.

Long story short, there are now suggested guidelines about that sort of thing for the myriad pieces-parts of ALA.

]]> By: Peter Murray http://litablog.org/2007/06/ala-wacky-web-advisory-committee/comment-page-1/#comment-36506 Peter Murray Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:25:52 +0000 http://litablog.org/2007/06/25/ala-wacky-web-advisory-committee/#comment-36506 Aaron -- I'm not sure what the phrase "challenged content" refers to -- are we talking about DMCA safe harbor provisions? banning political speech? content written by/for disabled individuals? It sounds like it was a WACky time for sure. Aaron –

I’m not sure what the phrase “challenged content” refers to — are we talking about DMCA safe harbor provisions? banning political speech? content written by/for disabled individuals?

It sounds like it was a WACky time for sure.

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