Another possibility is that the issue is further up the production chain – I know that certain magazines have had trouble with the printing press companies they employ. In some cases, when a magazine’s content is perceived by the print shop to be provocative or objectionable in some way, publishers find themselves either forced to go with another press at the last minute, or, weirdly, negotiating with their printer over what that shop is willing to print. Sensibilities can prove idiosyncratic, and manifest suddenly.

 

This would depend of course on where Stern has its printing done. For instance, if they send their files from Germany to print locally, to avoid tariffs and transport costs to international markets, they may have to contend with local mores on the shop floor in order to get issues to customers.  

 

 

 

Thanks Jennifer. I was just surprised and my curiosity  led me to  refer to the 1^st Amendment regarding censorship as well as the Library Bill of Rights.

Will continue to see what comes of this.

 

Beverley

 

 

Hi Beverly,

 

I don’t know that there may be a standard answer to what would precipitate censorship of library materials in the U.S. And I’m not an expert in censorship by any means but in library school, we talked about censorship very seriously.  In this case, after receiving the same notice three separate times for three separate issues in 2017 that were not going to be sent to U.S. customers, based on the content of the missing issues, a pattern seemed to form.  So far, the publisher has not explained the reason for the missing issues and the fulfillment house is blaming it on the publisher.

 

Jennifer

 

 

Hi all

 

I’m an academic librarian in the Caribbean and have been following this thread with great interest.

For clarification, what precipitates  censorship of materials received by a  library in the United States?

 

 

Beverley Hinds

Librarian

Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social & Economic Studies (SALISES)

University of the West Indies

Cave Hill Campus

Bridgetown

BARBADOS

417-4063 (P) /421-6867 (F)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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