Library invests in million-plus information retrieval devices

Today, we seem to be seeing more and more information retrieval technology being implemented. This certainly proves to be true for the libraries of the world. But what about when it becomes involved in book banning?

First, a quick follow-up on the ongoing controversy regarding the banning of Martin Handford’s Where’s Waldo books. Turns out that the reason this book became one of the top 100 banned books between 1990 and 2000 wasn’t an urban legend after all. On the page with the beach scene in the upper right-hand quadrant a boy is applying an ice cream cone to the back of an unsuspecting sun bather. As she rises up in startlement, sans bikini top, the problematic anatomy is clearly visible. I will be testing the limits of the campus press by sending in a scanned shot of the picture with this column for the editor’s publication consideration. [Read the rest]