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...some librarians security is not an issue. Wolfgang M. Freitag, the fine arts librarian, says his library does not segregate books on the basis of content. He says works like Eros Kalos, which depicts sex scenes in Greek art, have always been in the open stacks...
...complained that people were cutting out pictures from Playboy issues. And although Lamont now subscribes to the magazine as well, a note on the shelf where it is supposed to be kept reads, "This periodical is a frequent victim of theft or damage. For current issues see the reference librarian...
...There is another side of the argument for security. Our responsibility is not only to this generation, but to the next generation," says Yen-Tsai Feng, the Larsen librarian of Harvard College. "We must strike a balance...
Does the added difficulty in getting to the books discourage people from using them? Says Heather E. Coleman, librarian of Hilles and Widener,"I would assume that any time you ask people to undergo a deviation, there's a filtering process...
Rubbing noses in such gloom is only one of the demands Larkin makes on his readers. He also boasts (and sometimes complains) about his exclusion from * everyday life, his marginal role as a bachelor librarian, living alone and not growing mellow with age. In fact, Larkin makes of his infirmities a caricature, given to grim, plain speech: "Man hands on misery to man./ It deepens like a coastal shelf./ Get out as early as you can,/ And don't have any kids yourself." This apparition even mocks literature. Admitting that his youthful joy in reading has paled, he advises...