It is possible given the proximity of the U of I to Ottumwa that the legendary
book thief might have played some role. I have heard rumors of students who
have
taken library materials, but I doubt they are the only ones doing so.


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>Not censorship especially, but at UIOWA it is unfortunately not uncommon to
>find that someone (presumably students, but who knows?) has torn out an
>article from a volume of bound journals rather than going to the trouble of
>copying it.
>D. Martinek
>
>In a message dated 1/27/01 9:41:40 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:
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><< A similar event happens to the holdings of libraries, not involving
>the loss of a book for profit  but only some of its contents for
>censorship. I was attempting to do research on obscenity and related
>topics only to find that the few pages related to the topic had been
>cut or torn from the magazines and  journals I was using.  Has anyone
>else found this in their libraries?
>
>Albert Sperath
> >>
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