Yet another example of indignant librarians doing free inquiry a good turn - it appears that the recent revelation about the federally-funded Popline (Population Information Online) database’s use of “abortion” as a stopword has been addressed, and fast. American Libraries reports on the effective response to this disturbing news.
Posted by: char booth | 17 April 2008
that’s what i’m talking about.
Posted in not easily categorized | Tags: popline
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