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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 12, 2018 11:32 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> ConnieJo Ozinga<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Michlib-l] Rated R movies</font>
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<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space">Several years ago Lance Werner sent out a copy of an article that he had written while he was at the Library of Michigan regarding public libraries and MPAA ratings. It was very informative
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<div class="">On Jul 12, 2018, at 11:00 AM, ConnieJo Ozinga via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" class="">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="">The MPAA makes it very clear that their ratings system is only for movie theater use. I agree with Jaema. Patrons should be the ones to decide what is appropriate for themselves and their kids. Otherwise you are pre-censoring a lot
based on someone else's decisions. I've worked at several libraries and worked on several selection policies and have not previously run into a library that censors all R rated movies. Connie<br class="">
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<div class="">Our opinion is that it is the patron's responsibility to decide what movie content they are comfortable with. We feel it is not the library's job to police what people watch. The content of the movie is not a reflection on the "character" of the
library. There are many awarded films that have an R rating and we focus on acquiring movies of
<span class="" style="text-decoration:underline"><strong class=""><em class="">quality</em></strong></span> regardless of the rating. </div>
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<div class="">Currently, my library does not collect rated R movies per the selection policy. What's your library's stance on that and why?</div>
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