Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h4EK4tC22998; Wed, 14 May 2003 16:04:55 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 16:04:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <p05100319bae8515cf7f4@[128.148.147.35]> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Janet Isserlis <Janet_Isserlis@brown.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2580] Re: Women and literacy issues X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 1939 Lines: 39 Colleagues, While those of you may be aware of the disappearance of the NLA archives, it has come to my attention that someone is purging other NIFL archives - at least, as far as I've been able to tell, the archive of this very list. I believe the rest of you should be aware of purge on this list. So for example, if you go to http://novel.nifl.gov/nifl-womenlit/2003/ and check out the archives for the year 2003, you will notice that messages are sorted by number. So for example, you will see: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2577] New CAAL publication on EFF Gail Spangenberg (Mon May 12 2003 - 16:45:18 EDT) [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2576] Re: outcome of conversation with husband Robert Stein (Mon May 12 2003 - 12:29:49 EDT) [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2575] Re: outcome of conversation with husband Mary Lou Sewell (Mon May 12 2003 - 10:50:00 EDT) However, if you scroll down, you will notice that there are gaps between certain numbers and certain posts have been purged from the archives. For example: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2539] New Practice Application Briefs from ERIC/ACVE Judy Wagner (Mon Mar 24 2003 - 10:09:42 EST) [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2536] RE: GOING TO COABE? REGISTER FOR NIFL's LINCS PreConference Maralit, Mary Jo (Wed Mar 19 2003 - 17:41:54 EST) [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2535] Re: Happy International Women's Day! Ujwala Samant (Fri Mar 07 2003 - 20:53:28 EST) As you can see, posts 2537 and 2538 are missing. I hope that others will join me in outrage that messages are being purged and demand an explanation. Who is doing this and why? Is free speech no longer protected, or is this being slowly eroded as it seems to be in other areas: (NASA's libraries being purged; CDC's fact sheet about condoms being purged and only after public outcry was it reposted with anti condom messages added; Congress voting on whether ERIC should be restricted to "preapproved lists" etc., etc., etc.) Why are we allowing this to happen? Next steps? Suggestions?
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