I received an interesting email from Harrassowitz this morning in regards to the missing 3 issues. Here is what they sent:

 

Unfortunately, GLP the US distributor of Der Stern had to extend your 2017 subscription term for 3 issues which were not delivered to the US. These were Nos. 20, 35 and 47. We tried to obtain copies on your behalf from the German distributor but could only get hold of No. 47. This issue will be forwarded from Wiesbaden to your library upon receipt. Please kindly note that we have requested an official statement from Der Stern. So far we have learned that it was the decision of the German publisher not to deliver the issues in question to the US. As soon we have received more detailed information, we will let you know.

 

Dusty

 

 

 

Yes, I believe I read that the Simon Wiesenthal Center condemned it, although I can’t quite fathom why.  Still, that’s no excuse for withholding it.  SW

 

Susan Wishnetsky

Galter Health Sciences Library

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

303 East Chicago Avenue

Chicago, Illinois  60611

Phone: 312-503-9351  | FAX 312-503-2678

E-mail: pasiphae@northwestern.edu

 

 

Stern has received a negative response to the cover of this issue:

http://bit.ly/2nypIk9

Maybe that is why they haven't exported it to the U.S.

It's even available on Ebay:

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/STERN-MAGAZINE-08-24-2017-Donald-Trump-SEIN-KAMPF-GERMAN-MAGAZINE-RARE/253118985205?hash=item3aef1133f5:g:AwoAAOSwrblZo1cD

Thanks
Mark

I guess it could be EU-only material but why are other countries outside the EU getting these issues?  Certainly we don’t know the answers but this is the first time this has happened with this title, as far as I am aware.  The publisher should be giving us a reason why we are not getting these issues, as paid for in our subscriptions.  And isn’t a bit odd for the publisher to offer extensions on our subscriptions in lieu of the 3 issues that were not sent?

 

From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG] On Behalf Of Nikki DeMoville
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2017 1:20 PM
To: SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Stern Magazine Censorship

 

Just wondering if it's not provocative content or censorship at all, but instead maybe some kind of sponsored or advertising/marketing content that is EU-only?  We used to subscribe to Restaurants & Institutions and each year there were a few issues that we didn't receive because they were "distributed only to commercial subscribers."  If they've gotten some company to sponsor a whole issue for a specific market (i.e. subsidized the cost for subscribers in that area), international subscriptions might not actually include those issues.

It's odd to think that a subscription might not automatically include all issues, but it does happen.  Another variation is the "one-year" newspaper subscription.  McClatchy is notorious for this--they produce several special issues per year that cost an extra dollar or so; they are not included in the cost of the subscription, but are charged against it by adjusting the expiration date.  The customer still receives all the issues, but that 1-year subscription only lasts for about 49 weeks.  Imagine the fun subscription vendors have with this model!

Nikki
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On 12/4/2017 10:32 AM, McCaffery, Damien wrote:

Another possibility is that the issue is further up the production chain – I know that certain magazines have had trouble with the printing press companies they employ. In some cases, when a magazine’s content is perceived by the print shop to be provocative or objectionable in some way, publishers find themselves either forced to go with another press at the last minute, or, weirdly, negotiating with their printer over what that shop is willing to print. Sensibilities can prove idiosyncratic, and manifest suddenly.

 

This would depend of course on where Stern has its printing done. For instance, if they send their files from Germany to print locally, to avoid tariffs and transport costs to international markets, they may have to contend with local mores on the shop floor in order to get issues to customers.  

 

  damien

 

Damien McCaffery
Electronic Resources Librarian

Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University)

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Philadelphia PA 19144
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PhilaU.edu    

 

 

From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG] On Behalf Of HINDS, Beverley Y
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2017 12:58 PM
To: SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Stern Magazine Censorship

 

Thanks Jennifer. I was just surprised and my curiosity  led me to  refer to the 1^st Amendment regarding censorship as well as the Library Bill of Rights.

Will continue to see what comes of this.

 

Beverley

 

From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG] On Behalf Of Huffman, Jennifer
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2017 1:27 PM
To: SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Stern Magazine Censorship

 

Hi Beverly,

 

I don’t know that there may be a standard answer to what would precipitate censorship of library materials in the U.S. And I’m not an expert in censorship by any means but in library school, we talked about censorship very seriously.  In this case, after receiving the same notice three separate times for three separate issues in 2017 that were not going to be sent to U.S. customers, based on the content of the missing issues, a pattern seemed to form.  So far, the publisher has not explained the reason for the missing issues and the fulfillment house is blaming it on the publisher.

 

Jennifer

 

From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG] On Behalf Of HINDS, Beverley Y
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2017 10:48 AM
To: SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Stern Magazine Censorship

 

Hi all

 

I’m an academic librarian in the Caribbean and have been following this thread with great interest.

For clarification, what precipitates  censorship of materials received by a  library in the United States?

 

 

Beverley Hinds

Librarian

Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social & Economic Studies (SALISES)

University of the West Indies

Cave Hill Campus

Bridgetown

BARBADOS

417-4063 (P) /421-6867 (F)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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