That depends. For example, when the subject is in part censorship itself, and when you represent an organization opposed to censorship, and when you edit out on point comments that are a direct response to existing comments that contain ad hominem argument (in other words, you edit out someone defending him or herself from false argument), then I believe that goes beyond mere editing.

For example, see “Censorship Love Note by ALA Councilor Rory Litwin” at:
http://safelibraries.blogspot.com/2008/06/censorship-love-note-by-ala-councilor.html

Would you agree?

I’m definitely most excited for the next Octavian Nothing!! Hopefully it will be as mind-blowing and genre-shifting as the first. I just finished “Paper Towns” and I thought it was fabulous. Next will probably be “Jellicoe Road” by Melina Marchetta, since her last two books have been Desert Isle Keepers for me. I’m also very excited about two new LGBTQ titles I picked up, Rich Wallace’s “Dishes” and Leanne Lieberman’s “Crush” (which is from Orca.) I also love finding new stuff…a Deborah Noyes ARC looks great and creepy, for instance.

But who knows what I will say when I open up the boxes? (teehee)

***Upsides***

* an hour of recording time
* relatively high-resolution screen, which can be used in daylight
* good video quality (640 x 480, 4.0 Mbps, 30 frames per second)
* records sound comparatively well
* fast lens for decent low-light quality
* uses external batteries, which allows for longer shelf-life
* very easy to use software, which offers basic editing and direct upload to a few video services

***Downsides***

* no flip-out screen, making it harder to record yourself
* short, flip-out USB arm is not as friendly to desktops and can take up a lot of USB real estate (unless you buy an extension cable, sold separately)
* stills from video only (which are going to be lower quality than if it also functioned as a digital camera)

The Flip Video works great for librarians who are going to be recording other people, and its fairly decent mic even makes it a reasonable option for sound-heavy videos like presentations, author talks, and library music performances. Its video quality and ease of use will allow you to put comparatively high-quality videos online with no trouble. However, librarians who can only budget for a single digital camera/camcorder solution, or those who will often be recording themselves for booktalks (etc.), might wish to look elsewhere.

I loved the videocasting from Annual this year, by the way. What a great way to bring the conference home in a visceral fashion for those of us who couldn’t make it!

It’s also important to realize that this can be a total misperception–the Pew Institute reports that teens are more likely than adults to restrict access to their photos and videos online. (I’m still waiting for them to do a report on social networking privacy settings.)

(Sorry I missed you at comics, Angie- I was probably too busy trying to string together coherent sentences while Ariel Schrag was signing *original drawings* for me. Swoon…)