An interesting sociopolitical look at libraries and the ways our cultural biases infect the way we treat information--even how we organize it. Heavily academic but still accessible, and especially fascinating if you have ever wondered just how something as arbitrary as data organization can impact everyday life in unexpected ways.

This was an interesting read. I work in a library and have never encountered anything like this, so perhaps times have changed. Anyway, Having discovered Erotica as a subject heading shortly after having began work at the library, it surprised me that professional co-workers were clueless to the genre! That was the real early 90's! Times have seriously changed sine then! But I never really gave any thought to the Library of Congress actually "hiding" away material it though no one should have access to , that's rather distasteful. Kind of infringes on freedom of information and smacks of Big Brother.... Unsettling...makes me wonder what else they keep under wraps to "protect" us..
Great read for anyone interested; lots of into.

The description of this book made it appear more accessible to a general audience, but the vocabulary and writing style make it accessible to only the most hard-core catalogers with a scholarly interest in the history of cataloging.