An exhibition of banned and censored books was one of the most successful staged by the University of Otago's special collections department.
Several hundred people had viewed it since it opened in November, special collections librarian Dr Donald Kerr said.
Among the visitors was a man from Oxford, in England, who had read about it in an electronic newsletter circulated among libraries worldwide.
The exhibition, which closes today, features 68 books from throughout the world banned or censored on religious, moral, political or military security grounds.
Dr Kerr, who organises four exhibitions a year, said this one had been "very successful", in terms of numbers and generating discussion.
Although this was the final day of the physical exhibition, Dr Kerr said as much as possible of it would go online to be permanently accessible.
Dr Kerr's next exhibition will open next week, a display of some of 2800 pamphlets amassed by Dr Thomas Hocken in the 19th and early 20th century, plus other local examples.
They covered subjects from "rantings" of political parties to advertising brochures on magnetic healing and other medical "cures", Dr Kerr said.
