The CBC reports that «The president of the Islamic Social Services Association of Canada is disappointed with a decision by the City of Winnipeg to place a magazine (the Western Standard) containing controversial cartoons in its library collection.»
Although I don’t personally agree with the publishing of the Mohamet cartoons, one of the library’s roles is to preserve, no matter how odious, the products of our culture. A quick search in most university libraries will give you holdings for the infamous Mein Kampf. This book is an unfortunate (to say the least) part of our history, but it needs to be preserved, in order to prevent similar happenings in the future. Perhaps the same can be said for the cartoons.
(Although… remembering the past to create a better future is not really one of human kind’s strengths.)