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True Stories of Censorship Battles in America's Libraries [electronic resource]
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Those facing censorship challenges can find support and inspiration in this book, which compiles dozens of stories from library front lines.
| Title |
True Stories of Censorship Battles in America's Libraries [electronic resource]. |
|---|---|
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Publisher |
Chicago, IL : ALA Editions |
| Creation Date |
2012 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. English |
| Content |
CONTENTS FOREWORD INTRODUCTION PART I: Sometimes We're Our Own Worst Enemy CHAPTER 1: Where There Once Was None CHAPTER 2: Well-Intentioned Censorship Is Still Censorship CHAPTER 3: If I Don't Buy It, They Won't Come CHAPTER 4: Mixed-Up Ethics PART II: How Dare You Recommend This Book to a Child CHAPTER 5: Clue-less in Portland CHAPTER 6: Vixens, Banditos, and Finding Common Ground CHAPTER 7: Long Live the King (Novels)! CHAPTER 8: Parent Concern about Classroom Usage Spills Over into School Library CHAPTER 9: The Princess Librarian CHAPTER 10: The Complexity and Challenges of Censorship in Public Schools PART III: Not Only Boy Scouts Should Be Prepared CHAPTER 11: I Owe It All to Madonna CHAPTER 12: The Battle to Include CHAPTER 13: Pornography and Erotica in the Academic Library CHAPTER 14: Reasonable Accommodation PART IV: When the Tribe Has Spoken CHAPTER 15: Cultural Sensitivity or Censorship? CHAPTER 16: Developing the Public Library's Genealogy Euchee/Yuchi Collection PART V: Conversation + Confrontation + Controversy = Combustion CHAPTER 17: 32 Pages, 26 Sentences, 603 Words, and 500,000 Later CHAPTER 18: Respect of Fear CHAPTER 19: Sweet Movie CHAPTER 20: Censorship Avoided CHAPTER 21: I Read It in the Paper CHAPTER 22: Uncle Bobby's Wedding CHAPTER 23: A Community Divided CHAPTER 24: The Author Visit That Should Have Been CHAPTER 25: One of Those Not So Hideous Stories of a Book Challenge PART VI: Crime and Punishment CHAPTER 26: A Serial Killer Visits the Library CHAPTER 27: Books, Bars, and Behavior PART VII: Perhaps It Is Possible to Judge a Book by Its Cover CHAPTER 28: The Ghost of Halloween Past CHAPTER 29: The Neophyte in the New Age CHAPTER 30: Gay Books Display Brings Out High School Faculty Prejudice CHAPTER 31: Censorship Looms Over the Rainbow DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CONTRIBUTORS INDEX |
| Extent |
1 online resource (202 p.) |
| Language |
English |
| National Library system number |
997010717632805171 |
MARC RECORDS
Tags
- Intellectual freedom -- United States.
- Librarians -- Professional ethics -- United States.
- Libraries -- United States -- Case studies.
- Libraries Censorship.
- Libraries Censorship United States Case studies
- Intellectual freedom Professional ethics United States
- Librarians United States
- Libraries United States
- Access to ideas
- Freedom of thought
- Freedom to read
- Intellectual freedom Law and legislation
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