True Stories of Censorship Battles in America's Libraries.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nye, Valerie.

Contributor:

Barco, Kathy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectual freedom--United States.

Librarians--Professional ethics--United States.

Libraries--United States--Case studies.

Libraries Censorship.

Libraries--Censorship--United States--Case studies.

Libraries.

Intellectual freedom--Professional ethics--United States.

Intellectual freedom.

Librarians--United States.

Librarians.

Libraries--United States.

Local Subjects:

Intellectual freedom--United States.

Librarians--Professional ethics--United States.

Libraries--United States--Case studies.

Libraries Censorship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, IL : ALA Editions, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Those facing censorship challenges can find support and inspiration in this book, which compiles dozens of stories from library front lines.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780838993620

0838993621

OCLC:

781708244