Intellectual freedom stories from a shifting landscape / edited by Valerie Nye.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nye, Valerie, 1971- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries--Censorship--United States.

Libraries.

Intellectual freedom--United States.

Intellectual freedom.

Libraries--Censorship.

United States.

Physical Description:

xviii, 186 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : ALA Editions, 2020.

Summary:

"This book shares stories of censorship that librarians have experienced in their libraries. Those facing censorship challenges can find support and inspiration in this text"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I: Protected by policy. 1. Give them library cards! / Carrie Valdes

2. The Vitruvian Man and a threat to burn down the art library / Megan Lotts

3. Adventures in book court / Sandra Parks

Part II: Public events. 4. Black Lives Matter die-in: library space as an intellectual freedom issue / Raina Bloom and Carrie Kruse

5. Exposing a community: drag queen storytime in rural America / Jennifer Stickles

6. Did we just normalize extreme views and make the library an unsafe place? / Daniel Forsman

Part III: Difficult conversations. 7. A library's response(ability) in #MeToo / Leah Shlachter

8. Promoting intellectual freedom through a social book group / James Allen Davis and Hadiya Evans

Part IV: Institutional decisions. 9. The storage closet / Shana Chartier

10. The fox and the hedgehog: when libraries are behind bars / Erin Boyington

11. Widely read teens become well-rounded adults / Lisa Hoover

12. Y colorin colorado, este cent se ha acabado [Snip, snap, snout, this tale's told out] / Care Fenoll Clarabuch

Part V: Patrons challenging material. 13. Transgender children's books in the public library / Tom Taylor

14. Restoring EBSCO: the power of coalition and rapid response / Rebekah Cummings and Peter Bromberg

15. "Bullshit hatred from cover to cover": Islamophobia in the age of Trump / Lorena Neal

16. Anywhere USA / Joan Airoldi

Part VI: Cultural sensitivity. 17. "Just get rid of them": American Indian children's literature in the tribal college library / Rhiannon Sorrell

18. Censorship and sensibility / Lara Aase.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Intellectual freedom stories from a shifting landscape

ISBN:

0838947263

9780838947265

OCLC:

1134461203