Scales on censorship : real life lessons from school library journal / by Pat R. Scales ; edited by School Library Journal's Rebecca T. Miller and Barbara A. Genco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scales, Pat R., author.

Contributor:

Miller, Rebecca T., editor.

Genco, Barbara A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries--Censorship.

Libraries.

Challenged books.

Collection development (Libraries).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

Summary:

This collection of questions from readers and Scales' informative answers are gathered in broad thematic groups to help readers explore the all-too-daily reality of confronting efforts to censor, ban, or otherwise limit open and ready access to materials in our schools and libraries. They were all written in response to active book challenges or questions of intellectual freedom and library ethics. These columns have a ripped from the headlines immediacy even as they reflect the core values and policies of librarianship. Each topic is framed with a brief introductory essay.

Contents:

Introduction

Collection development and censorship

Censorship via physical access, defacing books, and more

Labeling: Never a good idea

Confronting rating systems

Kids and privacy

Confronting censorship in public libraries

Confronting censorship in school libraries and classrooms

Library programs, displays, and censorship

Filtering, digital access, cyberbullying

Issues with ereaders and audiobooks

Curriculum concerns

Difficult conservations

Object lessons

Appendix a: "It's about conversation"

Appendix b: Resources on the ALA Bill of Rights.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 6, 2015).

ISBN:

9781442250635

1442250631