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Avenues for Engagement? Testing the Democratic Nature of Library Book Challenge Processes
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Pamela Catherine Callahan; Joel D. Miller – Teachers College Record, 2024
Background or Context: Public school library book challenges have garnered ample media attention in recent years as many school districts and advocacy organizations have reported record numbers of book challenges. Book challenges are not a new phenomenon, historically speaking, but they have often illuminated values clashes in communities and…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Public Schools, Censorship, Constitutional Law
Sex and the Library. Confirmed by the Research: There is Sex in the Library [and] Alt.sex: Detour off the Information Highway [and] Sex in Public (Libraries): An Historical Sampler of What Every Librarian Should Know [and] Mission Position: Censorship in the Corporate Library [and] Hard Cases: Some Issues Concerning the First Amendment's Protection of Free Speech and Free Press [and] Subtle Censors: Collection Development in Academic Libraries.
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Bracy, Pauletta Brown, Ed.; And Others – North Carolina Libraries, 1995
Six articles address issues of censorship and sexuality in libraries. Highlights include: surveys of censorship in North Carolina, acceptable use policies for the Internet, perceptions of librarians' sexuality, the proprietary nature of corporate library holdings, contemporary views and interpretation of First Amendment rights, and collection…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Censorship, Corporate Libraries
School Censors and the Law.
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Haiman, Franklyn S. – Communication Education, 1987
Focuses on the problem of censorship in the public high schools, examining the legal aspects of censorship in that setting. (NKA)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administrators, Board of Education Role, Censorship