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Download full textVarner, Carroll – 1988
This examination of the issue of intellectual freedom in academic libraries provides examples of recent controversies, and argues that the library's response to such controversies provides an opportunity to emphasize its educational role. It is noted that academic libraries are full of controversial materials, and that this is necessary if the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Censorship, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education
