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Peer reviewedHopkins, Dianne McAfee – Library Trends, 1996
Uses national guidelines, collection development texts, and the intellectual freedom literature to assess the practical value of the Library Bill of Rights in school library settings. Discussion focuses on invoking the statement as support when dealing with challenges to the collection. Appendixes include the Library Bill of Rights itself and…
Descriptors: Censorship, Guidelines, Intellectual Freedom, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewedWolkoff, Kathleen Nietzke – Library Trends, 1996
Discusses three philosophical positions taken by librarians regarding Holocaust denial literature in library collections: inclusion, exclusion, and inclusion with labeling as inaccurate. Concludes that librarians should not undertake the role of arbiters of truth but should responsibly and intelligently build collections that provide access to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bias, Censorship, Conflict
Peer reviewedEdwards, Ronald G. – Library Trends, 2002
Discusses variations between academic and public libraries for librarians contemplating a career change from academic to public librarianship. Highlights include the political atmosphere of public libraries; library boards; organizational goals; collection development; censorship issues; diversity; employment process; the future of public…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Career Change, Censorship, Decision Making
