MLA Intellectual Freedom Committee

 

For School Library Media Specialists

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News from the trenches - Managing censorship attempts in the school library: 

"If I only knew then, what I know now..."  Listen to this interview (mp3 file) with Lockwood Middle School Library Media Specialist Johanna Freivalds on her experience with a challenge to "The Guy Book" and other titles.  The interview is around 50 minutes long and takes a little while to load.  Be patient - it's worth the wait.

 

National Council of Teachers of English Anti-Censorship Center includes the Five Most Helpful Resources and more.

 

Letters and justifications:

 

A dirty Little Secret: self-censorship  - from School Library Journal.

 

From the Field:  Librarians talk about self censorship

 

Walk the Line:  the fine line between selection & censorship - further reading.

 

Available via Interlibrary Loan from the Montana State Library:

 

Reichman, Henry. Censorship and Selection: Issues and Answers for Schools. Chicago: American Library Association, 1988.

 

Scales, Pat. Protecting Intellectual Freedom in Your School Library: Scenarios from the Front Lines. Chicago: American Library Association, 2009.

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