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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