Take a look at some examples of Policies Relating to Intellectual Freedom
Resources:
AASL Essential Links Intellectual Freedom resources from the American Association of School Librarians
School Library Media Centers and Intellectual Freedom toolkit from the American Library Association
Intellectual Freedom Manual 8 online supplement to the to the print edition from ALA
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 area libraries:
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.
Simmons, John S. and Dresang, Eliza T. School Censorship in the 21st Century: a guide for teachers and school library media specialists. Newark, Delaware: International Reading Association, 2001.
Themed issues of Knowledge Quest - a publication of the AASL division of American Library Association (available on InfoTrac)
Intellectual Freedom 101: November - December 2007 vol 36 Issue 2
Intellectual Freedom Online: September - October 2010 vol 39 Issue 1
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