Intellectual Freedom 101 - presented at Park High School on November 18, 2010
Power Point Slide Presentation
Presentation Links - to resources discussed during the session
Exercises - real-life Montana school censorship scenarios
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
National Council of Teachers of English Anti-Censorship Center includes the Five Most Helpful Resources and more.
Reconsideration Procedures Flowchart:
Letters and justifications:
Additional Resources:
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.
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.
Bibliography:
- Boyer, Paul S. Purity in Print: Book Censorship in America from the Gilded Age to the Computer Age. University of Wisconsin Press, 2002.
- Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Celebrating Our Freedom to Read. American Library Association, 2010.
- Karolides, Nicholas J. Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds. Facts on File, 1998.
- Office for Intellectual Freedom. Intellectual Freedom Manual, 8th ed. American Library Association, 2010.
- Reichman, Henry. Censorship and Selection: Issues and Answers for Schools. American Library Association, 1988.
- Scales, Pat. Protecting Intellectual Freedom in Your School Library: Scenarios from the Front Lines. American Library Association, 2009.
- Simmons, John S. and Eliza T. Dresang. School Censorship in the 21st Century: A Guide for Teachers and School Library Media Specialists. International Reading Association, 2001.
- Sova, Dawn B. Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds. Facts on File, 1998.
- Work, Clemens P. Darkest Before Dawn: Sedition and Free Speech in the American West. University of New Mexico Press, 2005.
- 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
Censorship Videos
Censorship in the schools (pico)
Teen’s take on censorship
Overcome censorship in your school
Looking for Alaska - I am not a pornographer
Censorship videos
Banned Books #1
Banned Books #2
Banned Books #3
Banned Books #4
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