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Intellectual Freedom
WWW Resources related to intellectual freedom and censorship for libraries. Includes policy statements, lists of banned books, and links to Supreme Court cases and decisions.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/free.htm
Censorship and Intellectual Freedom Page
Annotated collection of links on a variety of topics related to censorship and intellectual freedom.
http://php.indiana.edu/~quinnjf/censor.html
American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression
Links to the Free Expression Newsletter and other sites relating to bookselling and freedom of speech.
http://www.bookweb.org/orgs/related/abffe/
Articles on Censorship: A Look at the Different Sides of the Issue
There is more than one side to any story. This is more true with censorship of the written word than with most topics. You know where you stand on this issue, but what is your opinion based on? Is it based on fact and your morals, or on other people's morals? To help determine this, it is a good idea to find out what other people have thought on the issue. Here are some articles, essays and speeches that cover this issue from a different side of the story.
http://www.booksatoz.com/censorship/article.htm
Texas Library Association Intellectual Freedom Handbook
Practical and theoretical information on intellectual freedom, censorship, and related issues.
http://www.txla.org/pubs/ifhbk.html
A Guide To Internet Resources on Intellectual Freedom
Compiled by Gary Shimek for The Intellectual Freedom Round Table of the Wisconsin Library Association. An extensive and annotated list of resources.
http://people.msoe.edu/~shimek/if_resources_titlepage.html
Suppression of Speech by the United States Government: The Children's Internet Protection Act
Argues that the federal government attempted to engage in mass censorship by passing the Children's Internet Protection Act.
http://www.mlaforum.org/volumeI/issue1/suppression.html
South Dakota Library Association: Intellectual Freedom
Links and information on Surf Safe, the association's web safety program.
http://www.usd.edu/sdla/intellectual_freedom.html
Boston Coalition for Freedom of Expression
Resources, reports, and a list of "Heroes and Villains."
http://users.rcn.com/kyp/bcfe.html
PICS, Censorship, and Intellectual Freedom FAQ
Examines intellectual freedom issues raised by the Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS), a set of technical specifications developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), and often used in filtering software.
http://www.w3.org/PICS/PICS-FAQ-980126.html
Libraries and Democracy
Article on how libraries can contribute to democractic traditions and values in the United States and in the international community.
http://www.michaellorenzen.com/eric/democracy.html
ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom
The Office for Intellectual Freedom is charged with implementing ALA policies concerning the concept of intellectual freedom as embodied in the Library Bill of Rights, the Associations basic policy on free access to libraries and library materials. The goal of the office is to educate librarians and the general public about the nature and importance of intellectual freedom in libraries.
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/
ALA's The Freedom to Read Statement
The Association's policy statement on intellectual freedom and censorship.
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/statementspols/ftrstatement/
ALA's Library Bill of Rights
The Associations basic policy on free access to libraries and library materials.
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/statementspols/statementsif/
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