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  • What Johnny Can't Read: Censorship in American Libraries
    Essay by Suzanne Fisher Staples on censorship in American school libraries.
  • Banned Books On-Line
    Special exhibit of books that have been the objects of censorship or censorship attempts.
  • The File Room
    Archive of case files pertaining to the censorship and suppression of works and ideas from Socrates to Judy Blume.
  • Censored
    Directory of Web and print censorship resources with detailed descriptions of each link.
  • Censored: Wielding the Red Pen
    This exhibition from the University of Virginia Libraries includes numerous cover images of censored books, plus thoughtful and informative commentary.
  • American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression
    News and updates on matters of free speech, book banning and related issues for booksellers.
  • Banning Books from the Classroom: How To Handle Cries for Censorship
    This informative article from education World is mainly aimed at teachers, but it is useful for anyone concerned with book banning and censorship in schools. Challenges to school materials are a common occurrence. How should such challenges be handled? How can they be avoided?
  • The Censorship Pages -- Information on Censorship of the Written Word
    Articles and links on baned books and censorship. Many links are dead
  • Free Expression Network
    Current news, features and trend analysis in free expression issues in U.S.
  • Censorship and Book Burning
    Modest collection of sayings and viewpoints of book burning.
  • Banned Books: A Pathfinder
    A librarians' finding guide for information on banned books and censorship.
  • Shameful Book Banning in Rockford, Illinois
    Describes a case where a school board voted to ban a book about youth gang culture, to the dismay of many in the community.
  • Parents Against Bad Books In Schools
    Information and resources for challenging controversial books in K-12 schools.
  • Freedom to Read.ca
    Freedom to Read Week encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom.
  • United Students Against Book Banning
    A collective of Canadian students fighting censorship.
  • kidSPEAK
    Formerly Muggles for Harry Potter, kidSPEAK believes that it is wrong to ban books in classrooms and school libraries because some parents object to their content. Restricting the use of books that kids want to read violates their First Amendment rights and helps produce an illiterate society.
  • Free Expression Policy Project
    A think tank on artistic and intellectual freedom that provides empirical research and policy development on tough censorship issues.
  • ALA: Banned Books Week
    Information and resources on this year's Banned Books Week, from the American Library Association. Includes an overview of the topic of banned and burned books, press kits, a list of the most frequently challenged books, and links.
  • ALA's Top 100 Banned or Challenged Books of 1990-2000
    A list of the most frequently challenged books of the 1990s, based on the challenges reported to ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom.
  • Most Frequently Challenged Books in the US in the early 1990s
    A list of the 50 most frequently challenged titles in schools and public libraries between 1990 and 1992, based on Herbert Foerstel's book, Banned in the U.S.A.
  • Look Out, Harry Potter: Book Banning Heats Up
    This article from Education World explores the issue of book banning with a special focus on the Rowling's Harry Potter books, and includes a set of resources for establishing procedures in school systems to handle challenges to popular books.
  • Banned Books Quiz
    Test your knowledge of banned books with this quiz.
  • Ban These Books Too; It's Only Fair
    A satirical plea to ban Shakespeare and the Bible on the same basis that other books have been banned.
  • The Forbidden Library: Banned and Challenged Books
    Books and literature targeted for censorship or banned throughout history, from Confucius to Harry Potter. Includes censorship quotes, descriptions of specific cases, answers to email questions.
  • He who destroyes a good Booke, kills reason it selfe
    Retrospective of the famous exhibition and catalogue of banned books from the University of Kansas in 1955.
  • Family Friendly Libraries
    National organization dedicated to addressing issues of age appropriate materials in public and school libraries. Includes current news and information.
  • Banned Books
    Loyola University Chicago Libraries' information page about book banning in the U.S. and abroad, with a section on electronic documents.

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  • Book Banning Intellectual Freedom Library and Information Science
    URL : iaswww.com/apr/Reference/.../Intellectual_Freedom/Book_Banning
    Book Banning Intellectual Freedom Library and Information Science Category for ... Library and Information Science: Intellectual Freedom: Book Banning: ...[2008/11/26]
  • Book Banning
    URL : astro.temple.edu/~ahinski/book_banning.html
    Book Banning: An Infringement Upon "Intellectual Freedom" How are Books Censored? ... How Does Book Banning Infringe Upon One's Intellectual Freedom? ...[2005/04/20]
  • AS IF! Authors Support Intellectual Freedom: John Green Talks Book Banning
    URL : asifnews.blogspot.com/2007/05/john-green-talks-book-banning.html
    Authors Support Intellectual Freedom. News about AS IF! Friday, May 04, 2007 ... Young Adult authors supporting intellectual freedom. Previous Posts. Update on ...[2008/11/21]
  • Book Banning:
    URL : mywebspace.wisc.edu/.../web/Group 1 Book Banning Presentation.pdf
    (Intellectual Freedom Committee, 1986) • Expression of Concern: An inquiry that ... political, artistic and intellectual. freedom. Book Banning in the 21. st. Century ...[2006/12/05]
  • Chris Crutcher on Writing for Teenagers, Intellectual Freedom, The ...
    URL : news.bookweb.org/m-bin/printer_friendly?article_id=3548
    ... on Writing for Teenagers, Intellectual Freedom, The Sledding Hill & More ... Book-banning is familiar territory for Chris Crutcher: Each of his nine books ...[2008/10/27]
  • ALA | Book banning alive and well in the U.S.
    URL : ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/.../September2008/OIFbookbanning.cfm
    Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) ... Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) International Relations (IRRT) ...[2008/11/22]
  • Banned Books and Censorship of Children's Books - The Who and Why of ...
    URL : childrensbooks.about.com/cs/censorship/a/censorship.htm
    Many people think that book banning is something that happened in the distant past. ... for Intellectual Freedom began to electronically compile and publish ...[2008/11/12]
  • COM 250H: Julia Barco
    URL : web.ics.purdue.edu/~jebarco/com250/wordpress
    First of all, book banning poses a threat to intellectual freedom. ... Because book banning limits intellectual freedom and discourages unorthodox ...[2008/11/20]
  • Mental Health and Cognitive Liberty
    URL : www.cognitiveliberty.org/issues/book_banning_index.htm
    Book banning not only restricts the thought processes of ... Intellectual Freedom. Internet: Censorship. Resources: ... Key Supreme Court case on book banning. ...[2007/05/18]
  • MAGPI K20 Programs
    URL : www.magpi.net/programs/bannedbooks.html
    A celebration of intellectual freedom and access! ... of book banning in the United States and examine contemporary issues in ...[2008/11/09]
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