Articles:
Not Censorship but Selection by Lester Asheim -- Wilson Library Quarterly, 28, 9/1953
A Dirty Little Secret: Self-Censoship by Debry Lau Whelan -- SLJ 2/1/2009
What Johnny Can't Read by Suzanne Fisher Staples -- The Alan Review, Winter 1996 (vol.23,no.6)
Librarians and Censorship: The Ethical Imperative by Charlene C. Cain. Louisiana Libraries, Winter 2006.
Research:
Moving Toward a Method to Test for Self-Censorship by School Media Specialists. Ken P. Coley, 2002.
ALA Presentation Handouts: Walk the Line : the Fine Line Between Selection and Censorship (presenters included New Rochelle's Ken Petrilli)
addresses selection issues in graphic novels, urban fiction, music, non-fiction and religion (scroll down page to 10:30 slot for handout links)
The Basics of Library Intellectual Freedom:
Code of Ethics - American Library Association (ALA)
Library Bill of Rights - ALA
Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights - ALA
Freedom to Read Statement - ALA
Libraries : an American Value - ALA
Notable First Amendment Court Cases
NYLA's Intellectual Freedom Manual
Collection Development
Policy samples:
Scarsdale Public Library
Challenges To Books & Other Library Materials : links to comprehensive and helfpul informatiion (ALA)
Sample procedure : Pikes Peak Public Library
Sample Request for Reconsideration : Northeast Iowa Library Service Area
Sample Statement of Concern About Library Resources : Outagamie Waupaca Library System
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