Tag: EBSCO
eLearning Platforms for Libraries
Libraries want to provide high quality, affordable, safe learning platforms, but that can be challenging. With lots of choices and often confusing terms of service agreements, libraries are asking themselves, “What should we buy?”
NCOSE’s Dirty Dozen Censorship
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation has included the American Library Association on their annual “Dirty Dozen” list of sexual exploitation enablers. You might be led to believe that the ALA was promoting open, free, and unfettered access to pornography—it’s not. Instead, NCOSE is targeting something alltogether different–the freedom of library patrons.
Intellectual Freedom News 10/26/18
Iowa man burns children’s books from public library to protest Orange City Pride; Attack of the porn hunters; 5 different ways IT directors handle student data privacy
Utah Education Network Reinstates Access to EBSCO Database for Students Across Utah
By: guest contributor Wanda Huffaker. Utah librarians and their allies successfully campaigned to overturn a decision by the Utah Education Network (UEN) to block access to EBSCO K12 databases for more than 650,000 elementary and high school students in Utah.
Anyone Can Sue: Legal Intimidation as a Censorship Tool
It is axiomatic that anyone can sue, over any issue. To file a lawsuit is as simple as drafting a document that purports to allege facts that support a claim for legal relief, paying a fee, and filing the document with a court.
Intellectual Freedom News 10/12/18
Education is not Pornography; NC high school pulls book ‘Beartown’ from honors class after parents complain; Is This True? A Fake News Database
Education is not pornography
EBSCO, and the Colorado Library Consortium, have been sued by parents seeking to remove EBSCO research databases from Colorado schoolrooms, based on spurious claims that the databases access “pornography.” The problem here isn’t pornography in library databases. The problem is a group of people who believe their prudery should be public policy.
Intellectual Freedom News 9/28/2018
September 28, 2018 – Collated by OIF Staff and News Editors Intellectual Freedom Highlights Dear Banned Author | What would you say to your favorite banned and challenged author? This Banned Books Week (September […]
Responding to Database Challenges
Most librarians are aware of books that get challenged and the tools needed to protect their library against censorship, but censorship can also affect our digital content, whether it’s databases, e-books, streaming content, apps or electronic tools. Be aware of the current trend in challenges to these materials and how ALA is working with librarians and vendors to protect access to these great resources.