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Not Censorship But Selection by Lester Asheim

Lester Asheim in Cyberspace: A Tribute to Sound Reasoning

This article first appeared in American Libraries in October 2002 and connects Lester Asheim’s timeless arguments and applies them to the cyber age. Asheim’s article is still cited by library science community decades later when dealing with the problems of cyber materials.

April 29, 2017April 26, 2017 Kristin Pekoll Censorship, Internet Filters, Self-Censorship
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Intellectual Freedom News #ALAAC16

June 22, 2016 – What’s happening in Orlando, disinvited authors, filtering, bullying laws and much more.

June 23, 2016 Kristin Pekoll Intellectual Freedom News

The News Called…

By Dustin Fife I love when news organizations reach out to librarians. A local news agency reached out to me today to ask about internet filtering and some possible legislation […]

May 17, 2016May 17, 2016 Dustin Fife Intellectual Freedom Committee
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Intellectual Freedom News

March 23, 2016 – Intellectual Freedom News is a compilation of news delivered by the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom including current book challenges in libraries and schools and articles about privacy, internet filtering and censorship

March 25, 2016 Kristin Pekoll Choose Privacy Week, Committee on Professional Ethics (COPE), Freedom to Read Foundation, Intellectual Freedom News
Jamie LaRue

IF Hotspot – Post Midwinter Musings

As a long time public library director, I was familiar with many of the challenges in that realm. But my main takeaway from midwinter conversations with my colleagues is that today’s intellectual freedom hot spot is clearly our public schools.

January 21, 2016January 21, 2016 Jamie LaRue General Interest, Intellectual Freedom Issues
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