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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828875603321

Autore

Scales Pat R.

Titolo

Scales on censorship : real life lessons from school library journal / / by Pat R. Scales ; edited by School Library Journal's Rebecca T. Miller and Barbara A. Genco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4422-5063-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 pages)

Disciplina

025.21

Soggetti

Libraries - Censorship

Challenged books

Collection development (Libraries)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Collection development and censorship -- Censorship via physical access, defacing books, and more -- Labeling: Never a good idea -- Confronting rating systems -- Kids and privacy -- Confronting censorship in public libraries -- Confronting censorship in school libraries and classrooms -- Library programs, displays, and censorship -- Filtering, digital access, cyberbullying -- Issues with ereaders and audiobooks -- Curriculum concerns -- Difficult conservations -- Object lessons -- Appendix a: "It's about conversation" -- Appendix b: Resources on the ALA Bill of Rights.

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of questions from readers and Scales' informative answers are gathered in broad thematic groups to help readers explore the all-too-daily reality of confronting efforts to censor, ban, or otherwise limit open and ready access to materials in our schools and libraries. They were all written in response to active book challenges or questions of intellectual freedom and library ethics. These columns have a ripped from the headlines immediacy even as they reflect the core values and policies of librarianship. Each topic is framed with a brief introductory essay.