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Each year since 1982, librarians, publishers and booksellers have come together to celebrate [[Banned Books Week]].  "Banned Books Week - Celebrating the Freedom to Read" reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted.  
 
Each year since 1982, librarians, publishers and booksellers have come together to celebrate [[Banned Books Week]].  "Banned Books Week - Celebrating the Freedom to Read" reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted.  
  
ALA's [http://www.ala.org/oif Office for Intellectual Freedom] has an extensive website covering the issues of censorship and how librarians can foster intellectual freedom.  The following pages of this wiki are just a few selective links to topics covered more fully on those pages.
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ALA's [http://www.ala.org/oif Office for Intellectual Freedom] has an extensive website covering the issues of censorship and how librarians can foster intellectual freedom.  For information specific to schools, see [http://aasl.ala.org/essentiallinks/index.php?title=Intellectual_Freedom Intellectual Freedom] by AASL (American Association of School Librarians, a division of ALA) Essential Links: Resources for School Library Program Development.
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The following pages of this wiki are just a few selective links to topics covered more fully on those pages.
  
 
[[Collection Policies]]
 
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[[Filtering Issues]]
 
[[Filtering Issues]]
  
[[Researching Challenged ("Banned") Books]]
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[http://www.ala.org/tools/atoz/researching-banned-and-challenged-books Researching Challenged ("Banned") Books]
  
 
[[Responding to Challenges to Library Materials]]
 
[[Responding to Challenges to Library Materials]]
  
[[Teaching about Challenged ("Banned") Books]]
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=====On the web=====
 
=====On the web=====
  
 
Banned Books Map: [http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Unabashedly-Bookish/Mapping-Banned-Books/ba-p/395926 Blog post describing its development]
 
Banned Books Map: [http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Unabashedly-Bookish/Mapping-Banned-Books/ba-p/395926 Blog post describing its development]
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[http://web.archive.org/web/20080417001916/http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bookburning/bookburning.cfm Book Burning - DISCONTINUED ALA web page but STILL AVAILABLE HERE via Internet Archive]
  
 
Video: [http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/al_focus/banned-books-week-puppet-book-banners Banned Books Week: Puppet Book Banners], filmed in the ALA Library in 2009.
 
Video: [http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/al_focus/banned-books-week-puppet-book-banners Banned Books Week: Puppet Book Banners], filmed in the ALA Library in 2009.
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Video: [http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/videos/video_archive/200809 Banned Books Week: I'd Like to Find *BLEEP*], filmed in the ALA Library in 2008.
 
Video: [http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/videos/video_archive/200809 Banned Books Week: I'd Like to Find *BLEEP*], filmed in the ALA Library in 2008.
  
===Bibliography===
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===Censorship Bibliography===
  
''Intellectual Freedom Manual''. Chicago: American Library Association, 2010.  
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'''[https://www.worldcat.org/profiles/ALAHQLibrary/lists/3152303 "Censorship" list on WorldCat.]'''
 
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Peck, Robert S. ''Libraries, the First Amendment, and Cyberspace: What You Need to Know''. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000. 
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Association for Library Service to Children. ''Intellectual Freedom for Children: The Censor Is Coming.'' [Chicago, Ill.]: American Library Association, 2000.
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Bald, Margaret, and Ken Wachsberger. ''Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds.'' New York: Facts On File, 2006.
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Burress, Lee. ''Battle of the Books: Literary Censorship in the Public Schools, 1950-1985.'' Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1989..
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Crossen, Cynthia. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203917304574415110113199926.html?mod=googlenews_wsj "In Search of Banned Children's Books."] Wall Street Journal (online ed). Sept. 18, 2009.
 
Crossen, Cynthia. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203917304574415110113199926.html?mod=googlenews_wsj "In Search of Banned Children's Books."] Wall Street Journal (online ed). Sept. 18, 2009.
  
Foerstel, Herbert N. ''Banned in the U.S.A.: A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries.'' Westport, Conn. [u.a.]: Greenwood Press, 2002.
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''Intellectual Freedom Manual''. Chicago: American Library Association, 2010.  
  
Geller, Evelyn. ''Forbidden Books in American Public Libraries, 1876-1939: A Study in Cultural Change.''  Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1984.
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Peck, Robert S. ''Libraries, the First Amendment, and Cyberspace: What You Need to Know''. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000.
 
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Green, Jonathon. ''The Encyclopedia of Censorship.'' New York, N.Y.: Facts on File, 1990.
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Haight, Anne Lyon, and Chandler B. Grannis. ''Banned Books, 387 B.C. to 1978 A.D.'' New York: R.R. Bowker, 1978.
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[http://www.indexoncensorship.org ''Index on Censorship''] (journal, published bimonthly). London: Writers & Scholars International, Ltd.
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Jones, Derek. ''Censorship: A World Encyclopedia.'' London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2001. (4. v.)
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Karolides, Nicholas J. ''Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds.'' New York: Facts On File, 2006.
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Karolides, Nicholas J. ''Censored Books II: Critical Viewpoints, 1985-2000.'' Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2002.
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Karolides, Nicholas J., Margaret Bald, and Dawn B. Sova. ''100 Banned Books: Censorship Histories of World Literature.'' New York: Checkmark Books, 1999.
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Karolides, Nicholas J., Margaret Bald, and Dawn B. Sova. ''120 Banned Books: Censorship Histories of World Literature.'' New York: Checkmark Books/Facts On File, 2005.
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Knuth, Rebecca. ''Libricide: The Regime-Sponsored Destruction of Books and Libraries in the Twentieth Century.'' Westport, Conn: Praeger, 2003.
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''Limiting What Students Shall Read: Books and Other Learning Materials in Our Public Schools : How They Are Selected and How They Are Removed : Summary Report on the Survey "Book and Materials Selection for School Libraries and Classrooms : Procedures, Challenges, and Responses".'' Report on a survey sponsored by Association of American Publishers, American Library Association, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Washington, D.C.: Association of American Publishers, 1981.
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Nelson, Randy F. "Banned in Boston and Elsewhere." In ''The Almanac of American Letters.'' Los Altos, Calif: William Kaufmann, Inc., 1981.
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[http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/oifprograms/ifpubs/nif/newsletterintellectual.cfm ''Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom''] (journal, published bimonthly). Judith F. Krug, ed. Chicago: American Library Association, Intellectual Freedom Committee.
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O'Neil, Robert M. ''Classrooms in the Crossfire: The Rights and Interests of Students, Parents, Teachers, Administrators, Librarians, and the Community.'' Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1981.
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Reichman, Henry. ''Censorship and Selection: Issues and Answers for Schools.'' Chicago: American Library Association, 2001.
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Scales, Pat. ''Protecting Intellectual Freedom in Your School Library: Scenarios from the Front Lines.'' Chicago: American Library Association, 2009.
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Scales, Pat. ''Teaching Banned Books: 12 Guides for Young Readers.'' Chicago: American Library Association, 2001.
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Sova, Dawn B. ''Banned Books : Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds.'' New York: Facts On File, 2006.
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Sova, Dawn B. ''Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds.'' New York: Facts on File, 2006.
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Sova, Dawn B. ''Banned Plays: Censorship Histories of 125 Stage Dramas.'' New York: Facts on File, 2004.
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Tebbel, John William. ''A History of Book Publishing in the United States.'' New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1981.
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Each year since 1982, librarians, publishers and booksellers have come together to celebrate Banned Books Week. "Banned Books Week - Celebrating the Freedom to Read" reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted.

ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom has an extensive website covering the issues of censorship and how librarians can foster intellectual freedom. For information specific to schools, see Intellectual Freedom by AASL (American Association of School Librarians, a division of ALA) Essential Links: Resources for School Library Program Development.

The following pages of this wiki are just a few selective links to topics covered more fully on those pages.

Collection Policies

Filtering Issues

Researching Challenged ("Banned") Books

Responding to Challenges to Library Materials


On the web

Banned Books Map: Blog post describing its development

Book Burning - DISCONTINUED ALA web page but STILL AVAILABLE HERE via Internet Archive

Video: Banned Books Week: Puppet Book Banners, filmed in the ALA Library in 2009.

Video: Banned Books Week: I'd Like to Find *BLEEP*, filmed in the ALA Library in 2008.

Censorship Bibliography

"Censorship" list on WorldCat.

Crossen, Cynthia. "In Search of Banned Children's Books." Wall Street Journal (online ed). Sept. 18, 2009.

Intellectual Freedom Manual. Chicago: American Library Association, 2010.

Peck, Robert S. Libraries, the First Amendment, and Cyberspace: What You Need to Know. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000.
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