Annotated collection of links on a variety of topics related to censorship and intellectual freedom.
Links to the Free Expression Newsletter and other sites relating to bookselling and freedom of speech.
There is more than one side to any story. This is more true with censorship of the written word than with most topics. You know where you stand on this issue, but what is your opinion based on? Is it based on fact and your morals, or on other people's morals? To help determine this, it is a good idea to find out what other people have thought on the issue. Here are some articles, essays and speeches that cover this issue from a different side of the story.
Practical and theoretical information on intellectual freedom, censorship, and related issues.
Compiled by Gary Shimek for The Intellectual Freedom Round Table of the Wisconsin Library Association. An extensive and annotated list of resources.
Argues that the federal government attempted to engage in mass censorship by passing the Children's Internet Protection Act.
Links and information on Surf Safe, the association's web safety program.
Resources, reports, and a list of "Heroes and Villains."
Examines intellectual freedom issues raised by the Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS), a set of technical specifications developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), and often used in filtering software.
The Office for Intellectual Freedom is charged with implementing ALA policies concerning the concept of intellectual freedom as embodied in the Library Bill of Rights, the Associations basic policy on free access to libraries and library materials. The goal of the office is to educate librarians and the general public about the nature and importance of intellectual freedom in libraries.
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