True Stories of Censorship Battles in America's Libraries

by Nye, Valerie; Barco, Kathy

• ISBN13: 9780838911303
• ISBN10: 0838911307
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-30
• Publisher: Ala Editions

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. xvii
Sometimes We're Our Own Worst Enemy: When Library Employees Are Censors	p. 1
Where There Once Was None	p. 3
Well-intentioned Censorship Is Still Censorship: The Challenge of Public Library Employees	p. 8
If I Don't Buy It, They Won't Come	p. 14
Mixed-Up Ethics	p. 19
How Dare You Recommend This Book to a Child: Reading Levels and Sophisticated Topics	p. 21
Clue-less in Portland	p. 23
Vixens, Banditos, and Finding Common Ground	p. 25
Long Live the King (Novels)!	p. 30
Parent Concern about Classroom Usage Spills Over into School Library	p. 32
The Princess Librarian: An Allegory	p. 35
The Complexity and Challenges of Censorship in Public Schools: Overstepping Boundaries, Cultivating Compassionate Conversations	p. 39
Not Only Boy Scouts Should Be Prepared: Building Strong Policies	p. 47
I Owe It All to Madonna	p. 49
The Battle to Include	p. 51
Pornography and Erotica in the Academic Library	p. 57
Reasonable Accommodation: Why Our Library Created Voluntary Kids Cards	p. 64
When the Tribe Has Spoken: Working with Native American Collections	p. 69
Cultural Sensitivity or Censorship?	p. 71
Developing the Public Library's Genealogy Euchee/Yuchi Collection	p. 75
Conversation + Confrontation + Controversy = Combustion: Vocal Organization and Publicly Debated Challenges	p. 77
32 Pages, 26 Sentences, 603 Words, and $500,000 Later: When School Boards Have Their Way	p. 79
Respect of Fear	p. 86
Sweet Movie	p. 91
Censorship Avoided: Student Activism in a Texas School District	p. 97
I Read It in the Paper	p. 104
Uncle Bobby's Wedding	p. 108
A Community Divided	p. 115
The Author Visit That Should Have Been	p. 118
One of Those Not So Hideous Stories of a Book Challenge	p. 124
Crime and Punishment: When Library Patrons Have Committed a Crime	p. 131
A Serial Killer Visits the Library	p. 133
Books, Bars, and Behavior: Censorship in Correctional Libraries	p. 137
Perhaps It Is Possible to Judge a Book by Its Cover: Displays	p. 143
The Ghost of Halloween Past	p. 145
The Neophyte in the New Age	p. 147
Gay Books Display Brings Out High School Faculty Prejudice	p. 152
Censorship Looms Over the Rainbow	p. 156
Discussion Questions	p. 159
Contributors	p. 163
Index	p. 169
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