Book Banning
ALA's Top 100 Banned or Challenged Books of 1, ALA: Banned Books Week, Alibris - Banned Books, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expressio, Autodafe.org, Ban These Books Too; It's Only Fair, Banned Books, Banned Books and Novel Ideas, Banned Books On-Line, Banned Books: A Pathfinder
Filtering Software
Censorship in a Box, Filtering the Internet in American Public Librarie, Internet Filtering and Blocking, NYTimes.com - The Librarian's Web Dilemma, Public Library Army, The Internet Filter Assessment Project
USA PATRIOT Act
ALA Council: Patriot Act a Danger, And Librarians get Recruited to Spy, Ashcroft Defends Search of Library Records, Big Brother at the Library, Big John Wants Your Reading List, Checking What You Check Out, Defending the Right Right to Read, Effects of the Patriot Act on Librarians, EPIC USA PATRIOT Act Page, FBI's Reading List Worries Librarians
A Guide To Internet Resources on Intellectual Free
Compiled by Gary Shimek for The Intellectual Freedom Round Table of the Wisconsin Library Association. An extensive and annotated list of resources.
ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom
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.
ALA's Library Bill of Rights
The Associations basic policy on free access to libraries and library materials.
ALA's The Freedom to Read Statement
The Association's policy statement on intellectual freedom and censorship.
American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expressio
Links to the Free Expression Newsletter and other sites relating to bookselling and freedom of speech.
Articles on Censorship: A Look at the Different S
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.
Boston Coalition for Freedom of Expression
Resources, reports, and a list of "Heroes and Villains."
Censorship and Intellectual Freedom Page
Annotated collection of links on a variety of topics related to censorship and intellectual freedom.
Information for Social Change
An activist organisation that examines issues of censorship, freedom and ethics amongst library and information workers.
Intellectual Freedom
WWW Resources related to intellectual freedom and censorship for libraries. Includes policy statements, lists of banned books, and links to Supreme Court cases and decisions.
Libraries and Democracy
Article on how libraries can contribute to democractic traditions and values in the United States and in the international community.
PICS, Censorship, and Intellectual Freedom FAQ
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.
South Dakota Library Association: Intellectual Fre
Links and information on Surf Safe, the association's web safety program.
Suppression of Speech by the United States Governm
Argues that the federal government attempted to engage in mass censorship by passing the Children's Internet Protection Act.
Texas Library Association Intellectual Freedom Han
Practical and theoretical information on intellectual freedom, censorship, and related issues.