The Quad Cities\’ Dispatch
newspaper hit #1 in a Google News Search for: Intellectual
Freedom on Sunday with journalist Stephanie Massick\’s article:
\”Q-C
educators report few attempts to ban books.\”
Across the U.S., though, \”from 1990 to 2000, 6,364 challenges to books
were reported to the ALA\’s Office for Intellectual Freedom…. the most
challenged material for 2001 was the Harry Potter series, for its focus
on wizardry and magic,\” she reports. Several area librarians were
interviewed.
\”“As librarians, we consider the audience for our books and
choose books carefully based on recommendations from trusted sources,\’\’
Geneseo High School librarian Kathy Griffith said.\”
Iowa\’s Ames
Tribune is currently #1 in a Google News Search for National
Banned Books Week. with journalist Rebecca A. Petersen\’s article:
\”Banned
Books Week fights for free flow of ideas.\”
This brief article takes a national perspective of how, \”as federal guidelines
regarding the investigation of terrorists provide greater access to private
information, like library circulation records, library advocates worry.\”
\”\”The books you take out are being watched,\” said [Iowa State
University journalism professor, Barbara] Mack, a member of the national
group Lawyers for Libraries.\”
The Quad Cities\’ Dispatch
newspaper hit #1 in a Google News Search for: Intellectual
Freedom on Sunday with journalist Stephanie Massick\’s article:
\”Q-C
educators report few attempts to ban books.\”
Across the U.S., though, \”from 1990 to 2000, 6,364 challenges to books
were reported to the ALA\’s Office for Intellectual Freedom…. the most
challenged material for 2001 was the Harry Potter series, for its focus
on wizardry and magic,\” she reports. Several area librarians were
interviewed.
\”“As librarians, we consider the audience for our books and
choose books carefully based on recommendations from trusted sources,\’\’
Geneseo High School librarian Kathy Griffith said.\”
Iowa\’s Ames
Tribune is currently #1 in a Google News Search for National
Banned Books Week. with journalist Rebecca A. Petersen\’s article:
\”Banned
Books Week fights for free flow of ideas.\”
This brief article takes a national perspective of how, \”as federal guidelines
regarding the investigation of terrorists provide greater access to private
information, like library circulation records, library advocates worry.\”
\”\”The books you take out are being watched,\” said [Iowa State
University journalism professor, Barbara] Mack, a member of the national
group Lawyers for Libraries.\”
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