Product Description: Intellectual freedom is a core value of librarianship, but fighting to keep controversial materials on the shelves can sometimes feel like a lonely battle. And not all censorship controversies involve the public objecting to a book in the collection libraries are venues for displays and meetings, and sometimes library staff themselves are tempted to preemptively censor a work...read more

Suggests ways to develop, promote, and implement effective intellectual freedom policies in the face of community dynamics and such legal issues as access to computer networks and federal government requests for circulation records. (view table of contents)

Collects quotes expressing the importance of preserving intellectual freedom in the United States that are often used by library leaders and prominent Americans to counter challenges to the freedom to read. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Book by Downs, Robert Bingham