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Tables of Contents for The Limits of Tolerance
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Tables
ix
2
List of Graphs
xi
4
Foreword
xv
6
Bob Usherwood
Acknowledgments
xxi
Chapter 1. Introduction
1
14
Background
1
3
United Kingdom
2
1
Canada
2
1
Issues in Common
3
1
Library Associations
3
1
Choice of Topic
4
1
Purpose of Study
5
1
Significant Literature and Research
6
2
United Kingdom
6
1
Canada
7
1
United States
7
1
Definitions
8
7
Censorship
8
2
Intellectual Freedom
10
1
Pornography and Obscenity
11
1
Attitude
12
3
Chapter 2. Research Design
15
8
Sample Population
15
1
Methodology
16
7
Grounded Theory
16
1
Personal Interviews
17
1
Measurement of Attitudes
18
1
Limitations of Research Methodology
19
1
Limitations of Interviews
20
1
Analysis of Interviews
21
2
Chapter 3. "Intellectual Freedom": Definitions and Interpretations
23
6
Chapter 4. Public Library Roles and Their Relationship to Intellectual Freedom
29
18
Maintenance of Intellectual Freedom
30
3
Education
33
3
Social Change
36
11
Chapter 5. Selection and Processing of Material
47
78
General Selection Philosophies
47
23
High Demand
47
4
Power of the Library Committee or Board
51
4
Access to Information
55
3
Labeling
58
5
Community Standards
63
4
Portrayal of Homosexuality
67
3
Selection of Specific Types of Controversial Material
70
13
Gender and Sex
72
11
Women Portrayed in Stereotyped Roles
73
3
Gay/Lesbian-Oriented Fiction
76
4
Soft-Pornography Photographs
80
3
Racism
83
12
Material Linking Intelligence and Racial Origin
83
4
Racial Stereotypes in Fiction
87
5
Material Whose Purchase Might Profit Those with Racist Goals
92
3
Illegal Acts
95
7
Material on the Growing or Manufacture of Drugs
96
3
Publications that Advocate Armed Rebellion
99
3
Material of Questionable Truth
102
18
Material Generally Considered to Be Untrue
103
2
Material Critical of Generally Accepted Information about the Holocaust
105
4
Material of Debatable Quality
109
7
Material that People May Find Repulsive
110
2
Popular Material with Little Literary Merit
112
4
Conclusions
116
4
Additional Factors Affecting Selection Decisions
120
1
Official Selection Policies
121
4
Chapter 6. Managing Intellecutal Freedom
125
54
Complaints about Stock
125
29
Pressure to Acquire Material for the Collection
126
7
Pressure to Withdraw Material from the Collection
133
4
Responses to Complaints from the Public
137
9
Pressure from Staff to Acquire or Withdraw Material
146
3
Managing "Difficult" People
149
3
Verbal or Physical Threats
152
2
Meeting Rooms and Display Spaces
154
16
Meeting Rooms
155
6
Displays and Display Spaces
161
9
Implications of Funding on Intellectual Freedom
170
9
Funds from Sponsorships
174
5
Chapter 7. Support for Directors
179
22
Governing Bodies
179
10
Library Associations
189
12
Chapter 8. The Directors and Intellectual Freedom
201
44
Directors' Personal Views about Intellectual Freedom Issues in Society
201
31
The Right Not to Be Offended
201
3
Market Forces and Access to Information
204
3
Influence of Media Conglomerates
207
4
Impact of Technology
211
3
Right of All Ideas to Be Heard
214
4
Legal Restrictions on Violent Pornography
218
4
Publicity about Gay and Lesbian Issues
222
2
Soft-Core Pornography
224
4
Multicultural Harmony
228
4
Conflicts between Personal and Professional Beliefs
232
8
Personal Political Beliefs
234
2
Personal Religious Beliefs
236
1
Personal Moral Beliefs
237
1
Personal Professional Beliefs
238
2
Other Influences on Directors' Attitudes
240
3
Directors' Views of Themselves
243
2
Chapter 9. Summary
245
8
References
253
12
Appendixes
265
12
A. Interview Schedule
265
8
B. Canadian Library Association Bill of Rights
273
2
C. The [British] Library Association Policy Statement on Censorship
275
2
Index
277
10
About the Author
287