Category: Censorship

Noted Pundit Matt Damon Weighs In On The Sarah Palin Choice

Pretty funny clip and Damon does mention the thing about her banning books so that's cool!  Oh, but if you've seen an e-mail flying around supposedly listing the

Link to Another Blog That Allows Its Users To Post Libelous Comments – Get Sued Yourself!

When Jessamyn West was here for SLA, this topic came up at the after-event gathering.  I meant to post something about it at that time when the story

CLA's 2nd Annual Survey of Challenged Materials in Canadian Libraries

Continuing yesterday's trend of posting items long after their “best before” date, here's a press release from the Canadian Library Association  summarizing their second annual survey of challenges

FTRW 2008 – "The Charms of Wikipedia" (with discussion of the policy of deleting of "non-notable" articles)

Author Nicholson Baker takes a look at Wikipedia and includes a critique of the number of articles being deleted for less-than-solid reasons.  [Edit to add a link to

FTRW 2008 – Tories Plan To Withhold Funding for "Offensive" Productions

 Tories plan to withhold funding for 'offensive' productions“Would this committee put money into Juno? It might not want to encourage teen pregnancy. Would the government put money into

FTRW 2008 – Rotten.com

One of the semi-frequent questions/complaints I get from our branch librarians is how to deal with patrons who are looking at pornography.  But during my training, one branch

FTRW 2008 – Freedom to Read Week Founding Member Passes Away

A bit of sad news today, right in the middle of Freedom to Read Week… Dear colleagues in the Book and Periodical Council, We sadly note that Nancy

FTRW 2008 – German Authorities Slam "The God Delusion For Kids"

I was a bit disappointed to click through and realise this book wasn't actually a version of Richard Dawkins' book for young people (which would be awesome!).  But

FTRW 2008 – Happy Freedom To Read Week (Feb 24 – March 1)

Didn't get a chance to post yesterday so missed kicking off FTRW on its official start date.  But never one to be a day late and a dollar

Tracking Challenges in Canadian Libraries: 2nd Annual Survey

Please find below direct access to a one page web survey produced by the Advisory Committee on Intellectual Freedom. This second annual survey is intended to help the

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