Intellectual Freedom

Blog entry: First Library Bill of Rights?

Q. When did ALA first adopt the Library Bill of Rights?

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Posted March 1, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

News Story: Congress Extends Library Provision of Patriot Act to 2011

The U.S. House of Representatives sent Pres. Obama a bill extending three often-contested provisions of the Patriot Act on the evening of February 26, two days before the sections were due to expire. Approved...

Posted February 26, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

News Story: Hideous Book Remains in Fond du Lac School Library

A materials review committee formed by the Fond du Lac (Wis.) School District has denied a request by a Theisen Middle School parent to remove Sonya Sones’s One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies from school-...

Posted February 24, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

News Story: Thorny Fairness Issues Delay Decision on Google Books Settlement

“I am not going to rule today,” stated Judge Denny Chin of the U.S. District Court in New York City February 18 before hearing testimony at the long-awaited fairness hearing about settlement of the five-year-old lawsuit against Google...

Posted February 23, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

News Story: Florida Man Sues Two Libraries for Religious Discrimination

A Florida man has filed a religious-discrimination lawsuit against Volusia County Public Library, Director Lucinda Colee, and the county, claiming that VCPL’s New Smyrna Beach branch declined his request to...

Posted February 17, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

News Story: Justice Department Objects to Revised Google Books Settlement

The Department of Justice filed a statement of interest February 4 saying that despite “substantial progress” it still had objections to the proposed settlement of lawsuits challenging Google’s Book Search project, noting...

Posted February 5, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

News Story: Olympic Sponsorship Rules at Library Raise Vancouver’s Eyebrows

As the city prepares for the upcoming Winter Olympics, local media—on the lookout for games-related malfeasance—pounced on a request from the Vancouver (B.C.) Public Library administration asking staff to adhere to the sponsorship rules...

Posted January 27, 2010 | Comments: | Read More