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Intellectual Freedom Stories from a Shifting Landscape.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : American Library Association, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (205 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780838947357
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Intellectual Freedom Stories from a Shifting LandscapeDDC classification:
  • 025.213
LOC classification:
  • Z711
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword: Storytelling for Advocacy -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Advocating for Intellectual Freedom through Storytelling -- Part I. Protected by Policy -- 1. Give Them Library Cards! -- 2. The Vitruvian Man and a Threat to Burn Down the Art Library -- 3. Adventures in Book Court -- Part I. Reflection Questions -- Part II. Public Events -- 4. Black Lives Matter Die-In: Library Space as an Intellectual Freedom Issue -- 5. Exposing a Community: Drag Queen Storytime in Rural America -- 6. Did We Just Normalize Extreme Views and Make the Library an Unsafe Place? -- Part II. Reflection Questions -- Part III. Difficult Conversations -- 7. A Library's Response(ability) in #MeToo -- 8. Promoting Intellectual Freedom Through a Social Book Group -- Part III. Reflection Questions -- Part IV. Institutional Decisions -- 9. The Storage Closet -- 10. The Fox and the Hedgehog: When Libraries are Behind Bars -- 11. Widely Read Teens Become Well-Rounded Adults -- 12. Y Colorín Colorado, Este Cuento Se Ha Acabado [Snip, Snap, Snout, This Tale's Told Out] -- Part IV. Reflection Questions -- Part V. Patrons Challenging Material -- 13. Transgender Children's Books in the Public Library -- 14. Restoring EBSCO: The Power of Coalition and Rapid Response -- 15. "Bullshit Hatred from Cover to Cover": Islamophobia in the Age of Trump -- 16. Anywhere USA -- Part V. Reflection Questions -- Part VI. Cultural Sensitivity -- 17. "Just Get Rid of Them": American Indian Children's Literature in the Tribal College Library -- 18. Censorship and Sensibility -- Part VI. Reflection Questions -- Conclusion: The Work Continues -- About the Contributors -- Index.
Summary: These stories provide a rich platform for debate and introspection by sharing real-world examples that library staff, administrators, board members, and students can consider and discuss.
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Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword: Storytelling for Advocacy -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Advocating for Intellectual Freedom through Storytelling -- Part I. Protected by Policy -- 1. Give Them Library Cards! -- 2. The Vitruvian Man and a Threat to Burn Down the Art Library -- 3. Adventures in Book Court -- Part I. Reflection Questions -- Part II. Public Events -- 4. Black Lives Matter Die-In: Library Space as an Intellectual Freedom Issue -- 5. Exposing a Community: Drag Queen Storytime in Rural America -- 6. Did We Just Normalize Extreme Views and Make the Library an Unsafe Place? -- Part II. Reflection Questions -- Part III. Difficult Conversations -- 7. A Library's Response(ability) in #MeToo -- 8. Promoting Intellectual Freedom Through a Social Book Group -- Part III. Reflection Questions -- Part IV. Institutional Decisions -- 9. The Storage Closet -- 10. The Fox and the Hedgehog: When Libraries are Behind Bars -- 11. Widely Read Teens Become Well-Rounded Adults -- 12. Y Colorín Colorado, Este Cuento Se Ha Acabado [Snip, Snap, Snout, This Tale's Told Out] -- Part IV. Reflection Questions -- Part V. Patrons Challenging Material -- 13. Transgender Children's Books in the Public Library -- 14. Restoring EBSCO: The Power of Coalition and Rapid Response -- 15. "Bullshit Hatred from Cover to Cover": Islamophobia in the Age of Trump -- 16. Anywhere USA -- Part V. Reflection Questions -- Part VI. Cultural Sensitivity -- 17. "Just Get Rid of Them": American Indian Children's Literature in the Tribal College Library -- 18. Censorship and Sensibility -- Part VI. Reflection Questions -- Conclusion: The Work Continues -- About the Contributors -- Index.

These stories provide a rich platform for debate and introspection by sharing real-world examples that library staff, administrators, board members, and students can consider and discuss.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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