There is more than one side to any story. This is more true with censorship of the written word than with most topics. You know where you stand on this issue, but what is your opinion based on? Is it based on fact and your morals, or on other people's morals? To help determine this, it is a good idea to find out what other people have thought on the issue. Here are some articles, essays and speeches that cover this issue from a different side of the story.
There is more than one side to any story. This is more true with censorship of
the written word than with most topics. You know where you stand on this issue,
but what is your opinion based on? Is it based on fact and your morals, or on
other people's morals? To help determine this, it is a good
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This article from Education World explores the issue of book banning with a special focus on the Rowling's Harry Potter books, and includes a set of resources for establishing procedures in school systems to handle challenges to popular books.
J.K. Rowlings best-selling Harry Potter childrens book series topped the most frequently banned books last year. The sorcerer may head up the list again, for the second year in a row, if the shift in censorship cases continues to focus on books abo...
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Out Harry Potter! -- Book Banning Heats Up J. K. Rowling's
best-selling Harry Potter children's book series topped the most frequently
banned books last year. The books about sorcerers may head up the list
again, for the second
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You don't look like a librarian!
So What is This About, Anyway?
Welcome to the site, a collection of talks and resources relating to the image and perception of librarians in the Internet age. Past talks, recent columns, and articles of interest from around the world are collected here... if
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