Library Censorship

Books won’t stay banned.  They won’t burn.  Ideas won’t go to jail.  In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost.  The only weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.”  ~Alfred Whitney Griswold, New York Times, 24 February 1959

The stories below are about censorship and freedom of information. Enjoy!

Phillip Pullman book returned to shelves in Calgary school library

Book depicting school shooting challenged in Pennsylvania

Wyoming schools keep challenged book on shelves

Public library in Pennsylvania denies book challenge

Freedom of Information Act strengthened

~ by thelibrarian2008 on February 17, 2008.

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