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Intellectual Freedom Issues in School Libraries

by April M. Dawkins
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This up-to-date volume of topical School Library Connection articles provides school librarians and LIS professors with a one-stop source of information for supporting the core library principle of intellectual freedom.
School librarians continue to advocate for and champion student privacy and the right to read and have unfettered access to needed information. Updated and current information concerning these issues is critical to school librarians working daily with students, parents, and faculty to manage library programs, services, and print and digital collections. This volume is an invaluable resource as school librarians revisit collection development, scheduling, access, and other policies.
Library science professors will find this updated volume useful for information and discussion with students. Drawing on the archives of School Library Connection, Library Media Connection, and School Library Monthly magazines—and with comprehensive updates throughout—chapters tackle privacy, the right to read, censorship, equal access to information, and other intellectual freedom issues.
New laws and legal and ethical opinions continue to appear and help inform the daily response school librarians have to current issues. This volume updates all included articles with current legal thought and opinion. Intellectual freedom expert April Dawkins offers practical advice and commentary throughout.

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    November 11, 2020

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      • ISBN: 9798216103318

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      • ISBN: 9798216103318
      • File size: 1834 KB

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    • English

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    • School Library Journal

      Starred review from February 1, 2021

      Are overdue fines preventing students from getting books? Is a limit on the number of books that can be checked out at one time restricting how much students can read? Readers may not realize that these are intellectual freedom issues that place limits on reading, but they are, according to Dawkins, who stresses that school librarians must "remove as many barriers to access to information as we possibly can." In this collection of articles, librarians weigh in on topics such as selection policies, reading levels, and how to protect student privacy. The articles will motivate librarians to review their own policies and procedures and renew their commitment to protecting the right to read. Those looking for advice on working with their administrators will find it here, along with tips for communicating with parents and advocating for students. Librarians wondering what to do about fines or how to ensure that schools on a fixed schedule can still allow students access will discover answers. The section "Filtering, Technology, and the Digital Divide" is especially useful. VERDICT Highlighting issues that all school librarians need to consider in order to advocate for their students, this is a vital resource.-Laura Fields Eason, Danville H.S., KY

      Copyright 2021 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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