Controversial Films in Library Collections

Last week during group forum discussion for this course, we examined a 2010 article by Rebecca Hill entitled, "Gritty, Tough, Edgy, and Controversial: YA Authors Who Tackle Forbidden Subjects and Why They Do It", which basically relates Hill's examination of the issue of library book challenges and library censorship. Hill interviews several YA book authors who are known for writing these kinds of books--namely Judy Blume, Laurie Halse Anderson,...

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Libraries and Consumer Empowerment

Image Source: Zazzle.comTwo recent articles that relate to online privacy and consumer empowerment have been on my mind:Some Thoughts on Internet Privacy Legislation (Law Librarian Blog; 5 May)Internet data collection: The privacy line (LA Times; 8 May)The LA Times piece boldly opens:Apple introduced its Macintosh computer in 1984 with a now-famous Super Bowl commercial that showed a lone rebel striking out against Big Brother. So it was ironic that...

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Welcome...

Image Source: Flickr User Nicole Salow(Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic License)How's it going?This is my obligatory "welcome" post.I'm currently a MLS (Master of Library Science) distance-student at the School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University Bloomington at Indianapolis (what a mouthful!).This blog has been created as part of the course requirements for a seminar in "Intellectual Freedom" within...

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