American Library Association

The American Library Association is an organization that would like to help people experience free speech through the protesting of banning and challenging books. Presented in the article, Books Behind Bars, “...The American Library Association realized that the profession needed to adopt a statement or take a philosophical position with regards to censorship. So, in 1939, they wrote the “Library Bill of Rights,” which begins to articulate the library community’s philosophical position regarding

The Association For Library Collections & Technical Services – Review & Evaluation The Association For Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) is an organization that is dedicated to education, cooperation and information sharing of matters relating to the technical services field of library and information science. They produced and published a quarterly publication, Library Resources & Technical Services. ALCTS also provides web course, webinars, and online discussion for both members

increasingly more prominent in today’s society. In fact, 275 books were banned in the United States alone in the year 2015, according to the American Library Association (2016). Books such as The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and even the ever-popular Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling have been banned for a variety of reasons (American Library Association, 2015). On the other hand, many concerned citizens believe that books should be banned because they may contain violence such as shown

language, and encounters with the police. Nonetheless, different groups of people have chosen to petition against book banning, like The American Library Association. There are also reasons given for why books should not be banned; for example, good moral, future reference, and relaxing stories. Parents, educators, and others choose to ban books from libraries due to the controversial topics and material; however, others would like to argue that these same books have a good moral to follow, as well

The USA Patriot Act and Civil Liberties September 11, 2001 sparked many different feelings into the hearts of Americans. People sprang into action to seek revenge and protect America’s precious soils from another deadly attack by reinforcing America’s strength through her government. The men and women of Congress retaliated to the terrorist attacks by drafting and passing the USA PATRIOT Act on October 26, 2001, which stands for “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate

Ethics. In Article I, it expresses the need for librarians to provide equal services to all library users. Therefore, that as a profession we must be accurate and courteous to all patron requests, regardless of our personal feelings and beliefs. As a profession, librarians must strive to help all library patrons to find the materials they need. Article II has many consequences to all types of libraries everywhere such as school, public, and so on. Intellectual Freedom is everyone has the right

Professor of Library Services and Electronic Librarian at Christopher Center Library Services of Valparaiso University, Indiana, USA. Up to date, she has published 11 journal articles and one printed book (Valparaiso University, 2015). This article is taken from the journal titled Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL). ITAL is the official scholarly peer reviewed journal of the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). This

which the American Library Association had expert witnesses testifying on their behalf against the Communications Decency Act in favor of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) among other organizations. This is considered the first Supreme Court ruling on the guidelines for materials circulating via the Internet. One of those expert witnesses was Robert Croneberger, who demonstrated to the three-judge panel on the near impossibility and labor-intensive work required to scour all libraries of sexual-related

public view (“2016 Book”). Nearly “ninety-nine percent” of the books that are challenged are pulled, or essentially banned, from three locations that need it the most: “the public library, school, and school library” (“2016 Book”). These are the places where people obtain knowledge from and it would be a loss to libraries to have a book removed from their shelves. Right now, the two largest demographics that support censorship are “parents and patrons” (”2016 Book”). In the past, they have had an upper

Obstruct Terrorism) in 2001 just weeks after the attacks, with the intention of helping law enforcement act more effectively in investigating potential terrorists. However, this act may do more harm than good. Some groups, such as the American Library Association, state that the act infringes on Fourth Amendment rights guaranteed to us in the Constitution.