Rebecca Crown Library and the

Graduate School of Library and Information Science

present

Crown Library Assistantship Symposium Series (CLASS) 

 

 

The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), Censorship, and the

 

Selection of Library Materials for Children and Young Adults 

on

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

4:00 pm-5:30 pm

Lewis Lounge 

 

Do you believe that CIPA challenges the First Amendment and our Intellectual Freedom? Does that freedom extend to minors? Who is responsible for keeping tabs on what children are viewing on public computers? Do librarians inadvertently censor materials in their selection process for library materials for children and young adults? Please join us for a discussion on how CIPA and censorship affects what we read and what we may be able view on any public or school computer. 

 

First Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution: 

 

      Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.    

 

·        Additional resources on the US Constitution:

 

o       The National Archives Experience

http://www.archives.gov 

 

 

Background Information on CIPA and Censorship:

 

CIPA

 

•  Information from the ALA

http://www.ala/org/cipa

 

• Caldwell-Stone, Deborah. 2003. Public Libraries and the Internet. Municipal Lawyer 44, no. 6: 16.

ARTICLE LINK

 

• Jaeger, Paul T., Charles R. McClure, John C. Bertot, and Lesley A. Langa. 2005. CIPA - Decisions, Implementation, and Impacts. Public Libraries 44, no. 2: 105. OCLC No: 3889688.

ARTICLE LINK

 

• Schuyler, Michael. 1999. Porn Alley: Now at Your Local Public Library. Computers in Libraries 19, no. 10 (11//Nov/Dec99): 32-35. 2461946.

ARTICLE LINK

 

 

 

 

Censorship, Intellectual Freedom, and library materials for children and young adults: 

 

• Bucher, Katherine T., M. L. Manning. 2007. Intellectual Freedom for Young Adolescents. Childhood Education 84, no. 1 (Fall) : 8-14. 27300228.

ARTICLE LINK 

 

 

• Dobija, Jane. 2007. The First Amendment Needs NEW CLOTHES. (Cover story). American Libraries 38, no. 8 (09): 50-53. 26559123.

ARTICLE LINK

 

 

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