Library Journal RSS Feed Library Jounral en_us Sun, 27 May 2012 17:23:24 http://www.libraryjournal.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.rss.XMLServer.cls   Photo courtesy of James Duncan Davidson and O'Reilly Media Since the early 1990s, Carl Malamud has made it his business to return to the public what is rightfully theirs: free access to public information. Despite legislation that mandates such acc... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/887221-269/public_information_for_all_an.html.csp D.Rabina IntellectualFreedom 664340@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 At least three nights a week, after working as a library director, I teach power yoga. Sometimes when the class is breathing into an uncomfortable twisting position, I ask them to look behind them and identify an old limiting belief. Then I ask them to... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/887222-269/lj_backtalk_the_internet_is.html.csp IntellectualFreedom 664356@elibraryjournal.com Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:18:31 A while back, I got a glimse of the new filtered library world when a patron asked me for online information on Atlanta-area hospitals. We pulled up a list on USA/Business Reference, but we were blocked from seeing a full record on one hospital from a new... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/883298-269/backtalk_filtering_is_not_the.html.csp Linda Koss IntellectualFreedom 549474@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/872990-269/story.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 497195@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 An effort by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to gain access to someone who wrote a questionable note in a library book has apparently gone nowhere. In June, a patron of the Whatcom County Library System, Bellingham, WA, borrowed a copy of Bin La... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/872972-269/story.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 497105@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 After a Phoenix-area man was arrested for sexual exploitation of a minor and told police he downloaded child pornography at the Phoenix Public Library (PPL), the city council voted unanimously not to allow adults to turn off the library's Internet filter,... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/872839-269/story.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 496441@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Take a look at this issue's "Books Most Borrowed" from libraries nationwide (LJ Best Sellers Fiction and Nonfiction, p. 128). Maureen Dowd's recently published Bushworld appears, but you won't see another new blockbuster published at about the same time: ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/872817-269/story.csp Francine Fialkoff, Editor IntellectualFreedom 496330@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/872631-269/story.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 495398@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 After a government documents recall notice posted on the Government Printing Office (GPO) web site generated strong reaction from librarians, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in early August that federal depository libraries could keep the disputed ma... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/872618-269/recalled_government_papers_prompt_librarian.html.csp IntellectualFreedom 495333@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/872553-269/patriot_act_rollback_fails.html.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 495007@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The U.S. Supreme Court on June 29 upheld a lower court's injunction blocking the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), which would fine commercial web site operators if they did not require an age verification (such as a credit card) to look at sites deemed... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/872547-269/court_copa_injunction_stands.html.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 494977@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/872546-269/part_of_sd_library_site.html.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 494973@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/872241-269/in_fl_debate_over_pl.html.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 493442@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Commenton this articleAs a profession, we rightly pride ourselves on valuing freedom of expression. The immediate and convenient nature of online discussion, though, hinders us from putting the same thought into our Internet conversations as into our othe... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/872039-269/story.csp Rachel Singer Gordon IntellectualFreedom 492432@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Commenton this articleLester Asheim's famous article urging "Not Censorship but Selection" (Wilson Library Bulletin, 1953) could be a blueprint for the discussion regarding Christian fiction on the electronic mailing list Fiction_L. No doubt prompted by u... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/872014-269/story.csp Francine Fialkoff, Editor IntellectualFreedom 492307@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Comment on this editorial The most important lesson of my career was about getting into trouble with words. I learned that publishing controversial comments makes both enemies and friends. It attracts enmity and respect. It can further a caree... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/872012-269/story.csp John N. Berry III, Editor-in-Ch IntellectualFreedom 492298@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/869544-269/story.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 479932@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 In an action that spawned national criticism, including censure from the American Library Association (see p. 43) and the Florida Library Association (FLA), the Hillsborough County Commission voted 5-1 to ban the county government from acknowledging gay p... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/869535-269/florida_county_bans_quotgay_pridequot.html.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 479887@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 A Muslim student at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) told the press he was questioned by federal police over books he had bought and borrowed from the university library. The student told The Age that an officer appeared at his home to question hi... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/869489-269/muslim_student_at_australian_university.html.csp IntellectualFreedom 479655@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 An oil painting that included a partly-clothed figure, on display for two weeks near the main entrance of the Chesapeake Public Library System, VA, has been moved after patrons complained it was inappropriate for children. After two patrons complained abo... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/869469-269/story.csp IntellectualFreedom 479555@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/869104-269/broward_library_reschedules_film.html.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 477728@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The statewide library consortium in Rhode Island has responded to a report critical of Internet overblocking by revising its policies, but the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Rhode Island is still worried that some libraries may be blocking legit... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/869102-269/rhode_island_pls_fix_filtering.html.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 477718@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Artists Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese transformed the entrance of New York Public Library's Donnell Library Center this September (which included Banned Books Week) with two sets of illuminated triptychs, each with backlit portraits of blindfolded indi... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/869019-269/amp8220free_speech_zoneamp8221_at_nypl.html.csp Staff IntellectualFreedom 477303@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The American Library Association's (ALA) public opposition to the USA PATRIOT Act has its Executive Board concerned that, just maybe, the FBI is keeping tabs on the organization. In a September 8 conference call, the board approved the initiation of a Fre... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868924-269/is_the_fbi_spying_on.html.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 476828@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 A federal judge ruled on September 9 in favor of the anonymous Connecticut library challenging a USA PATRIOT Act gag order (see News, LJ 9/15/05, p. 17ff.) but stayed the decision so the federal government could appeal, which it did, and an appeals court ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868921-269/story.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 476814@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868867-269/is_the_fbi_spying_on.html.csp IntellectualFreedom 476544@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868785-269/oklahoma_city_commission_limits_certain.html.csp IntellectualFreedom 476133@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868784-269/story.csp IntellectualFreedom 476128@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868749-269/aclu_sues_to_lift_gag.html.csp IntellectualFreedom 475953@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 In response to complaints about nudity, sexual content, and violence against women., the Denver Public Library has announced it will cancel subscriptions to four of 14 series of fotonovelas, Spanish-language adult comic books. The library catalog lists 6,... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868678-269/after_complaints_denver_pl_pulls.html.csp IntellectualFreedom 475598@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 In Phoenix, where city officials adopted a legally questionable policy to require all computers at city libraries to be filtered, 14 patrons have been banned for various times for violating the "no pornography" policy. According to the Arizona Republic th... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868667-269/story.csp IntellectualFreedom 475543@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868658-269/story.csp IntellectualFreedom 475498@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868657-269/story.csp IntellectualFreedom 475493@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868587-269/story.csp IntellectualFreedom 475143@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868586-269/story.csp IntellectualFreedom 475138@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868574-269/story.csp IntellectualFreedom 475079@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 After display at a branch library about gay and lesbian books generated controversy, members of the Hillsborough County Commission went even farther, voting 5-1 to ban the county government from acknowledging gay pride. Further, the commissioners voted 6-... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868573-269/florida_library_removes_gay_pride.html.csp IntellectualFreedom 475074@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 After a Colorado library refused use of a meeting room to a group to pray and discuss scriptural passages regarding such issues as marriage and homosexuality, the group has sued the library. The conservative group Liberty Counsel was told the session woul... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868571-269/co_library_sued_after_rejecting.html.csp IntellectualFreedom 475063@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868549-269/story.csp IntellectualFreedom 474953@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 After three complaints from library patrons about a display about gay and lesbian books at a branch of the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System, FL, library officials ordered the display taken down. Then, according to the Tampa Tribune, counter... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868548-269/story.csp IntellectualFreedom 474949@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868535-269/consumer_reports_internet_filters_better.html.csp IntellectualFreedom 474883@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868522-269/story.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 474818@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868512-269/story.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 474768@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Despite a few battles with her, I have always admired Judith Krug. She's been director of the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) since its founding in 1967. Her service to intellectual freedom, without doubt ALA's mos... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868498-269/story.csp John N. Berry III, Editor-in-Ch IntellectualFreedom 474698@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868460-269/story.csp IntellectualFreedom 474508@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868457-269/story.csp IntellectualFreedom 474493@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The Allegheny County Council, Pittsburgh, has approved a resolution requiring annual verification that all libraries in the Allegheny County Library Association (ACLA) comply with laws regarding Internet use, as well as an annual review of filtering softw... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868454-269/allegheny_county_pa_to_require.html.csp IntellectualFreedom 474478@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has condemned the decision by Turkmenistan president Saparmurat Niazov to ban public libraries in the former Soviet republic, a situation first highlighted by the London-based In... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868437-269/turkmenistan_library_ban_is_protested.html.csp Lynn Blumenstein IntellectualFreedom 474393@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868436-269/story.csp Lynn Blumenstein IntellectualFreedom 474388@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/868393-269/story.csp IntellectualFreedom 474173@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/867978-269/story.csp Lynn Blumenstein IntellectualFreedom 472098@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Researchers from Florida State University's School of Information Studies, Tallahassee, and Syracuse University's School of Information Studies, NY, working with the American Library Association (ALA), are about to query a sample of U.S. public and academ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/867758-269/ala_begins_patriot_act_study.html.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 470998@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 After mandating that adults had no right to turn off Internet filters at the Phoenix Public Library (see News, LJ 10/1/04, p. 18ff.), city officials have agreed to spend $175,000 for a librarian and three FTE paraprofessionals to help manage the city's "n... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/867671-269/story.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 470564@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/867278-269/story.csp IntellectualFreedom 468598@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 It looks like government intelligence and security agencies have been a little too eager to remove declassified documents from public access areas. Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein says an audit found that at least 25,315 publicly available ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/866383-269/nara_unveils_new_safeguards.html.csp Andrew Albanese IntellectualFreedom 464123@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/866305-269/story.csp IntellectualFreedom 463734@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/866250-269/controversy_at_osu-mansfield.html.csp Andrew Albanese IntellectualFreedom 463459@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The hot-button issue of immigration has driven legislators and citizens in Denver to criticize harshly the library's provision of services and books in Spanish. Now Rep. David Schultheis (R-Colorado Springs) wants to take the crusade statewide, proposing ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/866237-269/story.csp Staff IntellectualFreedom 463393@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Dear LJ:Our public library tries to cooperate with public and private schools and preschools in our community. We don't have any policies governing how we select books on the variety of specific subjects requested by teachers for use in their classes. Las... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/865718-269/story.csp IntellectualFreedom 460798@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 During the recent American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio, the ALA Council, with three councilors in opposition, voted to oppose the "Academic Bill of Rights" (ABOR) by the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, led by conser... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/865572-269/story.csp IntellectualFreedom 460068@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The County of Los Angeles Public Library (CoLAPL), directed by the Board of Supervisors to better block access to pornography, will spend $344,000 allotted by the county: $237,000 for 445 new computer monitors, about $75,000 to improve filtering, and $32,... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/865553-269/story.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 459974@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 At the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio, an open hearing concerned proposed "Guidelines for Implementing RFID Technologies in Libraries: Privacy and Intellectual Freedom Concerns." But the proposal from ALA's Intellectua... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/865533-269/story.csp IntellectualFreedom 459873@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Google, despite a "Don't be Evil" model, last week said it would censor its search and news materials according to Chinese government standards. "Google.cn will comply with local Chinese laws and regulations," reads a Google statement announcing the launc... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/865516-269/story.csp IntellectualFreedom 459788@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/865454-269/story.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 459479@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/865449-269/studentamp8217s_ill_claim_crumbles.html.csp Andrew Albanese IntellectualFreedom 459453@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 ACLU: ruling a "major" victoryCase at heart still gagged by FBIRuling affirms 2004 verdictGo back to the Academic Newswire for more storiesA federal appeals court this week upheld a decision striking down the so-called 'gag order'; provision ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/862643-269/story.csp Andrew Albanese IntellectualFreedom 445423@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Will step down December 19Deputy Archivist Adrienne Thomas to serve on interim basisWeinstein earned good reviewsGo back to the Academic Newswire for more storiesIn a move that largely caught librarians and archivists by surprise this week, h... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/862604-269/u.s_archivist_allen_weinstein_will.csp Andrew Albanese IntellectualFreedom 445224@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 See LJ's complete Sarah Palin andLibraries coverage.There's been a lot in the news about the Wasilla Public Library, AK,circa 1996, when then-mayor Sarah Palin, now the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate,asked then-library director Mary Jane Emmons (n... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/862152-269/story.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 442967@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 FBI confirms scientist Ivins used library computersAgency seeks suicide letters, plan to kill witnessesFBI won't comment on delay in seeking warrantsThough the director of the Frederick County Public Libraries (FCPL), MD, last week acceded to the request ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/861615-269/fbi_serves_warrant_after_frederick.html.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 440279@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 FBI took two computers; library says they were not linked to patron recordsDirector would typically request warrant, but says he was convinced by FBIInvestigation may be linked to anthrax suicide case[See Aug. 8 update.] In an investigation possibly linke... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/861605-269/story.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 440230@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Lawsuit challenged constitutionality of National Security LettersAlso said libraries shouldn't be subject to NSLsFBI settled without resolving underlying issueThe Internet Archive-a vast collection of web sites and other born-digital files, including the ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/861221-269/internet_archive_fights_off_national.html.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 438309@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Calls LC enemy of librariesFCL sees parallels with CubaLC says it is "antithesis of imperialism"Has historian Fernando Báez, director of Venezuela's National Library, declared war on the Library of Congress (LC), as the Friends of Cuban Libraries (FCL) s... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/861070-269/venezuelan_national_library_battles_quotimperialismquot.html.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 437554@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/860921-269/story.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 436810@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 "Legitimate business reasons" citedPrevious performance evaluation solidIndependent review comingDespite a probationary library assistant's contention that the loss of her job was connected to an unauthorized report to police that a library patron was loo... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/860914-269/story.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 436774@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Staffer defied supervisorCounty claims miscommunicationChild porn should always be reportedA newly hired library assistant still on six-month probation who went around official channels to report a man viewing child pornographyto the police has been fired... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/860852-269/story.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 436464@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 80 people hear Freedom to Read Week presentationLibrary defends 'open debate';Critics raise question of library standardsThe presentation Monday night at the Vancouver Public Library (VPL), BC,by controversial author Greg Felton, called anti-Semitic by cr... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/860762-269/story.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 436014@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 7.5% of Internet traffic is pornographyStatistics seem higher than in previous analysesCity Council to examine issue next month A local newspaper's analysis of web pages accessed at the Dallas Public Library's central library showed that some 7.5 percent ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/860514-269/internet_porn_statistics_at_dallas.html.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 434773@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The Senate Judiciary Committee has weakened proposed reforms in the reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT ACT, as LJ reported, and the American Library Association is not pleased. A letter published in the October 18 Washington Post:The American Library Asso... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/855974-269/ala_senate_judiciary_committee_did.html.csp IntellectualFreedom 412033@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Director's decision; advised by counsel, policeCivil Liberties Assoc. to plead case at board meetingVPL was only public venue on tourThe Vancouver Public Library (VPL), BC, has cancelled a workshop organized by Exit International, an Australian-based assi... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/855833-269/story.csp Lynn Blumenstein IntellectualFreedom 411343@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Concerns addressed in letter to Senator LeahyJustice Department says library records not abusedLibrary groups begin to respondSenators plan their own billOver the objections of the American Library Association (ALA) and groups representing booksellers, pu... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/855768-269/story.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 411016@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Urge library and bookstore records to be exempted from Section 215Obama administration position unclearLaw must be revised this yearGo back to the Academic Newswire for more storiesIn an effort to steer the Congressional debate, the American ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/854650-269/ala_allied_organizations_ask_congress.html.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 405436@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Vote, 5-3,goes against director's recommendationLawsuit possibleMixed public reactionIn a 5-3 vote that contradicted the recommendation of thelibrary director, Gina Millsap,and has drawn warnings of a lawsuit, the board of the Topeka and Shawnee County Pu... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/854205-269/topeka_library_board_restricts_access.html.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 403209@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Publishers renew battleHouse bill passed last year not good enoughProtections needed for publishers in Internet ageGo back to the Academic Newswire for more storiesThe Association of American Publishers (AAP) last week urged Congress to once ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/854179-269/publishers_once_again_seek_federal.html.csp Andrew Albanese IntellectualFreedom 403071@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Couple wanted to hold Bible-based financial seminarLibrary nowprohibits all outside groupsDispute went to court rather than through library channelsAfter a local couple planned to hold a free financial planning seminar based on Biblical principles, the Cl... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/853884-269/lawsuit_settled_after_ohiolibrary_bars.html.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 401584@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 A library angle has emerged in the case of a terrorism suspect indicted in July 2006 (along with a confederate) on charges of going through paramilitary training in Georgia and plotting to attack various targets in the region and elsewhere. The lawyer for... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/851735-269/terror_suspectaposs_lawyer_says_fbi.html.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 390414@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation aimed at tightening the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) use of the National Security Letters (NSLs), administrative subpoenas issued with no judicial oversight, deployed under the USA PATRI... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/851698-269/new_legislation_introduced_to_limit.html.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 390229@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The American Library Association (ALA) applauded a decision by a federal judge in New York, who ruled that the gag order associated with National Security Letters (NSLs)-even though it was relaxed somewhat upon the revision last year of the USA PATRIOT Ac... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/851510-269/ala_hails_judgeaposs_decision_on.html.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 389284@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 In response to a threat from Monroe County executive Maggie Brooks, the Monroe County Library System board, NY, last month agreed to make its Internet filter policy more restrictive, setting up a potential legal challenge. Brooks had threatened to deny $6... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/851134-269/monroe_cty._adopts_tough_net.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 387396@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 VTLS has joined forces with the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) to create a digital library supporting "the teaching, scholarship, and research in osteopathic medicine." The digital library project, called OSTMED.DR is based on ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/850836-269/vtls_partners_with_vcom_for.html.csp IntellectualFreedom 385901@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 New York University NYU has established the Frederic Ewen Academic Center within its Division of Libraries to sponsor scholarly research and public programs about intellectual freedom. The center resides in NYU's Tamiment Library, an archive devoted to la... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/850378-269/nyu_libraries_establish_academic_freedom.html.csp IntellectualFreedom 383601@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Go back to the Academic Newswirefor more storiesDueling versions in House and SenateALA disappointed with bothWill keep pressure on but fears climate may have changedDespite some library-friendly changes last fall in one version of the USA PATRIOT Act ren... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/intellectualfreedom/849924-269/patriot_act_renewal_process_extended.html.csp Norman Oder IntellectualFreedom 378393@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45