Censorship+and+Selection

This is a powerful video about censorship, specifically as it relates to Susan Patron's Newbery Award winning book //The Higher Power of Lucky//.

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Christopher Paul Curtis (author of The Watsons Go to Birmingham and Elijah of Buxton) on W[|hat Can't Be Said in Children's Books] --an interesting (short) article on language.

**Some Key Documents Related to Censorship and Intellectual Freedom**

** The seminal work on [|censorship and selection by Lester Asheim]. This is a MUST read for all library professionals. **

The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights: [] (See Articles 18 and 19 in particular)

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: []

IFLA's Glasgow Declaration on Libraries, Information Services, and Intellectual Freedom:[]

//Canadian Library Association's Statement on Intellectual Freedom: // //[] //

//CLA's Advisory Committee on Intellectual Freedom: // //[] //

//Freedom to Read: []  //

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//<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Edmonton Public Library's, 'Citizen's Request for Reconsideration of Library Material': <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(http: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[]  //

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