Category Archives: Intellectual freedom
Censorship & parenting
I had two recent parenting experiences related to book censorship that I thought might be of interest to readers who liked (or liked to hate) my previous posts on creating house rules for my kid’s internet use and/or book rating … Continue reading
Filed under censorship, Intellectual freedom, public libraries, school libraries, youth
The metered Internet threat to innovation & access to information
Remember the early days of mass public access to the world wide web? Back when AOL was king, noisy dial-up modems were par for the course and having any graphics on a webpage was super-fancy? Remember in 1993 or so, … Continue reading
BCLA Letter Regarding G20 & Intellectual Freedom
I am really proud of the British Columbia Library Association for writing and publishing such an eloquent letter about the “unprecedented curtailment of civil liberties that took place at the June 2010 meeting of the G20 in Toronto.” While some … Continue reading
Filed under democracy, government, Intellectual freedom, The Profession
How times change: Finally a gay character in Archie
A number of years ago, when I was on the teen librarian track, I decided to explore the world of graphic novels. I’d never really read comics that weren’t featured in the newspaper before, but I knew they were growing … Continue reading
Filed under censorship, Intellectual freedom, public libraries, racism, school libraries, youth
Internet Linking is Analogous to Citation
Everyone with whom I have discussed the issue of Internet linking agrees that Internet hyperlinks are a form of citation. But the subset of the population with whom I discuss these issues is not representative of the entire world, clearly. … Continue reading
Filed under censorship, copyright, digitization, Intellectual freedom, Internet, IP, Other blogs, publishing
Are hate speech laws unconstitutional?
There’s been lots of press coverage this morning of a fairly confusing issue: The Canadian Human Right Tribunal has ruled that Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act is unconstitutional, as it contravenes Section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter … Continue reading
Filed under censorship, government, Intellectual freedom
Anti-ethnic Penguins part 3
We’re getting a lot of new hits related to searches on why “And Tango Makes Three” might be anti-ethnic. I assume this is thanks to the ALA OIF’s recent release of their top 10 most frequently challenged books for 2008, … Continue reading
Filed under Intellectual freedom, school libraries, The Profession, youth
Canadian Net Neutrality Consultation
For people who found this page while looking for info on April’s CRTC “traffic shaping” consultation, go here. – The CRTC’s “traffic management” (throttling) consultation is accepting comments from interested individuals right now. This is the “Net Neutrality” consultation we’ve … Continue reading
Filed under government, Intellectual freedom, net neutrality, OA, technology, Uncategorized
Anti-ethnic penguin update
I have received a reply to my query about the “anti-ethnic” allegations against “And Tango Makes Three” (for background see previous post on the topic). The ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom was kind enough to explain to me that the … Continue reading
Filed under censorship, Intellectual freedom, racism, Uncategorized, youth
And Tango Makes Three: anti-ethnic penguins?
It was recently called to my attention that on the ALA’s list of the “10 Most Challenged Books,” And Tango Makes Three is listed as being challenged not only for the to-be-expected reasons such as “homosexuality” (although at least one … Continue reading
Filed under censorship, Intellectual freedom, public libraries, publishing, racism, school libraries, youth
