2011
Vol 60, No 4 (2011): July
In This Issue:
And Tango Makes Three is "most challenged"
survey shows Americans oppose banning books
"Jefferson Muzzles" mark twentieth year
Florida Koran burning sparks Afghan violence
Google settlement in limbo, but universities continue research on digitized books
how much does your iPhone know about you?
domestic intelligence surveillance grew in 2010
Finan receives 2011 FTRF Roll of Honor award
censorship dateline: libraries, schools, university, book, periodical, art, foreign
from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, library, schools, student press, universities, public art
is it legal?: schools, colleges and universities, privacy and surveillance, prisons
success stories: schools
Vol 60, No 3 (2011): May
In This Issue:
Judge rejects Google book settlement
Book banners find power in numbers
Facebook, Twitter absent from free speech pact
Creationists try new tactics
censorship dateline: libraries, schools, college, art, foreign
from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, colleges and universities, libel
is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, religious freedom, government surveillance
success stories: libraries, university
Vol 60, No 2 (2011): March
In This Issue:
school book challenges increasingly organized
IFC report to ALA Council
FTRF report to ALA Council
Downs Award to Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
monitoring America
a “sanitized” Huck Finn?
the issues at stake behind WikiLeaks
censorship dateline: libraries, schools, college, art
from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, colleges and universities, broadcasting, privacy, prisons
is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, government surveillance, USA PATRIOT Act, FBI, privacy, Internet
success stories: schools, colleges and universities
Vol 60, No 1 (2011): January
In This Issue:
increase reported in Canadian library book challenges
report shows broadband adoption rises while ‘gap’ persists
Chinese centers prompt academic freedom concerns
censorship dateline: libraries, schools, community college, foreign
from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, colleges and universities, harmful to minors, Internet
is it legal?: library, schools, colleges and universities, prison, homeland security, Internet
success stories: schools
2010
Vol 59, No 6 (2010): November
In This Issue:
Texas board warns against “pro-Islamic” texts
U.S. tries to make it easier to wiretap the Internet
publisher agrees to cut “pro-creationism” material from high school science textbook
will privatized libraries uphold intellectual freedom?
Pentagon to buy books to keep their contents secret plaintiff who challenged FBI’s national security letters reveals concerns
censorship dateline: libraries, schools
from the bench: student press, colleges and universities, confidentiality
is it legal?: libraries, colleges and universities, privacy
success stories: library
Vol 59, No 5 (2010): September
In This Issue:
IFC report to ALA Council
prisoners’ right to read
FTRF report to ALA Council
professors seek to defend speech protections
Jewish groups protest UC handling of anti-Semitism
an X-rated Internet domain?
why Russians back censorship
censorship dateline: libraries, schools, university, foreign
from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, broadcasting, student press, colleges and universities, copyright
is it legal?: colleges and universities, copyright, privacy
success stories: libraries, college, Internet
Vol 59, No 4 (2010): July
In This Issue:
TTYL series tops ‘most challenged’ list
Texas board adopts new curriculum
Burton Joseph O’Neil named to 2010 FTRF Honor Roll
Irvine responds to heckling incident
change on horizon for British libel law?
censorship dateline: libraries, schools, periodicals, music video
from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, student press, colleges and universities, Internet
is it legal?: schools, student press, colleges and universities, PATRIOT Act, libel, privacy
success stories: libraries, schools
Vol 59, No 3 (2010): May
In This Issue:
Texas conservatives push through
curriculum changes
is heckling free speech?
FCC broadband plan to focus on privacy, competition
online privacy vanishing?
technology coalition seeks stronger privacy laws
Google shuts China site in censorship dispute
censorship dateline: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, prisons
from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, “under God,” schools, colleges and universities, national security, confidentiality and privacy
is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, visas, copyright, comic books, libel, privacy
success stories: libraries, university
Vol 59, No 2 (2010): March
In This Issue:
Supreme Court rejects ban on corporate
political spending
IFC report to ALA Council
resolution in honor of the LeRoy C. Merritt
Humanitarian Fund’s fortieth anniversary
FTRF report to ALA Council
West Bend Library wins Downs Award
conservatives gain in Texas textbook battle
AAUP unveils new Journal of Academic Freedom
J.D. Salinger, 1919–2010
Facebook founder: online privacy
not a “social norm”
press freedom in Russia: a tale of contradictions
censorship dateline: libraries, schools, university, foreign
from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, colleges and universities, libel, video games, public employee speech, prisons
is it legal?: colleges and universities, privacy, telecommunications
success stories: library, colleges and universities
Vol 59, No 1 (2010): January
In This Issue:
ALA names Jones to head OIF, FTRF
colleges and universities urged to defend free speech
Google and partners revise terms of digital book deal
WTO could challenge Internet censorship
libel law campaign launched in England
censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, publishing, music, prisons, book burning, foreign
from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, national security, school, leafletting, license plates
is it legal?: colleges and universities, privacy
success stories: library
2009
Vol 58, No 6 (2009): November
In This Issue:
PATRIOT Act debate
VLA Resolution on PATRIOT Act
“librarians shushed no more”
banned authors speak out
new book censorship map reveals national problem
free people read freely
Google book settlement delayed
Amazon offers to replace Orwell books
censorship dateline: libraries, schools, publishing, university, foreign
from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court
is it legal?: Internet, freedom to travel
success stories: libraries, prisons
Vol 58, No 5 (2009): September
In This Issue:
Krug honored at FTRF 40th anniversary
Brennan Award to Judith Krug
privacy in an era of change
IFC report to ALA Council
FTRF report to ALA Council
Obama committed to network neutrality
academic freedom under fire
website tracks censorship reports
censorship dateline: libraries, schools, Internet, foreign
from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, colleges and universities, publishing
is it legal?: libraries, colleges and universities,publishing, privacy
success stories: libraries, schools
Vol 58, No 4 (2009): July
In This Issue:
Tango most challenged for third year
commemorating Judith Krug
letter from President Barack Obama
ALA chapters honor Judith Krug
library trustees removed in censorship controversy
groups launch effort to amend PATRIOT Act
FISA surveillance down, NSL requests up
in review: Nation of Secrets
scholar rescue in today’s world
AAUP cautions colleges on speakers
censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press
from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court
is it legal?: libraries, Internet, comics
success stories: libraries, schools, colleges and universities
Vol 58, No 3 (2009): May
In This Issue:
Judith Krug, 1940–2009
remembering Judith Krug
reaching through the schoolhouse gate
anxiety over religious offense limits free speech
report cites privacy concerns in cloud computing
Berkman Center rides herd on Internet censorship
Churchill wins lawsuit, but only $1 in damages
“torture memos” v. academic freedom
Obama must tread fine line on scholars barred for their views
censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, foreign
from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, colleges and universities, video games, privacy
is it legal?: national security, colleges and universities, evolution and creation, copyright
success stories: libraries, schools, university
Vol 58, No 2 (2009): March
In This Issue:
Obama orders rollback of government secrecy
IFC report to ALA Council
FTRF report to ALA Council
one library’s experience with censorship
report calls online threats overblown
panel urges Obama to ease limits on scientific exports and visas
Ayers cancels speech at U. of Toronto after being denied entry into Canada
Krug earns Brennan Award
2008 Downs Award given to Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive
censorship dateline: libraries, schools, college, retail, foreign
from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, schools, PATRIOT Act, privacy, access to information, visas, labor rights
is it legal?: schools, university, privacy, child pornography
success stories: libraries, schools
Vol 58, No 1 (2009): January
In This Issue:
U.S. listened in on calls of Americans
Wasilla library rejects donated titles
“bong hits 4 Jesus” case settled
professors keep political views quiet
censorship dateline: libraries, schools, colleges and universities
from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court
is it legal?: library, colleges and universities, broadcasting, privacy, copyright, obscenity
success stories: libraries, schools, colleges and universities
2008
Vol 57, No 6 (2008): November
In This Issue:
library censorship becomes campaign issue
EPA reopens five shuttered libraries
Internet boosts students’ appreciation for First Amendment
textbook council accuses publisher of being politically correct on Islam
British libel laws violate human rights, says UN
censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, publishing, film, foreign
from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, library, schools, colleges and universities, political expression, prior restraint, insults, shield law, copyright, spam
is it legal?: library, schools, colleges and universities, foreign scholars, etc.
success stories: libraries, schools
Vol 57, No 5 (2008): September
In This Issue:
ACLU challenges expanded FISA powers
chilling effects of “libel tourism”
IFC report to ALA Council
FTRF report to ALA Council
FTRF honors Carol Nemeyer
a new Church Committee?
Michigan to stop distributing radical publisher
censorship dateline: libraries, universities, comic book, foreign
from the bench: library, church and state, broadcasting, bookstores, privacy, Internet, political protest, libel
is it legal?: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, church and state, Internet, political protest, privacy, obscenity, international
Vol 57, No 4 (2008): July
In This Issue:
Tango tops “most challenged” list
domestic spying outpaces terrorism prosecutions
senate report on terrorism and Internet generates criticism
police and former Secret Service agents spy on green groups
litigator named “library champion”
censorship dateline: libraries, school, student press, art, advertising, foreign
from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, academic freedom, university, privacy, obscenity
is it legal?: libraries, school, Internet, colleges and universities, evolution and creation, “harmful to minors,” “sexually explicit” material
success stories: libraries
Vol 57, No 3 (2008): May
In This Issue:
librarians’ outcry returns “abortion” to federal health database
ALA, other book groups defend reader privacy from national security letters
FBI found to misuse security letters
NSA’s domestic spying grows
arbitrator rules against EPA on library closures; agency gives Congress library reopening timeline
Google investors seek censorship ban
2008 Jefferson Muzzle Awards
censorship dateline: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, Internet, foreign
from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, colleges and universities, periodicals, video games
is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, government surveillance, bookselling, broadcasting, Internet
success stories: libraries, schools, foreign
Vol 57, No 2 (2008): March
In This Issue:
Obama orders rollback of government secrecy
IFC report to ALA Council
FTRF report to ALA Council
one library’s experience with censorship
report calls online threats overblown
panel urges Obama to ease limits on scientific exports and visas
Ayers cancels speech at U. of Toronto after being denied entry into Canada
Krug earns Brennan Award
2008 Downs Award given to Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive
censorship dateline: libraries, schools, college, retail, foreign
from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, schools, PATRIOT Act, privacy, access to information, visas, labor rights
is it legal?: schools, university, privacy, child pornography
success stories: libraries, schools
Vol 57, No 1 (2008): January
In This Issue:
most censored stories of 2006–07
book challenges on rise in Texas
librarians object to firing of archivist
a call to defend academic freedom
Yahoo! settles with Chinese journalists
crackdowns on bloggers on rise
censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, broadcasting
from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, secrecy
is it legal?: libraries, school, colleges and universities, publishing, church and state, free expression, Internet, libel
success stories: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, art
2007
Vol 56, No 6 (2007): November
In This Issue:
Cambridge contacts U.S. libraries over Alms for Jihad
prisons to restore purged religious books
AAUP issues statement on “Freedom in the Classroom”
pessimistic views on academic freedom
AAP tones down anti-open access campaign
censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, broadcasting, art, foreign
from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, national security letters, student press, colleges and universities, Internet, child pornography, etc.
Is it legal?: library, school, church and state, government surveillance, visas, colleges and universities, political expression
success stories: libraries, publishing, telecommunications
Vol 56, No 5 (2007): September
In This Issue:
ALA urges reform of NSLs
IFC report to ALA Council
ALA resolution on NSLs
fostering media diversity in libraries
FTRF report to ALA Council
Senate committee asks EPA to reopen libraries
judges criticizes wiretap program
new ALSC publication helps kids understand IF
Norma Gabler dies at 84
censorship dateline: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, bookstores, art, foreign
from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, library, colleges and universities, broadcasting, Internet, government secrecy, terrorism, yard signs, commercial speech
is it legal?: schools, colleges and universities, publishing, church and state, national security letters
success stories: libraries, schools, student press, art
Vol 56, No 4 (2007): July
In This Issue:
And Tango Makes Three tops ALA list of most-challenged books
teen authors unite against censorship
FBI director questioned on misuse of NSLs
Connecticut John Does win ProQuest-SIRS Award
Wisconsin librarians seek privacy-law amendment
EPA libraries still disposing and dispersing materials
student play heads off-Broadway
Pentagon intelligence chief proposes ending a database
censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, university, military, foreign
from the bench: libraries, schools, colleges and universities
is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, broadcasting, Internet
success stories: libraries, schools