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March 24, 2006
Oklahoma Library Bill Targets Gay Materials
From Advocate.com
Local libraries could be burdened by guidelines adopted by an Oklahoma house panel Wednesday to require materials containing sexually explicit or gay themes to be removed from general reading areas for children and young adults, library officials said. The bill, sponsored by Republican representative Sally Kern, would withhold state funds from public libraries that do not place the materials in a special area of the library.
The guidelines have been adopted by the state's two largest library systems, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, but officials said small libraries may have a hard time complying. "We're really concerned about it," said Jeanie Johnson, president of the Oklahoma Library Association. "The idea that we would restrict books really restricts freedoms."
Posted by kstover2 at 12:07 PM
March 13, 2006
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Posted by kstover2 at 1:33 PM
ALA Most Challenged Books of 2005
from ALA.org
The “10 Most Challenged Books of 2005” reflect a range of themes. The books are:
“It's Perfectly Normal” for homosexuality, nudity, sex education, religious viewpoint, abortion and being unsuited to age group;
“Forever” by Judy Blume for sexual content and offensive language;
“The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger for sexual content, offensive language and being unsuited to age group;
“The Chocolate War” by Robert Cormier for sexual content and offensive language;
“Whale Talk” by Chris Crutcher for racism and offensive language;
“Detour for Emmy” by Marilyn Reynolds for sexual content;
“What My Mother Doesn't Know” by Sonya Sones for sexual content and being unsuited to age group;
Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey for anti-family content, being unsuited to age group and violence;
“Crazy Lady!” by Jane Leslie Conly for offensive language; and
“It's So Amazing! A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families” by Robie H. Harris for sex education and sexual content.
Read entire article here.
Posted by kstover2 at 1:27 PM
March 12, 2006
Is Wikipedia Credible?
The New York Times 3/12/2006
Anonymous Source Is Not the Same as Open Source
WIKIPEDIA, the free online encyclopedia, currently serves up the following: Five billion pages a month. More than 120 languages. In excess of one million English-language articles. And a single nagging epistemological question: Can an article be judged as credible without knowing its author?
Read entire article here.
Posted by kstover2 at 3:14 PM