Web Directory

» Banned Books
   Loyola University Chicago Libraries' information page about book banning in the U.S. and abroad, with a section on electronic documents.
   http://libraries.luc.edu/about/banned/index.htm

» Banned Books On-Line
   Special exhibit of books that have been the objects of censorship or censorship attempts.
   http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/banned-books.html

» Banned Books Quiz
   Test your knowledge of banned books with this quiz.
   http://www.gotoquiz.com/banned_books_quiz

» Banning Books from the Classroom: How To Handle Cries for Censorship
   This informative article from education World is mainly aimed at teachers, but it is useful for anyone concerned with book banning and censorship in schools. Challenges to school materials are a common occurrence. How should such challenges be handled? Ho
   http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr031.shtml

» Censored
   Directory of Web and print censorship resources with detailed descriptions of each link.
   http://www.georgesuttle.com/censorship/

» Censored: Wielding the Red Pen
   This exhibition from the University of Virginia Libraries includes numerous cover images of censored books, plus thoughtful and informative commentary.
   http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/censored/

» Censorship and Book Burning
   Modest collection of sayings and viewpoints of book burning.
   http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/burning/burning.html

» Family Friendly Libraries
   National organization dedicated to addressing issues of age appropriate materials in public and school libraries. Includes current news and information.
   http://www.fflibraries.org/index.html

» Free Expression Policy Project
   A think tank on artistic and intellectual freedom that provides empirical research and policy development on tough censorship issues.
   http://www.fepproject.org/index.html

» Freedom to Read.ca
   Freedom to Read Week encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom.
   http://www.freedomtoread.ca/

» He who destroyes a good Booke, kills reason it selfe
   Retrospective of the famous exhibition and catalogue of banned books from the University of Kansas in 1955.
   http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/exhibits/bannedbooks/bannedbooks.html

» Look Out, Harry Potter: Book Banning Heats Up
   This article from Education World explores the issue of book banning with a special focus on the Rowling's Harry Potter books, and includes a set of resources for establishing procedures in school systems to handle challenges to popular books.
   http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin157.shtml

» Most Frequently Challenged Books in the US in the early 1990s
   A list of the 50 most frequently challenged titles in schools and public libraries between 1990 and 1992, based on Herbert Foerstel's book, Banned in the U.S.A.
   http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/most-banned.html

» Parents Against Bad Books In Schools
   Information and resources for challenging controversial books in K-12 schools.
   http://www.pabbis.com/

» Shameful Book Banning in Rockford, Illinois
   Describes a case where a school board voted to ban a book about youth gang culture, to the dismay of many in the community.
   http://users.rcn.com/kyp/rockbann.html

» The Censorship Pages -- Information on Censorship of the Written Word
   Articles and links on banned books and censorship. Many links are dead.
   http://www.booksatoz.com/censorship/index.htm

» The File Room
   Archive of case files pertaining to the censorship and suppression of works and ideas from Socrates to Judy Blume.
   http://www.thefileroom.org/

» United Students Against Book Banning
   A collective of Canadian students fighting censorship.
   http://www.angelfire.com/vt2/UnitedStudents/

» What Johnny Can't Read: Censorship in American Libraries
   Essay by Suzanne Fisher Staples on censorship in American school libraries.
   http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/winter96/pubCONN.html

» kidSPEAK
   Formerly Muggles for Harry Potter, kidSPEAK believes that it is wrong to ban books in classrooms and school libraries because some parents object to their content. Restricting the use of books that kids want to read violates their First Amendment rights a
   http://www.kidspeakonline.org/