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A thought-provoking article for all librarians!=20 ____________________________________________________________ The following story appeared in The Globe Online: Headline: Book-banning, real and imaginary Date: 9/27/2001 Byline:=20=20=20 " SO YOU'RE PROUD to be an American? Glad to live in this sweet land of liberty, a country fanatics hate because of its freedom, pluralism, and openness to new ideas? Well, just in time to pop that illusion, the American Library Association is back this week with Banned Books Week, its annual attempt to convince us that censorship is alive and well and eating away at our intellectual right to choose. The Taliban are at the gates, the ALA warns; can book-burning be far behind?" ____________________________________________________________ To read the entire story, click on the link below or cut and paste it into a Web browser: http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/270/oped/Book_banning_real_and_imaginary+= .shtml ____________________________________________________________ This message was sent by Ginny Marr [mailto:gmarr@taboracademy.org] through Boston.com's email recommendation service. If you have questions or comments about this free service, please email us at feedback@boston.com. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST, etc.) send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors: http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=