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• November

  Vol. 64 No. 6 (2015)

  the Newsletter is changing!!

  library groups continue fight for net neutrality

  censorship dateline: schools, internet, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, student
  press, university, privacy, national security, harassment, copyright, periodicals, etc.

  is it legal?: schools, student press, university, intellectual property, privacy

  success stories: schools

• September

  Vol. 64 No. 5 (2015)

  poll shows growing support for book banning

  IFC report to ALA Council

  FTRF report to ALA Council

  new privacy guidelines encourage libraries and
  vendors to work together to protect reader privacy

  Americans still love libraries

  psychologists ban work with government interrogators

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, university,
  foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, publishing

  is it legal?: schools, universities, Internet

  success stories: library, schools, colleges and universities

• July

  Vol. 64 No. 4 (2015)

  Freedom Act limits NSA phone surveillance

  ALA co-founds major new coalition to recalibrate copyright

  freedom of the press 2015

  Neal and Bloom win 2015 FTRF Roll of Honor awards

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, art, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, schools, colleges and universities, surveillance, net neutrality, public records, Internet privacy, publishing, copyright, libel, “revictimization”

  is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, political speech

  success stories: libraries, schools,
  colleges and universities

• May

  Vol. 64 No. 3 (2015)

  Jefferson Muzzle Awards for 2015

  FCC approves net neutrality rules, classifying

  broadband Internet service as a utility

  White House proposes broad consumer data privacy bill

  NSA surveillance program renewed

  Pam Klipsch receives 2015 John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award

  censorship dateline: schools, university

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, copyright, Internet, FOIA, panhandling

  is it legal?: schools, net neutrality, broadband

• March

  Vol. 64 No. 2 (2015)

  FCC chair goes beyond “net neutrality”; proposes to regulate Internet

  IFC report to ALA Council

  FTRF report to ALA Council

  reporters experience censorship on social media

  David Cohen, 1909–2015

  censorship dateline: library, schools, student press, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, fighting words, pornography

  is it legal?: library, schools, colleges and universities, surveillance, copyright

  success stories: schools, university

• January

  Vol. 64 No. 1 (2015)

  CIA interrogation program faulted for brutality and deceit
  
  secret court extends NSA surveillance rules with no changes
  
  the war over net neutrality
  
  President Obama’s statement on net neutrality
  
  Downs Award given to Orland Park Public Library staff, board of trustees
  
  censorship dateline: schools, university
  
  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, national security, Internet, telecommunications, copyright, prior restraint, revenge porn
  
  is it legal?: schools, privacy
  
  success stories: libraries, schools, colleges and universities

• November

  Vol. 63 No. 6 (2014)

  In This Issue

  ALA and ACRL encouraged by “fair use” decision in Georgia State case

  Huppenthal is out in Arizona

  ALA protests Adobe data breach

  “I <heart> Boobies” lawsuit settled

  how social media silences debate

  “Klinghoffer” opera opens to protests

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, comedy, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, surveillance, social media, open records

  is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, surveillance, nudity, social media, police interaction

  success stories: schools, student press

• July-September

  Vol. 63 No. 4-5 (2014)

  In This Issue:

  over-filtering harms education, new ALA report finds

  ALA brings library lens to net neutrality debate

  higher ed, library groups release “net neutrality” principles

  IFC report to ALA Council

  FTRF report to ALA Council

  FCC report on wi-fi gap

  privacy groups ask Obama not to renew NSA powers

  European court lets users erase web records

  Herbert Krug wins 2014 Freedom to Read Foundation Roll of Honor Award

  2014 edition of Banned Books: Challenging our Freedom to Read now available

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, schools, NSA surveillance, cyberbullying, rap music, defamation

  is it legal?: schools, news media, “sexting,” police

  success stories: schools

• May

  Vol. 63 No. 3 (2014)

  In This Issue:

  Jefferson "Muzzle" Awards for 2014

  FCC backs away from net neutrality

  lawmakers push for NSA surveillance changes

  survey confirms librarians' commitment to privacy rights

  people think world media becoming less free

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, publishing, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, privacy

  is it legal?: colleges and universities, surveillance

  success stories: schools, colleges and universities

• March

  Vol. 63 No. 2 (2014)

  In This Issue:

  ALA calls for passage, signing of USA Freedom Act

  IFC report to ALA Council

  FTRF report to ALA Council

  watchdog report concludes NSA program is illegal

  Obama administration begins changes to NSA phone records program

  censorship dateline: schools, student press, colleges and universities, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools

  is it legal?: schools, government surveillance, net neutrality, copyright, privacy, press freedom

  success stories: schools

• January

  Vol. 63 No. 1 (2014)

  In This Issue:

  ALA calls for passage, signing of USA Freedom Act

  IFC report to ALA Council

  FTRF report to ALA Council

  watchdog report concludes NSA program is illegal

  Obama administration begins changes to NSA phone records program

  censorship dateline: schools, student press, colleges and universities, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools

  is it legal?: schools, government surveillance, net neutrality, copyright, privacy, press freedom

  success stories: schools

• November

  Vol. 62 No. 6 (2013)

  In This Issue:

  NSA surveillance controversy grows

  CRS report on NSA surveillance

  privacy fears grow as cities increase surveillance

  Obama efforts to control media ‘most aggressive’ since Nixon, report says

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, theater, publishing, prisons

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, colleges and universities, surveillance, free press, publishing, social media, privacy, copyright

  is it legal?: schools, colleges and universities, net neutrality, privacy and surveillance

  success stories: libraries, schools, college

• September

  Vol. 62 No. 5 (2013)

  In This Issue:

  FTRF, ALA join efforts to protect privacy and increase transparency around surveillance

  NSA collected U.S. email records in bulk for more than two years under Obama

  IFC report to ALA Council

  FTRF report to ALA Council

  Platt, Feingold win FTRF honors

  report debunks links between gun violence and media

  MIT releases report on Swartz case

  school web filtering needs makeover

  censorship dateline: libaries, schools, publishing, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, colleges and universities, publishing, freedom of the press, secrecy and surveillance, “sexting,” prison

  is it legal?: secrecy and surveillance, schools, church and state, broadcasting, social media

  success stories: schools

• July

  Vol. 62 No. 4 (2013)

  In This Issue:

  no genre safe on 2012 ‘most challenged’ list

  state of America’s libraries

  phone records of journalists seized by U.S.

  U.S. maintains vast database of phone calls

  NSA said to have collected data from Internet firms

  ALA Council calls for reforms to support privacy, open government, government transparency, and accountability in wake of NSA surveillance disclosures

  2013 Hugh M. Hefner Awards

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, colleges and universities, Internet

  is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, copyright, privacy and surveillance, access and transparency

  success stories: schools, foreign

• May

  Vol. 62 No. 3 (2013)

  In This Issue:

  2013 “Jefferson Muzzle” awards announced

  Rhode Island ACLU report finds prevalent Internet censorship in public schools

  “Harlem Shake” videos lead to school suspensions

  White House opens more federally funded scientific research to the public

  in review: Priests of Our Democracy

  editorial board resigns in support of open access

  ALA labeled “facilitator of porn”

  Mellen press continues to threaten critics

  survey finds gap in Internet access between rich, poor students

  censorship dateline: libraries and schools, student press, universities, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, schools, university, National Security Letters

  is it legal?: schools, colleges and universities, publishing, broadcasting

  success stories: libraries, college, foreign

• March

  Vol. 62 No. 2 (2013)

  In This Issue:

  AASL survey explores filtering in schools

  IFC report to ALA Council

  FTRF report to ALA Council

  Pew report finds libraries still vital

  digital divide hurts students

  Obama calls for study of video game violence

  high school students, teachers report media censorship

  where books go to die

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, publishing, colleges and universities, broadcasting, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, schools, colleges and universities, military courts, Internet, public nudity

  is it legal?: libraries, schools, college, social media, online privacy, counterterrorism

  success stories: libraries, schools, university, foreign

• January

  Vol. 62 No. 1 (2013)

  In This Issue:

  survey shows school web filtering can impede learning

  as libraries go digital, privacy issues emerge

  studies find wariness over tracking online data, while more companies engage in tracking

  Internet anti-censorship tools overwhelmed by demand

  governments asking Google to provide more data

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, university, Twitter

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, schools, universities, church and state, Internet, privacy

  is it legal?: schools, colleges and universities, e-publishing, press freedom, privacy, defamation

  success stories: libraries, schools

• November

  Vol. 61 No. 6 (2012)

  In This Issue:

  fewer books banned in Texas schools

  state of the First Amendment

  publishers and Google end lawsuit

  free speech in the YouTube era

  does press freedom lead to happiness?

  censorship dateline: library, schools, retailing, theater, art, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, colleges and universities, church and state, freedom of assembly, privacy

  is it legal?: library, schools, colleges and universities, freedom of assembly, privacy and surveillance, social media

  success stories: libraries, schools, foreign

• September

  Vol. 61 No. 5 (2012)

  In This Issue:

  Internet censorship and cell phone surveillance requests on the rise

  IFC report to ALA Council

  FTRF report to ALA Council

  Missouri book challenges run gamut

  bird flu paper is published after debate

  Human Rights Council passes resolution to protect Internet speech

  privacy trumps cybersecurity in recent poll

  most Americans, when reminded, support First Amendment freedoms

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, library, colleges and universities, Internet, Twitter

  is it legal?: libraries, university, freedom of assembly, National Security Letters, privacy and surveillance

• July

  Vol. 61 No. 4 (2012)

  In This Issue:

  fifty shades of censorship?’

  most frequently challenged books of 2011

  Occupy Wall Street librarians sue NYC over confiscated books

  movement to protest Israel’s policies triggers fights over U.S. scholars’ speech

  state climatologists face free speech challenges

  Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, blog, publishing, beer, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, schools, colleges and universities, Internet, surveillance, police, prisons, sidewalks

  is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, social media, Google, terrorist speech

  success stories: libraries, schools, colleges and universities

• May

  Vol. 61 No. 3 (2012)

  In This Issue:

  White House offers online privacy ‘Bill of Rights’

  FTC releases privacy report

  consumers ‘very concerned’ about online privacy

  MLA statement on Tucson book removals

  FBI still struggling with Supreme Court GPS ruling

  bird-flu papers released for publication

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, publishing, prisons, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, colleges and universities

  is it legal?: library, schools, colleges and universities, privacy, surveillance

  success stories: library, schools, e-books, foreign

• March

  Vol. 61 No. 2 (2012)

  In This Issue:

  opposition grows to Tucson book removals

  IFC report to ALA Council

  FTRF report to ALA Council

  protest at UCSD leads to expanded library hours

  SOPA and PIPA withdrawn after massive Internet protest

  2011: when intellectual property trumped civil liberties

  Dorothy Broderick, 1929-2011

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, periodicals, Internet, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, school, colleges and universities, Internet

  how favorable to free speech is the Roberts court?

  is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, secrecy, privacy

  success stories: schools, university, prison, Internet, foreign

• January

  Vol. 61 No. 1 (2012)

  In This Issue:

  ALA denounces library destruction at Occupy Wall Street

  California campuses embroiled in free speech controversies

  ACLU pressures districts to ease Internet filtering

  when school web filtering comes home

  ALA calls for Penguin group to restore e-book access to library patrons

  Kansas governor apologizes to tweeting teen

  Texas history education standards receive dismal reviews

  banned books in prisons

  defend the freedom to read: it's everybody's job

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, publishing, colleges and universities, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, university, broadcasting

  is it legal?: libraries, university, USA PATRIOT Act, prepublication review, Internet

  success stories: library, schools, university

• November

  Vol. 60 No. 6 (2011)

  In This Issue:

  authors sue to remove digital collections

  Google books case set for trial

  ACLU of Texas issues 15th annual banned books report

  Irvine 11 found guilty

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, theater, university, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, privacy, colleges and universities, “pole tax”

  is it legal?: libraries, colleges and universities, Internet, cell phones, privacy, prison

  success stories: libraries, schools, universities

• September

  Vol. 60 No. 5 (2011)

  In This Issue:

  IFC report to ALA Council

  FTRF report to ALA Council

  shhh!! no opinions in the library

  UN declares Internet a basic human right

  U.S. underwrites Internet detour around censors

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, library, universities, Internet, prisons

  is it legal?: libraries, colleges and universities, privacy, Interne

  success stories: schools, prisons