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• May

  Vol. 56 No. 3 (2007)

  In This Issue:

  FBI misused PATRIOT Act

  Newbery winner provokes controversy

  Sports Illustrated decides libraries don’t

  need swimsuit issue

  ALA President testifies on EPA library closings

  ALA, others condemn censorship of global warming science

  SMU pressed to fight Bush secrecy

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, periodicals, art, foreign

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

  is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, protest, access to information, national security, privacy, Internet

  success stories: libraries, schools

   

• March

  Vol. 56 No. 2 (2007)

  In This Issue:

  closure of federal libraries angers scientists

  IFC report to ALA Council

  FTRF report to ALA Council

  ALA criticizes Justice Dept. on libraries and privacy

  campus speech codes

  Carter appearance sparks debate

  movement to ban “nigger” grows

  panel holds initial meeting

  Iraq’s national library closes

  FBI releases last Lennon files

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, Internet, art, foreign

  from the bench: school, broadcasting, copyright, defamation

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

  success stories: libraries, schools, government secrecy

• January

  Vol. 56 No. 1 (2007)

  In This Issue:

  COPA challenge in judge’s hands

  U.S. rank on press freedom slides lower

  yes, please offend me

  ETS accused of suppressing research

  Krug to lead PBK

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, broad-casting, speakers, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, speech, terrorism, student press, Internet, video games

  is it legal?: libraries, schools, protest, terrorism, PATRIOT Act, colleges and universities, broadcasting, child pornography

  success stories: libraries, schools, etc.

• November

  Vol. 55 No. 6 (2006)

  In This Issue:

  ALA wins free speech award

  Library Connection court records released

  PATRIOT Act Challenge to proceed

  EPA begins closing libraries

  Education Department mined student records

  teens support First Amendment protections for media

  Leonard Levy

  Conable Award to recognize commitment to intellectual freedom

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, foreign

  from the bench: library, wiretapping, secrecy, colleges and universities, broadcasting, press freedom, material witnesses

  is it legal?: library, schools, colleges and universities, broadcasting, Internet, PATRIOT Act, privacy, copyright

  success stories: libraries, schools, colleges and universities

• September

  Vol. 55 No. 5 (2006)

  In This Issue:

  nothing but the facts

  John Does speak

  IFC report to ALA Council

  FTRF report to ALA Council

  Colorado begins process to fire Churchill

  in review: Censoring Culture

  flag amendment narrowly fails

  another public broadcasting battle

  Caywood named to FTRF honor roll

  censorship dateline: libraries, Internet, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, schools, colleges and universities, privacy, film and video

  is it legal?: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, “state secrets,” broadcasting, Internet, privacy

  success stories: libraries, university, foreign

• July

  Vol. 55 No. 4 (2006)

  In This Issue:

  Connecticut librarians ungagged

  Bush PATRIOT Act signing criticized

  FBI seeks journalist’s archive

  FBI says journalists’ records can be searched

  Gonzales says journalist prosecutions possible

  Al-Arian reaches deal

  AAUP supports campus speakers

  scientists charge government gagging

  NSA rejected legal phone surveillance system

  report on Internet filters

  2006 Muzzle Awards

  2006 Hefner Awards

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

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, National Security Letters, schools, colleges and universities, harassment

  is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, Internet, telecommunications, broadcasting, access to information

  success stories: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, etc.

• May

  Vol. 55 No. 3 (2006)

  In This Issue:

  It’s Perfectly Normal tops most challenged list

  Bush signs PATRIOT Act renewal

  Connecticut librarian still John Doe

  opponents of “academic bill of rights” form coalition

  holocaust denier imprisoned

  Cuban scholars barred again

  EPA to close library network and catalog

  clergy supports evolution

  Madison Award

  PEN/Newman’s Own Award

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

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

  is it legal?: libraries, government surveillance, government secrecy, colleges and universities, church and state, newspapers, political expression

  success stories: library, schools, colleges and universities

• March

  Vol. 55 No. 2 (2006)

  In This Issue:

  ALA opposes PATRIOT Act compromise

  violence in Mideast over Danish cartoon

  IFC report to ALA Council

  FTRF report to ALA Council

  library insists FBI provide warrant

  John Doe, employer win IF award

  Google defies DOJ search demand

  U.S. assailed over rights of terror suspects

  UCLA alum pulls offer to buy lecture tapes

  fair use threatened

  spy court judge quits in protest

  “little red book,” big fat lie

  Frank Wilkinson remembered

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, film, broadcasting, foreign

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

  is it legal?: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, political expression and government eavesdropping, Internet, access to information, copyright, trademark

  success stories: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, trademark, art

• January

  Vol. 55 No. 1 (2006)

  In This Issue:

  PATRIOT Act agreement under fire

  library search provision reversed

  Pennsylvania voters oust school board

  overzealous filters hinder research

  RI libraries ease Internet restrictions

  more gay-themed books targeted

  California library compromises on filters

  CPB ex-chair removed from board

  administration involved in “covert propaganda”

  compromise on Internet control

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, university, periodicals, broadcasting, art, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, church and state, colleges and universities, Internet, video games, protest

  is it legal?: libraries, church and state, evolution and “intelligent design,” political expression, government surveillance, colleges and universities, copyright, broadcasting, Internet, recordings, video games

  success stories: school, publishing, government

• November

  Vol. 54 No. 6 (2005)

  In This Issue:

  FBI probes library records

  ALA files amicus in NSL challenge

  ALA report on law enforcement activity in libraries

  poll suggests information shrinks PATRIOT Act support

  religion and intellectual freedom

  tiny trackers

  Pres. Bush: schools should teach “intelligent design”

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, publishing, government, broadcasting, galleries and museums, foreign

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

  is it legal?: libraries, church and state, schools, colleges and universities, broadcasting, broadband, access to information, privacy, video games, copyright, obscenity and pornography

  success stories: libraries, retail

• September

  Vol. 54 No. 5 (2005)

  In This Issue:

  intellectual freedom: a casualty of war?

  protecting anonymity on the Internet

  House votes to limit PATRIOT Act’s Section 215

  libraries say officials do make inquiries

  IFC report to ALA Council

  FTRF report to ALA Council

  House backs ban on flag desecration

  university presidents support academic freedom

  academic groups’ statement on rights and freedoms

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, newspaper, video game, etc., foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, student press, freedom of the press

  is it legal?: libraries, colleges and universities, Internet, protest, PATRIOT Act, science

  success stories: libraries, schools, publishing

• July

  Vol. 54 No. 4 (2005)

  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

• May

  Vol. 54 No. 3 (2005)

  In This Issue:

  most frequently challenged books of 2004

  coalition forms to combat PATRIOT Act

  Freedom to Read Protection Act reintroduced

  government secrecy rose in 2004

  journalists push for open government

  El Segundo finds authors too un-American

  news or government propaganda?

  Nixon Library cancels Vietnam conference

  Hays Library to receive Immroth Award

  in review: Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties in America

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

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, press freedom, Internet, broadcasting, child pornography

  is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, CIA, political expression, broadcasting, cable television, Internet, video games, obscenity, libel

  success stories: libraries, colleges and universities, broadcasting

• March

  Vol. 54 No. 2 (2005)

  In This Issue:

  IFC report to ALA Council

  FTRF report to ALA Council

  Gordon Conable

  Krug to receive doctorate

  Downs Award winner

  banned books in Texas

  First Amendment in high schools

  ALA begins USA PATRIOT Act study

  evolution in classroom retreat

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, college, books, broadcasting, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, Internet, obscenity

  is it legal?: libraries, schools, church and state, universities, war on terror, publishing, broadcasting, Internet, recordings, video games, access to information, privacy

  success stories: libraries, schools

  Censored 2005

• January

  Vol. 54 No. 1 (2005)

  In This Issue:

  ALA renews call for privacy protection

  anti-evolution teachings gain

  Candace Morgan honored

  annual privacy report

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, government publications, books, broadcasting, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, protest, press freedom, universities, copyright, Internet

  is it legal?: libraries, schools, publishing, church and state, broadcasting, access to information, homeland security, colleges and universities, privacy, prisoner’s rights

  success stories: library

• November

  Vol. 53 No. 6 (2004)

  In This Issue:

  ALA, book community submit petitions

  “most censored” stories of 2003–04

  Bush forms civil liberties board

  FSM returns to Berkeley

  FBI trailed Savio

  prize for Judy Blume

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, scholarly exchange, broadcasting, art, etc., foreign

  from the bench: PATRIOT Act, political protest, access to information, colleges and universities, publishing, newspapers, Internet, child pornography

  is it legal?: libraries, schools, intelligence gathering, political protest, Internet

  success stories: libraries, broadcasting

• September

  Vol. 53 No. 5 (2004)

  In This Issue:

  FBI documents confirm ALA PATRIOT Act concerns

  “Alice” series tops 2003 most challenged list

  support of First Amendment back to pre-9/11 level

  censorship of the written word

  tiny trackers

  IFC report to ALA Council

  FTRF report to ALA Council

  effort to limit PATRIOT Act falls short

  ALA to monitor filter implementation

  in review: Operation Hollywood

  IFRT presents awards

  film ratings more lenient

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, university, publishing, Las Vegas, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, colleges and universities, broadcasting, protest, prior restraint, video games, shopping malls, art

  is it legal?: libraries, church and state, broadcasting, colleges and universities, copyright

  success stories: Internet, book burning, political protest

• July

  Vol. 53 No. 4 (2004)

  In This Issue:

  Bush moves to renew PATRIOT Act

  archivist nominee stirs opposition

  secret warrant requests up in 2003

  Moore film finds distributor

  TV and radio watch language

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, newspapers, broadcasting, prison, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, PATRIOT Act, church and state, Internet, signs at demonstrations, signs in yards, vulgar language

  is it legal?:schools, student press, universities, newspapers, church and state, protest, broadcasting, Internet, copyright, privacy

  success stories: libraries, privacy

• May

  Vol. 53 No. 3 (2004)

  In This Issue:

  million signatures sought

  most challenged of 2003

  RFID raises questions

  scientists say administration distorts facts

  Charles Levendosky

  James Madison Award

  Eli Oboler Memorial Award

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press,periodicals, broadcasting, cable TV, Internet,foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, privacy, university, Internet

  is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, access to information, publishing, broadcasting, privacy

  success stories: libraries, schools, student press

• March

  Vol. 53 No. 2 (2004)

  In This Issue:

  Bush wants PATRIOT Act renewed

  IFC report to ALA Council

  FTRF report to ALA Council

  Downs Award winners

  CDT releases proposed filter guidelines

  almanacs may aid terrorists

  ACLU files UN complaint on 9/11 detainees

  historians defend free discussion

  in review: Religious Expression and the American Constitution and Christianity and the Mass Media in America

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, political art, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, war on terror, Internet, freedom to demonstrate

  is it legal?: library, schools, church and state, access to information, freedom to demonstrate, privacy and surveillance, broadcasting, Internet, copyright, harmful to minors

  success stories: school

• January

  Vol. 53 No. 1 (2004)

  In This Issue:

  ALA President’s statement

  FBI snoops on antiwar rallies

  Congress to override FCC

  library filter report available

  “digital divide” persists

  NTIA releases report on filtering

  in review: The War on the Bill of Rights and the Gathering Resistance and In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America’s Bill of Rights

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, books, art

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, telemarketing, press freedom, illegal detention, privacy

  is it legal?: libraries, schools, parody and satire, broadcasting, copyright, privacy, etc.

  success stories: libraries, broadcasting

• November

  Vol. 52 No. 6 (2003)

  In This Issue:

  Ashcroft attacks librarians

  statement from ALA President

  ALA seeks public input on homeland security information

  California survey reveals FBI visited 16 libraries

  settlement in Minneapolis

  most censored stories of 2002–03

  ACLU challenges PATRIOT Act

  PATRIOT Act used to pursue non-terror crimes

  Bush urges wider anti-terrorism powers

  Senate votes to repeal new media rules

  261 lawsuits filed on music sharing

  Internet censorship hits ‘all-time high’

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

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, church and state, university, protest, broadcasting, Internet, commercial speech, zoning

  is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, protest, privacy, online piracy, libel, obscenity

  success stories: schools

• September

  Vol. 52 No. 5 (2003)

  In This Issue:

  Supreme Court upholds CIPA

  ALA responds to CIPA decision

  FCC issues order on CIPA implementation

  Rep. Sanders speaks to ALA Conference

  IFC report to ALA Council

  FTRF report to ALA Council

  report on PATRIOT Act alleges rights violations

  in review: The Words We Live By

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

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, church and state, Internet, student press, terrorism, television, video games, abortion, etc.

  is it legal?: terrorism, Internet, schools, colleges and universities, broadcasting, flag burning, etc.

  success stories: schools

  AAUP rebukes U. of S. Florida

  support for basic freedoms returning

• July

  Vol. 52 No. 4 (2003)

  In This Issue:

  spying under PATRIOT Act disclosed

  library, book groups decry PATRIOT Act

  impact of PATRIOT Act on free expression

  “a chill wind is blowing . . .”

  surveillance technology widely disseminated

  opening McCarthy’s files

  Jefferson “Muzzles” announced

  bookseller reveals secret title

  censorship dateline: libraries, colleges and universities, student press, baseball, periodicals

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, student press, university, Internet

  is it legal?: libraries, universities, church and state, press freedom, publishing, copyright, video games

  success stories: library, university, police surveillance

  Michael Moore donates to ALA Spectrum Initiative

  Chmara named to FTRF Honor Roll

  SIRS state and regional achievement award

  Pipkin and Lent win Immroth Award

• May

  Vol. 52 No. 3 (2003)

  In This Issue:

  freedom to read act introduced

  corporatization constricting radio

  scholars warn of threats to academic freedom

  editors and scientists caution on publishing

  ALA Resolution on USA PATRIOT Act

  libraries warn of FBI spying

  Vatican supports Harry Potter

  Al-Jazeera wins anti-censorship award

  censorship dateline: libraries, schools, universities, poetry, broadcasting, t-shirt, Internet, art, foreign

  from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, freedom of assembly, church and state, Internet, newspaper, elections

  is it legal?: libraries, schools, universities, press freedom, secrecy and surveillance, child pornography

  success stories: libraries, broadcasting, university, art, foreign