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  Banned Books On-Line http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/banned-books.html
Special exhibit of books that have been the objects of censorship or censorship attempts.
  Free Expression Policy Project http://www.fepproject.org/index.html
A think tank on artistic and intellectual freedom that provides empirical research and policy development on tough censorship issues.
  ALA: Banned Books Week http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm
Information and resources on this year's Banned Books Week, from the American Library Association. Includes an overview of the topic of banned and burned books, press kits, a list of the most frequently challenged books, and links.
  American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression http://www.abffe.org/
News and updates on matters of free speech, book banning and related issues for booksellers.
  Freedom to Read.ca http://www.freedomtoread.ca/
Freedom to Read Week encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom.
  The File Room http://www.thefileroom.org
Archive of case files pertaining to the censorship and suppression of works and ideas from Socrates to Judy Blume.
  Most Frequently Challenged Books in the US in the early 1990s http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/most-banned.html
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.
  The Censorship Pages -- Information on Censorship of the Written Word http://www.booksatoz.com/censorship/index.htm
Articles and links on banned books and censorship. Many links are dead.
  kidSPEAK http://www.kidspeakonline.org/
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 and helps produce an illiterate society.
  Parents Against Bad Books In Schools http://www.pabbis.com/
Information and resources for challenging controversial books in K-12 schools.
  He who destroyes a good Booke, kills reason it selfe http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/exhibits/bannedbooks/bannedbooks.html
Retrospective of the famous exhibition and catalogue of banned books from the University of Kansas in 1955.
  Censored: Wielding the Red Pen http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/censored/
This exhibition from the University of Virginia Libraries includes numerous cover images of censored books, plus thoughtful and informative commentary.
  What Johnny Can't Read: Censorship in American Libraries http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/winter96/pubCONN.html
Essay by Suzanne Fisher Staples on censorship in American school libraries.
  Family Friendly Libraries http://www.fflibraries.org/index.html
National organization dedicated to addressing issues of age appropriate materials in public and school libraries. Includes current news and information.
  Banned Books http://libraries.luc.edu/about/banned/index.htm
Loyola University Chicago Libraries' information page about book banning in the U.S. and abroad, with a section on electronic documents.
  Censored http://www.georgesuttle.com/censorship/
Directory of Web and print censorship resources with detailed descriptions of each link.
  Censorship and Book Burning http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/burning/burning.html
Modest collection of sayings and viewpoints of book burning.
  United Students Against Book Banning http://www.angelfire.com/vt2/UnitedStudents/
A collective of Canadian students fighting censorship.
  Banned Books Quiz http://www.gotoquiz.com/banned_books_quiz
Test your knowledge of banned books with this quiz.
  Shameful Book Banning in Rockford, Illinois http://users.rcn.com/kyp/rockbann.html
Describes a case where a school board voted to ban a book about youth gang culture, to the dismay of many in the community.
  Ban These Books Too; It's Only Fair http://unquietmind.com/banbooks.html
A satirical plea to ban Shakespeare and the Bible on the same basis that other books have been banned.
  Look Out, Harry Potter: Book Banning Heats Up http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin157.shtml
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.
  Banning Books from the Classroom: How To Handle Cries for Censorship http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr031.shtml
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? How can they be avoided?
  ALA's Top 100 Banned or Challenged Books of 1990-2000 http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedbydecade/100mostfrequently.cfm
A list of the most frequently challenged books of the 1990s, based on the challenges reported to ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom.

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