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The New Inquisition
Understanding and Managing Intellectual Freedom Challenges
 James LaRue

1-59158-285-7/978-1-59158-285-4

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Become an effective advocate for intellectual freedom and patron privacy while building a positive relationship with diverse elements of your community.

Reviews:
-James LaRue offers fresh advice on dealing with requests to pull books from public library collections. In an engaging anecdotal style, LaRue recounts numerous examples of real-life intellectual freedom challenges he has encountered during his years as director of a Colorado library system....LaRue advises preparation, but this book's most important contribution is its emphasis on the establishment of trust. LaRue;s most practical advice, and the approach that informs all aspects of this text, is, know your users.....The New Inquisition is an entertaining and valuable read: LaRue's narrative voice is wholly likeable and reasonable. The book contains a good index and a short and very useful reference and resource list. It will make a good companion to other texts on the topic and is recommended for public libraries and academic libraries with a library studies program. —Reference & User Services Quarterly
-La Rue does what librarians do best--research. The book begins with a brief history of book censorship and moves to the origins of the Constitution and the Library Bill of Rights. With lively writing about relevant and current issues, the reader is engaged with example letters from concerned patrons provided. La Rue also includes Sample Request for Reconsideration forms and responses to past patron concerns, all of which are excellent resources for frontline librarians as well as the new generation of library students concerned about challenges to intellectual freedom. —Colorado Association of Libraries
About the Author
James LaRue is Director of the Douglas County Libraries in Colorado. He is a columnist and frequent contributor to local and national publications, and frequently speaks on the topic of censorship. His awards include: Colorado Librarian of the Year (1998), the Julie J. Boucher Award for Intellectual Freedom (2000), Castle Rock Business Person of the Year (2003), and the National Council of Teachers of English/Support for the Learning and Teaching of English Intellectual Freedom Award (2004).
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