Libraries, the First Amendment, and Cyberspace: What You Need to Know

by Robert S. Peck

A text discussing the role, rights and responsibilities of American libraries in relation to Internet access and freedom of speech. Topics covered include children and the First Amendment, the right... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0838907733
• ISBN13: 9780838907733
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Religious Motivations and Library Use - A unique approach

While the book has 9 plus chapters, the fifth chapter makes a sense, as it is a detailed section on motivations that are not-secular, non-business, and non-academic areas. The chapters of the book are: 1 Questions and Answers about the First Amendment: Sex, Lies, and Cyberspace 1 2 Basic First Amendment Principles and Their Application to Libraries 25 3 The Sexual Conundrum 45 4 The Right to Offend 62 5 Religious Motivations and Library Use 72 6 Just between You and Your Librarian--Library Confidentiality Laws 84 7 Workplace Issues: Employee Free Speech and Harassment 92 8 Children, Schools, and the First Amendment 105 9 Cyberspace--The Last Frontier 125 Appendixes A The Library Bill of Rights and Its Interpretations 147 B Guidelines for the Development and Implementation of Policies, Regulations and Procedures Affecting Access to Library Materials, Services and Facilities 176 C Guidelines and Considerations for Developing a Public Library Internet Use Policy 180 D Dealing with Concerns about Library Resources 188 E Conducting a Challenge Hearing 191 F Policy on Confidentiality of Library Records 196 G Policy concerning Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information about Library Users 198 Glossary 201 Index Worth a new edition.

Libraries the Frist Amendment and Cyberspace: What You Need

Anyone who works in the Library and Information field need to get this book. This resource will save you alot of mental and financial problems as well as stress. The author does not make the assumption that the reader knows the subject area. This resource is written so that a layperson can understand it. After every chapter there are references that one can peruse if he/she so desires. The appendix is wonderful. The table of contents is methodical and logical. It is a great reference resource and a good read!!

Important contribution to libraries & 1st Amendment studies.

The First Amendment is an integral philosophical and political concept embedded in academic and community library system operations. The First Amendment And Cyberspace answers the questions librarians and library patrons most often have about the First Amendment and library services. Included the issues of basic First Amendment principles and their application to libraries, the right to offend, religious motivations and library use, library confidentiality laws, cyberspace and the First Amendment. A special chapter focuses on children, schools and the First Amendment. Essential reading for library students, librarians, library administrators, and library board members, Robert Peck's The First Amendment And Cyberspace is enhanced with appendices on American Library Association policies and recommendations including Conducting a Challenge Hearing; Guidelines and Considerations for Developing a Public Library Internet Use Policy; and Policy on Confidentiality of Library Records.