Censorship issue in Librarianship

analysis and the way forward

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https://doi.org/10.36311/1981-1640.2011.v5n2.03.p18

Keywords:

Censorship, Librarianship, Public Policy, Freedom, First Amendment, USA Patriot Act.

Abstract

This paper examined censorship issue in Librarianship. It analyzed the different conflicting positions, the stakeholders and what they have at stake. The author also discussed the way forward.

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  • Olugbenga I. Ademodi, The American Guild for Infant Survival

    Dr. Olugbenga Ademodi is a Special Advisor on International Human Rights Research with The American Guild for Infant Survival, Virginia Beach, Virginia. USA. Olugbenga Ademodi worked as a Public Services Researcher at St. Thomas University School of Law Library in Miami, Florida from 2005 to April 2010. He is currently working on getting his book titled : " status and rights of indigenous peoples in Nigeria" published. Olugbenga have participated in conferences and workshops in both Nigeria and the United States; He belong to organizations such as AALL and SEAALL. In 2008, his article entitled “The Open Source Road to Web 2.0 for Nigeria: A View of Two Worlds from the Outside” was published in the Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.

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Published

2012-11-02

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2011)

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How to Cite

Ademodi, Olugbenga I. “Censorship Issue in Librarianship: Analysis and the Way Forward”. Brazilian Journal of Information Science: Research Trends, vol. 5, no. 2, Nov. 2012, pp. 22-32, https://doi.org/10.36311/1981-1640.2011.v5n2.03.p18.