Intellectual Freedom Committee
Reports
Challenged Materials in School Libraries
Starting in 2004 the CAL Intellectual Freedom Committee began conducting an annual survey of school librarians and media coordinators asking them to identify books, videos, and other materials that were formally challenged during the last year. Listed by school year, each report lists formally challenged materials reported by Colorado schools.
Intellectual Freedom Issues in Colorado Libraries: Concerns, Challenges, Resources, and Opinions
In the fall of 2003, the CAL Intellectual Freedom Committee sponsored a survey to take the pulse of intellectual freedom in Colorado. The goal was to ask a wide range of Colorado library workers about their awareness and personal involvement in intellectual freedom issues, ranging from book challenges and Internet filtering to their opinions on recent federal legislation impacting libraries. The survey was also designed to gauge the respondent's knowledge of policies in their own libraries and of resources from CAL and the American Library Association. The report's contents include survey questions, a compilation and analysis of responses, and general conclusions and recommendations. Get the report