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Peer reviewedSumerford, Steve – Public Libraries, 1987
Explores the issue of intellectual freedom and the role of the library in the community, and the extent to which community attitudes and values should influence library policy. A specific incident involving a public library exhibit of materials on gay rights in Durham, North Carolina, is described. (CLB)
Descriptors: Censorship, Community Attitudes, Homosexuality, Intellectual Freedom
