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ERIC Number: EJ1397469
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 24
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1531-2542
EISSN: EISSN-1530-7131
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Content Warnings and Censorship
Antelman, Kristin
portal: Libraries and the Academy, v23 n3 p461-484 2023
Applying a content warning to metadata and archival descriptions is a practice that libraries increasingly embrace, even though the American Library Association considers content labeling to be censorship under the Library Bill of Rights. The language used in a content warning, such as "offensive" or "harmful," carries important implications for the responsibility the library assumes and the actions it might take. Before deciding to apply a content warning, libraries should consider a range of questions posed by such warnings and be prepared to respond to the inherent conflict they create with librarianship's commitment to intellectual freedom and anti-censorship.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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