Course Readings

N.B. If not found on the web, these readings are available on Reserve at the New Library Circulation Desk.

CARD CATALOG

• Crawford, Walt. "The Card Catalog and Other Digital Controversies." American Libraries. Jan. 1999: 53-58.

CENSORSHIP

• Burke, Edmund B. "Internet: Library or Encyclopedia?" Educom Review Sept/Oct 1998: 4-5. <http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/html/erm9855.html>

Links to Censorship Issues

Reno v. ACLU

Syllabus of the Supreme Court decision re: the Communictions Decency Act. The Court ruled the CDA unconstitutional on June 26, 1997.

"As a matter of constitutional tradition, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we presume that governmental regulation of the content of speech is more likely to interfere with the free exchange of ideas than to encourage it. The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship." -- Justice John Paul Stevens, writing for the majority

Read Judge Stevens' opinion and

Justices O'Connor and Rehnquist's concurrence

Citizens' Internet Empowerment Coalition

Coalition of various free speech advocacy groups including libraries, booksellers, book and software publishers, internet service providers, etc.

Center for Democracy & Technology Free Speech Issues

American Civil Liberties Union

Information on censorship issues, including the Internet

Original "Cyberporn" study by Martin Rimm

Web version of the study as published in the Georgetown Law Journal

Cyberporn Debate

A page with links to discussion and articles on the issue including the text of the original Timearticle and the commentaries

Understand Software that Blocks Internet Sites

Excellent article and overview of this issue. From the fine site - Internet Advocate: A Web-based Resource Guide for Librarians and Educators Interested in Providing Youth Access to the Net, maintained by Lisa Champelli, Children's Librarian with the Monroe County Public Library in Bloomington, Indiana--from Librarians Index to the Internet

Filters and the Public Library: a legal and policy analysis

Comprehensive, thoughtful, well-researched article, by lawyer and librarian Mary Minow. Based on real-life issues in the Santa Clara County (CA) library system. From the excellent online journal, First Monday.--from Librarians Index to the Internet

American Library Association Banned Books Information

Index on Censorship

Online version of journal covering international censorship and freedom of information issues

COPYRIGHT

• Goodell, Jeff. "World War MP3" Rolling Stone 8-22 July 1999: 43-46.
• Gasaway, Laura N. "Copyright, the Internet, and Other Legal Issues." Journal of the American Society for Information Science 49 (1998): 1003-1009.
• Mann, Charles C. "Who Will Own Your Next Good Idea?" The Atlantic Monthly Sept. 1998. <http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/98sep/copy.htm>

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING

• Guernsey, Lisa and Vincent Kiernan. "Journals See the Internet as a Tool in the Peer-Review System." Chronicle of Higher Education. 2 Apr. 1999: A29-30.

EVALUATING INFORMATION

• Goldsborough, Reid. "Teaching Healthy Skepticism About Information on the Internet." Technolgy and Learning. Jan. 1998: 32.
• Kelley, Tina. "How to Separate Good Data From Bad." New York Times 4 Mar. 1999, late ed.: G9. Periodical Abstracts, Research II. ProQuest Direct. NMSU Library, Las Cruces, NM. 11 Mar. 1999. <http://www.umi.com/proquest/>
• Kelley, Tina. "Whales in the Minnesota River." New York Times 4 Mar. 1999, late ed.: G1+. Periodical Abstracts, Research II ProQuest Direct. NMSU Library, Las Cruces, NM. 11 Mar. 1999. <http://www.umi.com/proquest/>

HISTORY OF INFORMATION

• Wernich, Robert. "Declaring an Open Season on the Wisdom of the Ages." Smithsonian. May 1997: 72-83.

INTERNET HISTORY

• Brin, David. "The Internet as a Commons." Information Technology and Libraries. Dec. 1995: 240-42.
• Howe, Walt. A Brief History of the Internet. 3 Sept. 1999. <http:// http://www.delphi.com/ navnet/faq/history.html>
• Sterling, Bruce. "Internet." Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Feb. 1993: 99-107.

ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION

• Palladino, Grace. "Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Shelving By Height at the Library of Congress." Chronicle of Higher Education. 11 June 1999.

PRESERVATION

• Brand, Stewart. "Written on the Wind." Civilization. Oct/Nov 1998: 71-72.
• Vogt-O'Connor, Diane. "Is the Record of the 20th Century at Risk?" CRM: Cultural Resource Management. 22 (1999): 21-27.

PRIVACY

• Fraser, Barry. "Rules of the Road for Navigating the Information Superhighway." Human Rights. Winter 1999: 17-21.

SEARCHING THE WEB

• Cummings, James. "Internet vs. Library" Dayton Daily. News 20 Mar. 1999: 1G. Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. Lexis-Nexis. NMSU Library, Las Cruces. 13 Aug. 1999. <http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/>
• Gresham, Keith. "Surfing With a Purpose." Educom Review. Sept/Oct. 1998: 22-29. <http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/html/erm9851.html>

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by Susan E. Beck
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM