DRAFT
WEEK 1
- Introductions
- – students & teachers
- Introduction to intellectual freedom
- Historical foundation & landmark cases
- ALA library bill of rights
- EXERCISE >> letter to editor about intellectual freedom ??
- vote on special topics
WEEK 2
- READING: How to read a case …
- LECTURE:
- 1st amendment in more detail // classic doctrines, exceptions , trends
- major library cases
- EXERCISE: analyzing a case
WEEK 3 patron behavior
GUEST > maura / andrea
WEEK 4 meeting rooms
GUEST > maura / andrea
WEEK 5 cataloging & classification / ratings
WEEK 6 state control in school setting / florida — curriculum versus library
– government employee speech
– curriculum versus library
GUEST > maura / andrea
WEEK 7 – weird approaches to “town control” etc
WEEK 8 – 1A & discrimination / access
> GUEST / andrew grant-thomas ???
WEEK 9 – presentations on censorship
WEEK 10 – intro to privacy, and 1A connections to privacy
> GUEST > connecticut librarian ??
WEEK 11 – FIPP and privacy statute — pick a state, assess its reader privacy, write a reform …
> third party privacy / library records
WEEK 12 – student privacy in schools
> GUEST > allison @ umass re: student privacy
WEEK 13 – practical privacy
> GUEST > alison macrina
WEEK 14 – last presentations …
> special topics