Syllabus

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