Censorship Experts Discuss Library Freedoms at C.W. Post
Thursday, September 30 • 2 to 5 p.m.

Brookville, N.Y. – The past president of a nationwide library association and the school librarian at the heart of a landmark Supreme Court censorship case will discuss library freedoms and censorship on Thursday, September 30 at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University in Brookville.

"You Can’t Say That!!! Censorship and the Media" will feature keynote speaker Nancy Kranich, former president of the American Library Association and former associate dean of libraries at New York University. Among the topics she will discuss:

These developments diminish libraries’ ability to provide a wide range of views and information, she contends. Without the production of diverse, uncensored media resources, libraries cannot fulfill their mission by acquiring materials that present all points of view on current and historical issues.

Also speaking will be Donald Wilson, school librarian at Island Trees Union Free School District in Nassau County during the 1982 Supreme Court ruling that limited a school board’s power to ban books from school libraries. Wilson is currently the director of the School Library Media Program at the Palmer School of Library and Information Science at C.W. Post.

The seminar will run from 2 to 5 p.m. at Top of the Commons in Hillwood Commons at the C.W. Post Campus, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, N.Y.

"You Can’t Say That!!! Censorship and the Media" is sponsored by the Palmer School of Library and Information Science at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, The Nassau County Library Association Media Services Division, The Intellectual Freedom Committee, the Long Island School Media Association (LISMA), and Suffolk School Library Media Association (SSLMA).

For more information call the C.W. Post Public Relations Office at (516) 299-2334 or e-mail pr@cwpost.liu.edu