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It is ironic that we librarians debate the place of dangerous and extreme ideas in our corner of the world of communication, when we are so sorely needed as champions of access. This is a time in which the Meese Pornography Commission recommendations are being turned into repressive laws, government secrecy is burgeoning while public access to information is dwindling, and media monopolies...continue to narrow the spectrum of what is deemed 'newsworthy'.--John Swan Unless we have a holistic view of intellectual freedom and other values, we are liable not only to charges of racism and other forms of discrimination, but our own professional rhetoric, our own Library Bill of Rights, can be turned against us.--Noel Peattie.

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a sound philosophical and historical underpinning to our professional code of ethics...[and] a very useful annotated bibliography --<i>Library Journal</i>; a greatly expanded print version of the debate 'Two Views of Intellectual Freedom' at the 1988 [ALA] Conference --<i>American Libraries</i>; deserves our careful attention --<i>Wilson Library Journal</i>; exceptional...superlative bibliography. Every librarian should read this book -<i>Journal of Academic Librarianship</i>; required reading for all librarians -<i>Sources</i>.

a sound philosophical and historical underpinning to our professional code of ethics...[and] a very useful annotated bibliography <i>Library Journal</i>; a greatly expanded print version of the debate Two Views of Intellectual Freedom at the 1988 [ALA] Conference <i>American Libraries</i>; deserves our careful attention <i>Wilson Library Journal</i>; exceptional...superlative bibliography. Every librarian should read this book <i>Journal of Academic Librarianship</i>; required reading for all librarians <i>Sources</i>.

a sound philosophical and historical underpinning to our professional code of ethics...[and] a very useful annotated bibliography --Library Journal; a greatly expanded print version of the debate 'Two Views of Intellectual Freedom' at the 1988 [ALA] Conference --American Libraries; deserves our careful attention --Wilson Library Journal; exceptional...superlative bibliography. Every librarian should read this book -Journal of Academic Librarianship; required reading for all librarians -Sources. a sound philosophical and historical underpinning to our professional code of ethics...[and] a very useful annotated bibliography Library Journal; a greatly expanded print version of the debate Two Views of Intellectual Freedom at the 1988 [ALA] Conference American Libraries; deserves our careful attention Wilson Library Journal; exceptional...superlative bibliography. Every librarian should read this book Journal of Academic Librarianship; required reading for all librarians Sources.

a sound philosophical and historical underpinning to our professional code of ethics...[and] a very useful annotated bibliography --Library Journal; a greatly expanded print version of the debate 'Two Views of Intellectual Freedom' at the 1988 [ALA] Conference --American Libraries; deserves our careful attention --Wilson Library Journal; exceptional...superlative bibliography. Every librarian should read this book -Journal of Academic Librarianship; required reading for all librarians -Sources.

“a sound philosophical and historical underpinning to our professional code of ethics...[and] a very useful annotated bibliography”—Library Journal; “a greatly expanded print version of the debate ‘Two Views of Intellectual Freedom’ at the 1988 [ALA] Conference”—American Libraries; “deserves our careful attention”—Wilson Library Journal; “exceptional...superlative bibliography. Every librarian should read this book”–Journal of Academic Librarianship; “required reading for all librarians”–Sources.

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The late John Swan was head librarian at Bennington College in Vermont, USA. The late Noel Peattie was a philosopher and humanities librarian at the University of California-Davis.

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