Abstract:Pre-emptive censorship is leading elementary librarians to limit the direct access students should have to certain ideas and information; especially literature that are sexual in nature. This act of censorship raises the issue of the suppressing and manipulation of the educational rights that all students should have when it comes to reading literature that are age appropriate and published specifically for a certain age group. Research has shown that the act of pre-emptive censorship is actually due to intern… Show more
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