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Ohio school librarian survey

  • 1.  Ohio school librarian survey

    Posted 8 hours ago
    Right to Read Ohio conducted a survey of school librarians. Though our responses were few and not generalizable, we still learned a lot about what is going on with censorship in Ohio. Similar to other states, we now know that:
    • There are more censorship incidents than are reported in the press/ by ALA

    • Many schools are not supported by their administration

    • Many librarians are changing their practices in acquisitions, displays, or programs because of this climate of censorship, no matter how long they've been on the job, how much education they have, or even whether or not they directly experienced a censorship incident
    You can read the report here:

    You can see a slide summary here:

    An article mentioning the work is here:

    Regards,
    Sharon Hawkes, MLIS 
    Right to Read Ohio 
    ALA Law for Librarians