Foreword<br >: some time in his or her professional lilt， every librarian， teacher， t"<br >memhcr， ，~r adminismla)r will inevitably have Io face a concerned pair<br >p:lrenl who ol!jcct~ to an " item" found on the librar，~ s shell. If<br >~oukl-tw censors" complaints tire to be handled cffcctivcly， all libra<br >(;is ~vcll as others involved) must be prepared for the challenge，<br > /!~，ing her experience as a censorship workshop planner/presenter<br >a~ a put die librarian. Frances M. Jones in DUusin~ ( e~r~or，qHp:<br >IJhrariaH s (;ui~h Io Hamtlink， ( ellsorvtw~ ( o~tjlicls gives practical ad<br >guidelines， and tools for managing censorship conllicls. She also prm<br >lihrarial> and leachers widl a firm background in libraD， censorship cas<br >bolh school and public libraries， skillfully covering issues ranging fron<br >f ico v. t]oard {~/h~h~caUon， ~，v/am~ 7) ee，~ school library case (upon w<br >Ihc Supreme Court rcccntly ruled) to such problems lhced by public lib<br >sialfs as Ihosc involving ttle uses of libnuT rneeting morns. The loo-t<br >uncxanlmcd isstle of internal censorship is also explored in this book. N ，<br >lii~rarrallS are of 10n tcmptcd to avoid selecting certain titles in an attem<br >plCt， ellI COlllroversv or as ~.| C，OllsCious or uncol-lscious rcl]ectiOll of their<br >hclicfs. And some librarians find it safer and easier to restrict acces<br >ccrlztin itctns， Io literally lock thcm away. It is， however， the librari<br >duty to selecl and provide library materials in the widest range of sub，<br >;llld vicwf>oints possible within budget and， in the case of school librar<br > <igc-lcvcl constraints. Moreover thc act of precensoring does not notes<br >ily lU-c;cnt conflict: because of the diversity of people s beliefs and val<br >all; seemingly iIIllOCUOtlS item may he challenged at any time b~，<br >offcMcd cilizcn. This bo~k eltiers guidelines li-~r creating a prolcss~~<br >cnvifonnienl where censorship initialed hy the librarians themselves wil<br >less likely， if not unlikely， to happen.<br > School and public librarians must be able to capably mwuG， e<br >cMIIcngc of ccnsorship rather than merely react to it in a "defensive<br >incft;.，clivc lllallner. ，.lid eflectivcly managing the challcnge takes p<br >ning， which involvcs these steps:<br > ~ Ilaving a wriuen policy，<br > ~ Supporling the policy with appropriate selection proccdurcs.<br >