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Harry Potter Is Most Challenged Fourth Year In v52n2_final.qxd 02/25/2003 5:12 PM Page 45 ISSN 0028-9485 March 2003 Vol. LII No. 2 www.ala.org/nif The best-selling Harry Potter series of children’s books by J.K. Rowling tops the list of books most challenged in 2002, according to the American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom. The Potter series drew complaints from parents and others concerned about the books’ focus on wizardry and magic. The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom received a total of 515 reports of challenges last year, a fifteen percent increase since 2001. A challenge is defined as a formal, written complaint, filed with a library or school, requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness. The majority of challenges are reported by public libraries, schools and school libraries. According to Judith F. Krug, director of the Office for Harry Potter Intellectual Freedom, the number of challenges reflects only incidents reported, and for each challenge reported, four or five remain unreported. The “Ten Most Challenged Books of 2002” reflect a wide variety of themes. The is most books, in order of most frequently challenged are: G Harry Potter series, by J. K. Rowling, for its focus on wizardry and magic. challenged G Alice series, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, for being sexually explicit, using offensive language and being unsuited to age group. fourth year G The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier (the “Most Challenged” book of 1998), for using offensive language and being unsuited to age group. G I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou, for sexual content, racism, in row offensive language, violence and being unsuited to age group. G Taming the Star Runner, by S.E. Hinton, for offensive language. G Captain Underpants, by Dav Pilkey, for insensitivity and being unsuited to age group, as well as encouraging children to disobey authority. G The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, for racism, insensitivity and offensive language. G Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson, for offensive language, sexual content and Occult/Satanism. G Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor, for insensitivity, racism and offensive language. (continued on page 60) Published by the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee, Nancy C. Kranich, Chairperson v52n2_final.qxd 02/25/2003 5:12 PM Page 46 periodical in this issue Barron’s......................................................................64, 66 Harry Potter again most challenged ................................45 film Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Sex............79 Fiddler on the Roof..........................................................79 IFC report to ALA Council..............................................47 Last Tango in Paris..........................................................79 The Last Temptation of Christ ........................................79 FTRF report to ALA Council ..........................................48 The Life of Brian..............................................................79 Missing ............................................................................79 ACLU warns of big brother ............................................50 Salvador ..........................................................................79 Smiles of a Summer Night................................................79 scientists debate censorship, security ..............................50 theater administration to propose Internet monitoring................51 Bang, Bang, You’re Dead ................................................53 terror war infringing rights ..............................................51 censorship dateline: schools, Internet, foreign................53 from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, church and state, university, Internet, press freedom, privacy ....................................................................61 is it legal?: church and state, universities, Internet, government secrecy, privacy, lawyer........................69 success stories: schools, universities, privacy, film ........77 Views of contrubutors to the Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom targets of the censor are not necessarily those of the editors, the Intellectual Freedom books Committee, or the American Library Association. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ..............................45 (ISSN 0028-9485) Bridge to Terabithia ........................................................45 Captain Underpants ........................................................45 Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom is published bimonthly (Jan., The Chocolate War ..........................................................45 March, May, July, Sept., Nov.) by the American Library Harry Potter series ....................................................45, 77 Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. The newsletter is also available online at www.ala.org/nif. Subscriptions: $50 per I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ..................................45 year (includes annual index and access to online version), back Julie of the Wolves ..........................................................60 issues $10 each from Subscription Department, American Library Of Mice and Men ......................................................55, 60 Association. Editorial mail should be addressed to the Office of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry ........................................45 Intellectual Freedom, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, Illinois 60611. Periodical postage paid at Chicago, IL at additional mailing Taming the Star Runner ..................................................45 offices. POSTMASTER: send address changes to Newsletter on The Things They Carried ................................................55 Intellectual Freedom, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. 46 Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom v52n2_final.qxd 02/25/2003 5:12 PM Page 47 IFC report to ALA Council Terrorism Act of 2001 (“USA Patriot Act”) became law on The following is the text of the Intellectual Freedom October 26, 2001. The legislation originated with Attorney Committee’s report to the ALA Council, delivered at the General John Ashcroft, who asked Congress for additional ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia on January 29, by powers that he claimed were needed to fight terrorism in IFC Chair Nancy Kranich. the wake of the events of September 11, 2001. Few amend- The ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) is ments were made to Ashcroft’s initial proposal to Congress, pleased to present this update of its activities. and the bill became law without any hearings or markup by This report covers the following initiatives: the CIPA a Congressional committee. lawsuit, privacy-related issues, Meeting Room policy, and The Patriot Act amended over 15 federal statutes, Outsourcing. Also included is information about other top- including the laws governing criminal procedure, com- ics the IFC is monitoring, such as new trends in fee-for- puter fraud and abuse, foreign intelligence, wiretapping, service charges and deep linking, as well as updates on immigration, and the privacy of student records. These ongoing IFC projects. amendments expanded the authority of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and law enforcement to gain access to business records, medical records, educational records, Issues and library records, including stored electronic data and Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) communications. It also expanded the laws governing One year ago, the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee wiretaps and “trap and trace” phone devices to Internet and reported to Council its confidence that ALA would prevail electronic communications. These enhanced surveillance in its challenge to the Children’s Internet Protection Act procedures pose the greatest challenge to privacy and con- (CIPA) because we could illustrate what library users—and fidentiality in the library. all Americans—stand to lose if librarians are forced to keep The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom has prepared people and information apart, if local decisions are replaced information about the USA Patriot Act that was reviewed by by federal mandates, and if education and parenting are legal counsel, and mounted at www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/ replaced by mechanical devices. usapatriotact.html. This Web page includes links to various Subsequently, on May 31, the American Library organizations and analyses of the Act, and additional infor- Association (ALA) received a unanimous lower court rul- mation, including: ing that CIPA is unconstitutional because the mandated use of filtering technology on all computers will result in G Resolution Reaffirming the Principles of Intellectual blocked access to substantial amounts of constitutionally Freedom in the Aftermath of Terrorist Attacks (www. protected speech. The Court found that filters both ala.org/alaorg/oif/reaffirmifprinciples.html); overblock (block access to protected speech) and under- G The USA Patriot Act in the Library (www.ala.org/ block (allow access to illegal or unconstitutional speech). alaorg/oif/usapatriotlibrary.html); The opinion was written by Chief Judge Edward R. Becker G Confidentiality and Coping with Law Enforcement of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and joined by U.S. Inquiries: Guidelines for the Library and its Staff (www. District Court Judges John P. Fullam and Harvey Bartle, III. ala.org/alaorg/oif/guidelineslibrary.html); and The government appealed the Third Circuit’s ruling, and G State Privacy Laws regarding Library Records (www. arguments
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