General:

• American Center for Law and Justice (legal arm of the Christian Coalition)
• American Family Association (Don Wildmon)
  (original name: National Federation for Decency)
  
• Christian Coalition (Pat Robertson)
• Citizens for Excellence in Education (Robert Simonds)
• Concerned Women for America (Beverly LaHaye)
• Eagle Forum (Phyllis Schlafly)
• Enough Is Enough (Dee Jepsen bio)
• Family Foundation (Walter Barbee)
• Family Research Council (Gary Bauer)
• Focus on the Family (James Dobson)
• Free Congress Foundation (Paul Weyrich)
• Heritage Foundation (Edwin Feulner)
• Media Research Center (L. Brent Bozell III)
• Morality in Media (Father Morton Hill, late founder)
• National Campaign to Combat Internet Pornography (Paul Cardin)
• National Family Legal Foundation (Charles Dunlap)
• National Law Center for Children and Families (Bruce Taylor, Janet LaRue)
• Oklahomans for Children and Families (OCAF) (George Harper, late founder; Bob Anderson)
• Traditional Values Coalition (Lou Sheldon)

Internet filtering:

• The Internet Filter Assessment Project (TIFAP)
• Internet Filtering Software Vendor Survey
• Technology Inventory: A Catalog of Tools that Support Parents' Ability to Choose Online Content Appropriate for their Children (AT&T Labs-Research, rev. 9/98)
  
• Some vendors: (alphabetical order)
  
  [ vendor-defined sites -- locally selectable/modifiable sites ]
  
  

  	Bess		[block--remote server] ( filtering categories )
  	CyberPatrol		[block, allow] ( CyberNOT block list criteria )
  	CYBERsitter		[block, site logging]
  	Cyber Snoop		[block, allow, site logging]
  	I-Gear		[block, allow--local server]
  	Internet Filter		[block, site logging]
  	The Library Channel		[block, allow]
  	Net Nanny		[block, allow, site logging]
  	NetRated		[block, allow, site logging]
  	Net Shepherd		[block]
  	SafeSearch		[block+adds, allow]
  	SafeSurf		[block--ISP server] ( Internet rating standard )
  	SmartFilter		[block--local server] ( control list categories )
  	SurfWatch		[block+adds, allow+adds] ( blocking criteria )
  	WebChaperone		[block+adds, allow, site logging]
  	WebSense		[block+adds, allow--local server] ( list of categories )
  	X-Stop		[block]

  
  
• Determining blocked sites:
  The Netly News Censorware Search Engine
  CyberPatrol's CyberNOT Search Engine
  SurfWatch's Test-A-Site
  
• Pro-filtering viewpoint: (chronological order)
  "Taxpayer funded pornography: public libraries risk liability" (Col. Richard Black (ret.), 12/12/97)
  
• Anti-filtering viewpoint: (chronological order)
  Censorware.org (The Censorware Project)
  "Ability of library in offering Internet access to patrons to use filtering software to limit sites accessed" (Harlan Wright, 6/96)
  "Internet blocking programs and privatized censorship" (Seth Finkelstein, The Ethical Spectacle, August 1996)
  "Filters can't block out the real world" (Terry Schwadron, Los Angeles Times, 2/26/97)
  "Purchase of blocking software by public libraries is unconstitutional" (Jonathan D. Wallace, 3/97)
  "When does filtering turn into censorship?" (Michael Schuyler, Computers in Libraries, May 1997)
  "Censor's sensibility" (Michael Krantz, Time, 8/11/97)
  "The X-Stop Files" (Jonathan Wallace, 10/97)
  "Libraries and filtering: taking the 'dick' out of Moby Dick" (HotSeat transcript, 10/22/97)
  "Filters and the public library: a legal and policy analysis" (Mary Minow, 12/97) (revision of: "Filtering the First Amendment for public libraries", 4/97)
  "Internet filters: censorship by any other name?" (Doug Johnson, 1/15/98)
  "Censorship In a Box: Why Blocking Software Is Wrong for Public Libraries" (ACLU white paper, 6/98)
  

• PICS (Platform for Internet Content Selection):
  PICS rating services
  PICS third-party rating services
  Client software based on PICS
  
• RSACi (Recreational Software Advisory Council on the Internet):
  RSACi rating descriptions
  
• SafeSurf Internet rating standard
• CYBERsitter's VCR system (Voluntary Content Rating)
• Net Shepherd's CRS (Content Rating Service)
• CyberNOT PICS service
• Automated Collaborative Filtering
• Anti-labeling viewpoint: (chronological order)
  RSACi ratings dissected (Charlie Stross, 11/96)
  Rating the net (Jonathan Weinberg, 12/96)
  The net labelling delusion: protection or oppression? (Irene Graham, 1/97)
  Content rating and filtering (Electronic Frontiers Australia, 2/97)
  "Microsoft Censor 1.0" (Simson Garfinkel, 2/97)
  Frequently asked questions about PICS and censorship (5/97)
  "Fahrenheit 451.2: Is Cyberspace Burning?" (ACLU white paper, 8/97)
  

• Sample letters
• Illinois legislative directory [ House | Senate ]
• Federal legislative directory [ House | Senate ]
• Project Vote Smart: candidates and elected officials

• Glossary of Intellectual Freedom Terms
• Quotes on Intellectual Freedom
• Colorado Library Association Intellectual Freedom Manual
• Nebraska Intellectual Freedom Handbook
• New Hampshire Library Association Intellectual Freedom Manual
• South Dakota Library Association Intellectual Freedom Manual
• Tennessee Library Association Library Legislative Handbook
• Texas Library Association Intellectual Freedom Handbook
• Virginia Library Association Intellectual Freedom Manual (1996) -- 1999 edition (PDF file--for printing only)
• A Fresh Look at the Library Bill of Rights (Mary Jackson, Mary Jo Ryan)
  

Preparing for challenges:

• Preparing Before the Censor
• Items to Be Included in a Materials Selection Policy
• Other ALA Policies, Procedures, Resolutions, and Guidelines Protecting the Freedom to Read
• Censorship Prevention Kit (Minnesota Educational Media Organization)
• CAF "Library Policy Statements" Archive
• Do You Dare? (Internet use policy) (Sara K. Weissman, 6/97)
• Public Library Internet Access Policies (collection, policy elements) (David Burt, Lake Oswego Public Library)
• Children and the Internet: guidelines for developing public library policy (published 1998; available from ALA, ISBN 0-8389-7940-8)
• Libraries & the Internet Toolkit (2000--PDF document)

Handling challenges:

• Responding to Questions about Your Internet Filtering Policy (North Suburban Library System, IL)
• How to Handle the Censor
• What to Do When a Censor Comes
• When the Censor Comes (Sandra Bernstein, 1996)
• Dealing with Citizen Concerns on Library Materials (Doug Hamilton, 10/85)
• Dealing with Concerns about Library Resources (ALA:IFC, 1983)
• Sample Form: "Request for Reconsideration of Library Materials"
• Challenged Materials Statement (ALA, 1990)
• How to Contact the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom
• List of Advocates to contact

Challenged materials / "Banned Books":

• ALA Banned Books Week
• ACLU Banned Books Week
• Banned Book: the Message and the Medium
• Banned Books On-Line
• Censorship and Book Burning (quotations)
• Banned Books Resource Page
• Bonfire of Liberties
• The File Room Archive of Banned Literature
• Banned Books and Censorship
• Most Frequently Banned Books in the 1990's
• Banned Books (BiblioBytes)

State intellectual freedom committees, round tables, interest groups, etc.:

• Colorado
• Georgia
• Idaho
• Maine
• Massachusetts
• Nevada
• New York
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Virginia
• Wisconsin IFC / IFRT

• Conference programs relating to censorship and intellectual freedom
• "Censorship and the Internet" (Edward J. Valauskas, Illinois Library Association Conference, 10/26/97; revised 12/2/97)
  
• "Further obscenity legislation fails" (ILA Reporter, June 1997)
• "ILA achieves its legislative objectives in the 1996 fall veto session" (ILA Reporter, February 1997)

• ALAWON (ALA Washington Office Newsline)
• Current Illinois legislation regarding censorship, intellectual freedom, and First Amendment rights
• Statement of the Illinois Library Community before the Illinois House Judiciary Criminal Law Committee on Senate Bill (SB) 1036 (Robert Doyle, 12-3-96)

• Definitions of Obscenity, Harmful Matter, and Indecency (Mary Minow)
  
• Legal Definition of Obscenity/Pornography (James S. Tyre, 12/26/97 post to ALAOIF mailing list)
  

• Children's Internet Protection Act
  CIPA text (U.S. Congress/President, 12-21-00)
  CIPA information (ALA OIF/Washington Office)
  
• Communications Decency Act (U.S. Supreme Court, 6-26-97)
  CDA injunction (U.S. District Court, Eastern Pennsylvania, 6-12-96)
  CDA text (U.S. Congress/President, 2-8-96)
  Meaning of "indecency" (House-Senate Conference Report, 1-31-96)
  
• Child Pornography Prevention Act (another) (U.S. District Court, Northern California, 8-12-97)
• Child Pornography Prevention Act (U.S. District Court, Maine, 4-2-98?)
• Child Pornography Prevention Act (U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, 1-27-99)
• Child Pornography Prevention Act (another) (U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 12-17-99)
  CPPA text (another) (U.S. Congress/President, 9-30-96)
  Senate Report 104-358 (8-27-96)
  "Porno madness" (The Guide, November 1996) (gay commentary)