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Quotable Quotes
From The American Library Association

Compiled by the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom
 March 2003

"CIPA* is not about protecting our children; it is about diminishing our rights," says Karen Schneider of the American Library Association. "We do not scour book bags on entry to seize books we would not have purchased or do not find appropriate, nor do we patrol library tables peering over patrons shoulders to see if what they read meets some local standard." 
The Reluctant Library Cops, Andy Thibault, The Connecticut Law Tribune, February 1, 2001

*Children's Internet Protection Act


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