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Sunday, 21st November 2004

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Professional Reading Shelf
Public Libraries--Special Collections
Source: The Birmingham News
Scrapbooks cover WWII until end
"Archival business is picking up at the Birmingham Public Library as World War II-era letters and scrapbooks are donated by families cleaning out attics, basements and closets. In many cases, people whose parents lived through the war years have sought out libraries and museums as repositories for treasured family mementos. It's in hopes that a student researching World War II or someone writing a book will find an interesting quote or a piece of history in the letters."
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Academic Freedom
Source: Organization of American Historians
OAH Report on Academic Freedom
"Five major areas of concern have emerged in reports that have been brought to the committee's attention to date."
1. "...government surveillance of faculty members, students, visiting scholars, and libraries"
2. "...foreign historians, students, and researchers are now subject to interminable review if they apply for entry to the U.S. or for renewal of green cards"
3. "...the last two presidential administrations have made historians' access to government documents increasingly difficult"
4. "...direct efforts by the federal administration and by foundations and web sites that support it to shape the content of teaching and research in directions favorable to its policies"
5. "...many K-12 teachers have been condemned by school boards, organized groups, and individual parents for the content of courses they teach, books they have assigned or recommended to students, and artwork or notices they have permitted students to post"

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