Is Privacy Reserved for Adults? Children's Rights at the Public Library.

Hildebrand, Janet

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ERIC Number: EJ423285

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Is Privacy Reserved for Adults? Children's Rights at the Public Library.

Hildebrand, Janet

School Library Journal, v37 n1 p21-25 Jan 1991

Argues that the library has a responsibility to provide access to materials and ensure absolute privacy for children in the same manner as it does for adults. Attention this issue has received is discussed and policies formed at the Contra Costa County Library in California are described. Sources for further reading and listening are suggested. (SD)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Childrens Rights, Civil Liberties, Confidentiality, Disclosure, Elementary Secondary Education, Intellectual Freedom, Library Administration, Library Role, Parent Child Relationship, Personal Autonomy, Policy Formation, Privacy, Public Libraries

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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