Forbidden Fruit:The censorship of literature and information for young people
Southport, UK
25th-26th June 2008
A two-day conference for practitioners from libraries, information services and education, researchers from a range of disciplines, authors, publishers and policymakers from all sectors interested in to meet, network and share experiences. The conference will focus on the censorship of print, electronic and other literary and information resources for young people.
You are invited to present an abstract for a presentation in either of the following formats:
Reflective paper (approx 30 minutes plus discussion)
A case study (approximately 20 minutes plus discussion): a short report of an research of evaluation activity or project
A poster (a visual presentation of a case study or issue, with opportunities for informal discussion)
Suggested themes include:
Young people, the Internet and censorship
Access to citizenship, health and other information for young people
Pressure groups and censorship
The role of information literacy
Publishers and censorship
Media literacy
Authors for young people and censorship
Media reaction to censorship
Graphic novels and manga and ‘crossover’ novels
Library selection policies
The history of censorship
Please send an abstract of up to 200 words, with your name and contact details to ebase@uce.ac.uk. The closing date for submission of abstracts is 7th January 2008.
For more information, please contact sarah.mcnicol@uce.ac.uk, 0121 331 6891