News and Commentary
Library Issues in the News


2/19/09
ABC News, Topeka, KS
Access restricted to four sex-related library books


2/19/09
Baptist Press

Groups spotlight DOJ nominee's porn ties


2/9/09
Suburban Journals, St. Louis Missouri
County library labels teen books with sexual content


1/17/09
Sanfrancisco Chronicle
Under Obama, feds may still snoop library files


11/27/08
WGBA-TV - Green Bay,WI,USA
Child Porn Possession Charges


11/26/08
The Salem News, MA
Former Library Director Faces Child Porn Charges


8/27/08
Library Journal
FFL in the news!
Critic of Gwinnett Library Joins Board


8/14/08
Library Board Member Arrested on Child Molestation Charges


7/22/08
The Wall Street Journal, Best of the Web
Judith Flint: Heroine or Jerk?


7/18/08
One News Now
Illinois library pulls porn DVD


7/17/08
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle, TN
Libraries fight to "protect patrons' privacy"



7/15/08
Channel 7 News, Boston
Library investigation 


7/14/08
Las Vegas Review Journal
Sex in library! Say it ain't so!


7/8/08
News Virginian
Staunton man faces child pornography charges


7/8/08
ABC News, Staunton, VA
Online Filters on Library Computers


7/2/08
Pantagraph.com, IL
Patron complains that DVD at Bloomington library is pornographic


6/21/08
The Salem News, MA
Child-porn convict jailed after library visit



6/18/08
The Kansan
Patron questions library's obscenity policies


6/15/08
The Boston Globe
Free to all


6/9/08
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA
Man charged with soliciting child at library


6/6/08
Eagle Tribune, North Andover, MA
Man reading 'Encyclopedia of Rape' at public library when arrested for sexual assault


6/3/08
Idaho Values Alliance
Nampa Library Board Protects Children From Porn


5/5/08
Ohio Public Library Information Network
Washington state Supreme Court to hear library filtering case


4/26/08
Brandon, FL News and Tribune
Girl Beaten Unconscious Outside Bloomingdale Library


4/24/08
KCRA3.com Sacramento, CA
Parents Speak Out On Porn At Libraries


4/24/08
CBS 47, Jacksonville, FL
Jacksonville police say they arrested a man who tried to molest a child at the Mandarin public library



4/16/08
Ventura County Star, CA
Library visitor arrested in child porn probe



3/27/08
KCRA 3 Sacramento News
ACLU: Loosen Restrictions On Library PCs


3/27/08
Pacific Justice Institute
Sacramento Library Board May Increase Access to Porn


3/26/08
KMPH Fox 26 News
Fired Librarian Honored by Family Friendly Libraries


3/24/08
Fresno Bee, CA
Officials under fire in library porn case
Public is outraged when a Linsday aide is fired after reporting child porn.


3/19/08
KGPE, CBS TV 47,
Large Crowd Gathers to Support Fired Librarian


3/14/08
Visalia Times-Delta
Librarian fired after reporting porn incident


3/13/08
CBS 47, Fresno, CA
Lindsay Librarian Fired for Reporting Man Viewing Child Porn


3/12/08
TMJ4, Milwaukee
Man Gets 3 Years For Viewing Internet Sites


3/7/08
ABA.com, Fresno, CA
Child Porn in Public Library


3/6/08
Visalia Times-Delta, CA
Police: Man viewed child porn at library


3/6/08
The Star-Press, Muncie, IN
Montpelier bans sex offenders from library, parks


3/5/08
KOAT-TV Albuquerque
Libraries ban sex offenders


3/5/08
Eagle-Tribune, NH
Former Haverhill library director facing sex charges


3/4/08
Massachusetts Standard-Times
Library rape suspect pleads not guilty


3/4/08
Louisville, KY Courier-Journal
Man gets 16 years on child porn charges


3/4/08
Royal Oak, MI Daily Tribune
Library may reconsider porn filters


2/29/08
Danbury, CT News Times
Sex offender charged with making advances at Bethel Library


2/27/08
CBS-@ News-TV, Boise, ID
Nampa man wants sex books banned


2/22/08
Seacoast Online
Police caution parents after finding public library patron viewing porn


2/13/08
The Wenatchee World
Judge asked to rule in library filter case


2/13/08
Powhatan Today
Man arrested on child pornography charges following library incident


2/11/08
Royal Oak, Michigan Daily Tribune
Man accused of looking at child porn on library computer


2/11/08
The Dallas Morning News
Meeting to address Internet porn access at Dallas libraries moved to Tuesday


Associated Press
Police: Convicted Sex Offender Rapes Boy at Massachusetts Library


KSDK News Channel 5
Registered Sex Offender Arrested After Library Incident


Dr. Frank Kardasz
Libraries can be made safer from child Internt pornography


The Orange County Register
Child-proofing Internet access
Library looks at new policy to stay eligible for government funding


The New York Times
Library Walks Fine Line on Web Pornography


The Dallas Morning News
Libraries Not For Porn: Dallas has obligation to install Internet filters


The Dallas Morning News
Patrons viewing Internet porn on Dallas library computers


CitezenLink.com
Dallas Officials Concerned by Porn Prevalence at Libraries


Pegasus News
People are Watching Porn at Dallas Libraries


WHEC-TV Rochester, NY
I-Team 10 follow-up: Library porn



Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Former library staffer charged in child porn case


CitizenLink - Colorado Springs,CO,USA
Florida Library Refuses to Limit Access to Pornography


Tampa Bay's 10 News
Family shocked by web images at library


Wichita Falls TimesRecordNews
Opening statements begin in trial


Louisville, Kentucky Courier-Journal
Louisville man pleads guilty to child pornography charges
He got files using library computers


The Denver Post
Libraries Secure for Kid Porn


Livingston Daily
Library revises approach to curbing Internet abuse


ABC News
Committee Takes Up Issue Of Library Porn


Channel 5 News, St. Louis
Reports Reveal Sexual Crimes At St. Louis City, County Libraries


LifeSite
Homosexual Library with Hard-Core Porn Opens on Public City Property


Tulsa World
Ex-teacher allegedly viewed porn at library


NBC News Milwaukee
Child Porn Seized at Public Library


Colorado Springs Gazette
Child porn suspect had been banned from library
Man accused of using district computer


The Colombus Dispatch
Libraries tightening security to curb lewd incidents


The Illinois Review
Emil Jones and library group block Internet protection


NBC News Boston
Porn in Public


NW Arkansas Morning News
Man Threatens Legal Action Against City


Rochester Business Journal
Poll: Readers split on Internet policy


The Roanoke Times
Kaine Signs Library Bill


Dr. Frank Kardasz
Ten Year Sentence for Phoenix Public Library Child Pornography Trafficer


Rochester City Newspaper
Libraries: Task force will look at Internet filtering


KFOX-TV
Pornography Allowed in El Paso Public Libraries


Wood TV 8, Grand Rapids, MI
Underage access at your library; Parents vs Porn


Arizona Daily Star
Council gives its approval to filtering of Internet porn at library


Explorer News, AZ
Pathology and Porn at the Local Library



CBS4Denver
Some Offended By Library Pornography Access


CBS2Chicago
Convicted Sex Offenders Have Free and Legal Access to Pornography At  Chicago Libraries


CBS2Chicago
Your Library May Be a
Safe haven for Criminals


CBS News
Internet Filters Can Work


The Washington Post
Hello Grisham, So Long Hemingway?

Readers Respond to 'Hello Grisham...'


The Wall Street Journal
Checked Out
A Washington Area Library Tosses Out the Classics

Readers Respond to 'Checked Out'


The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Library for all- not just the homeless


The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Libraries vs. Police in a
Suit Sparked by Porn


The Malcom Daily
Rise in porn site viewers causes library to pull Internet access


The Colombus Dispatch
Librarian Refused to ID Hurt Woman


The New York Times
Lock the Library! Rowdy Students Are Taking Over


Wow! Taxpayers won this round too!
Ogden fought against porn filters on public library computers- now he wants to run the Department of Justice!
Taxpayers won a round for local control!
Liberals call it "snooping." The rest of us call it homeland security. Even Obama is with us on this one.