After reading the professional statements I have found that the key thing that they advocate is freedom. That is free and unrestricted access to information.
Censorship comes in many forms. Some obvious, such as challenges to materials, and some not so obvious. I think censorship at the selection point is the worst form of sensorship. There is no further action that can be taken, it is simply not selected. This can happen in two ways. Firstly, the selector is aware of their bias, and censors anyway (or as a result of). Secondly, the selector is unaware of their bias and therefore is unaware that they are censoring. This second factor is perhaps the most scary because there may be no way to stop it.
Censorship in the school library context is a tricky subject. I think that it comes down to the collection management policy. Selection needs to take into account the curriculum and needs of the community. It needs to support learning. Where does censorship fall. This is not a subject to easily be answered and yet another one that will grow and develop as I learn.
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