The Wall Street Journal reports on a number of actions taken today by the Supreme Court. In free speech news, the Supreme Court declined to review a case in which individuals challenged a school board’s decision to remove a book from the school library. According to the school board, the book, Vamos a Cuba, was inaccurate because it painted too favorable a picture of life in Cuba.
SiliconValley.com reports on the revised Google Books settlement, filed in court last Friday. The article discusses the terms of the new settlement agreement.
The Boulder Weekly reports on the saga of a librarian who took it upon herself to remove a book she considered inappropriate from circulation. The book at issue is The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume IV: The Black Dossier. According to the Bolder Weekly, the librarian first challenged the inclusion of the book in the library’s collection under its acceptable use policy and, when that failed, proceeded to check it out repeatedly so that no one else could obtain it. The librarian and a coworker who collaborated with her have both been let go.