Southport

This two-day conference offers an opportunity for practitioners from libraries, information services and education, researchers from a range of disciples, publishers, authors 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. 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