Please take a few minutes to look through these statements. As publicly funded institutions libraries should reflect both the professional standards and values of librarians and the values of the community in which they reside. In an ideal world, librarians' professional standards and values would be in agreement with citizens' beliefs and government laws concerning intellectual freedom and censorship. However, in the real world people disagree. Government laws can be used to forbid the publication of certain ideas, or ban materials from library shelves.
Citizens often challenge the appropriateness of materials for inclusion in library collections.
Sometimes even librarians engage in censorship and may keep material from entering the library that they consider personally unacceptable. These are all examples of censorship in that they restrict access to information and ideas. However, others may disagree and feel that their rights are being violated.