Abstract: Bearing in mind the historical discussion about the library and censorship, this text presents and explores, based on the exposition and discussion of recent cases, some aspects that contemporaneously involve the interdiction of books and information and their implications for the librarian professional exercise. Among them, the following stand out: (1) the renewed forms of censorship in contemporary times; (2) the instrumentalization of literary works and information in the political mobilization/polarization organized around the culture wars; (3) the role of the “new mediators” of information flows on the Internet; (4) the ethical challenges that librarians face in a complex informational scenario. From these aspects, it intends to raise and discuss issues relevant to censorship in the present time and its implications for librarian action.
Keywords:
librarians; censorship; mediators
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