Loading...
Interviewees
Diechman, Judith (Judy)
Accessibility Note
Content is digitally accessible 2025.
Interviewer
Kelly, Hope
Description
At the time of this interview, Judy Deichman was the immediate past president of the Virginia Association of School Librarians. Deichman’s interview highlights a professional disposition affirming parents’ rights to select the reading materials for their own children but not for the entire community. This interview also highlights how school librarianship became less desirable as a result of the climate created by censorship tactics.
Corporate Name Subject
Virginia Association of School Librarians
Topical Subject
Censorship; Challenged books; Prohibited books; Librarians; Librarians--Virginia; School libraries; School librarians
City/Location
Virginia
Genre
oral histories (literary genre)
Local Genre
oral history; sound recording; text
Type
Sound; Text
Digital Format
audio/mp3
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
Censorship in Virginia Libraries Oral Histories
Contributors
Virginia Library Association. Intellectual Freedom Committee
Source
Judith Deichman interview (2023-03-19), Censorship in Virginia Libraries Oral Histories, VCU Libraries.
File Name
vacoh_deichmanjudith_interview.wav
Disciplines
Education