By the Brooks

Anita Brooks Kirkland is a founding board member of Canadian School Libraries (CSL), and the past chair of the CSL board of directors. She has written and presented extensively on topics related to the school library learning commons.

Anita is also a classical musician, playing clarinet in the Wellington Wind Symphony, Waterloo Chamber Players, and Spindrift Quartet. Other passions include gardening, birding, photography, and crafting.

Anita is a co-editor of the Canadian School Libraries Journal, and a frequent contributor to this national online journal. She has published articles in several other journals, and contributed chapters to several books. Over the past three years Anita has frequently represented CSL in the media regarding book challenges and censorship in school libraries.


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The Language of Censorship
Sleeping with the Elephant: The Scourge of Censorship
Balance or Indoctrination?

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