In 2005, two books held in the University of Melbourne Library's Special Collections were 'refused classification' by the Classification Board. For staff, a rapid learning curve followed, working through the implications of what this meant for the library in practical terms, while academics from the Vice-Chancellor down publicly argued the case against the banning of texts used in teaching and research. Five years later the University of Melbourne Library re-visited this experience by hosting an exhibition on the topic of censorship in Australia. It became clear that censorship affects many lives in Australia-but very little has been written about it. This publication aims to document the University of Melbourne's own experience, and to record and acknowledge the experiences of others currently involved in, or affected by, the issue of censorship.

Artists exhibited: Jenny Chang, Inga Hanover, Bev Bills, Anne-Maree Hunter, Kate Hughes, Gary Willis/Ron Morris, Penelope Richardson, Cindy Mann, Theo Strasser & Peter Lyssiotis and Carolyn Thompson.

"A Baillieu Library exhibition, the University of Melbourne 7 June - 27 August 2010"--T.p. verso.

"A collaboration between academic staff from the University of Melbourne Arts Faculty and the University Library's Special Collections (Pam Pryde and Kerrianne Stone) and Art in the Library Program (Morfia Grondas and Andrea Hurt)"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographic references.