Intellectual Freedom

1. ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom  (site info) The Office for Intellectual Freedom is charged with implementing ALA policies concerning the concept of intellectual freedom as embodied in the Library Bill of Rights, the Associations basic policy on free access to libraries and library materials. The goal of the office is to educate librarians and the general public about the nature and importance of intellectual freedom in libraries. http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/ 2. ALA's The Freedom to Read Statement  (site info) The Association's policy statement on intellectual freedom and censorship. http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/statementspols/ftrstate... 3. ALA's Library Bill of Rights  (site info) The Associations basic policy on free access to libraries and library materials. http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/statementspols/statemen... 4. Articles on Censorship: A Look at the Different Sides of the Issue  (site info) There is more than one side to any story. This is more true with censorship of the written word than with most topics. You know where you stand on this issue, but what is your opinion based on? Is it based on fact and your morals, or on other people's morals? To help determine this, it is a good idea to find out what other people have thought on the issue. Here are some articles, essays and speeches that cover this issue from a different side of the story. http://www.booksatoz.com/censorship/article.htm 5. American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression  (site info) Links to the Free Expression Newsletter and other sites relating to bookselling and freedom of speech. http://www.bookweb.org/orgs/related/abffe/ 1-5 of 14. Next »