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Intellectual freedom is a core value of librarianship. Passage of the Childrens Internet Protection Act CIPA is seen by librarians as a threat to their patrons freedom to receive information. The author documents recent legal precedents and explores ... http://www.mlaforum.org/volumeI/issue1/suppression.html
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- The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom
Founded on October 6, 1876 during the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, the American Library Association was created to provide leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of ... http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/index.cfm
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- The Intellectual Freedom Resources
ALAOIF is a priceless source of information about intellectual freedom. Much of what appears on subsequent pages has been provided by ALAOIF, although we have added Wisconsin resources. ... http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/ifrt/IFResources.htm
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- Texas Library Association Intellectual Freedom
The Texas Library Association holds that the freedom to read is a corollary of the constitutional guarantee of freedom of the press. Freedom of choice in selecting materials is a necessary safeguard to the freedom to read, and shall be protected agai ... http://www.txla.org/pubs/ifhbk.html
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- The ALAs Library Bill of Rights
The American Library Association affirms that all libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that the following basic policies should guide their services. Books and other library resources should be provided for the interest, information, a ... http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/statementspols/statementsif/lib...
| | - The ALAs The Freedom to Read Statement
The freedom to read is essential to our democracy. It is continuously under attack. Private groups and public authorities in various parts of the country are working to remove or limit access to reading materials, to censor content in schools, to lab ... http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/statementspols/ftrstatement/fre...
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- American Booksellers Foundation
ABAs mission to orovide advocacy, education, opportunities for peer interaction, support services, and new business models to independent, professional booksellers. The American Booksellers Association is a national, not for profit trade association, ... http://www.bookweb.org/advocacy/
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The SD Library Association strives to promote library service of the highest quality for present and potential SD library users; to provide opportunities for professional involvement of all persons engaged in any phase of librarianship within the sta ... http://www.sdlibraryassociation.org/home/intellectualfreedom.asp
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- The ALA Intellectual Freedom Round Table
The Intellectual Freedom Round Table IFRT provides a forum for the discussion of activities, programs, and problems in intellectual freedom of libraries and librarians; serves as a channel of communications on intellectual freedom matters; promotes a ... http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/ifrt/index.cfm
| | - The PICS And Intellectual Freedom FAQ
The published articles describing PICS Communications of the ACM, Scientific American have focused on individual controls over the materials that are received on a computer. While those articles also mention the possibility of more centralized contro ... http://www.w3.org/PICS/PICS-FAQ-980126.html
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