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Intellectual Freedom
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The Children's Internet Protection Act: The Recent District Court Decision in Context, for Librarians and Library Patrons 
 In simple question-and-answer format, this article reviews practical implications for public libraries about "the gist of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) decision." From lawyer and former librarian Mary Minow, for the Law Library Resource Xchange (LLRX) site. http://www.llrx.com/features/cipa.htm Topics: Internet, Internet Guides & Search Tools, Law by Subject, Librarian Specialties, Librarianship, Social Issues Last updated Mar 7, 2005 Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF)
This organization was founded in 1969 as the American Library Association's "response to the interest of its members in having adequate means to support and defend librarians whose positions are jeopardized because of their resistance to abridgments of the First Amendment." Its site features a timeline, an overview of notable First Amendment court cases, and news and updates. From the American Library Association (ALA). http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/affiliates/relatedgroups/freedomtoreadfoundation/index.cfm Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Librarianship Last updated Sep 9, 2009 Freedom's Fortress: The Library of Congress, 1939-1953
This site "tells the history of the Library of Congress during a particularly important period ... [when] the Library underwent a myriad of changes that established the institution as one of America's foremost citadels of intellectual freedom." Search and browse thousands of images representing memoranda, letters, photographs, and other resources. Offers biographical sketches of key figures such as Archibald Macleish and Luther Harris Evans. From the American Memory project at the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/freedoms_fortress/ Topics: Correspondence, Librarianship, Libraries & Archives by Type, Social Issues Last updated Nov 16, 2004 The Impact of the USA PATRIOT Act on Free Expression
This analysis argues that "libraries remain more important than ever to ensuring the right of every individual to hold and express opinions and to seek and receive information. ... But just as the public is exercising its right to receive information and ideas ... in order to understand the events of the day, government is threatening these very liberties." Written for the Free Expression Policy Project (FEPP) by Nancy Kranich, past president, American Library Association. http://www.fepproject.org/commentaries/patriotact.html Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Librarianship Last updated Apr 10, 2007 Library Juice
A blog for librarians and library science students that highlights websites, brief articles, threads from electronic mailing lists, and the latest news in information science and reference. Covers topics "of interest to passionate librarians, from a political Left perspective ... linked to and implicit in the fundamental values of the profession in its modern form." Edited and published by librarian Rory Litwin. http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/ Topics: Blogs & Podcasts by Subject, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Librarianship, Magazines, Social Issues, Social Science Last updated Feb 27, 2007 Office for Intellectual Freedom: American Library Association (ALA)
"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 Association’s basic policy on free access to libraries and library materials." Includes links to ALA intellectual freedom policies and its code of ethics, Banned Books Week information, and steps librarians can take to oppose censorship. Searchable. http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/index.cfm Topics: Ethics, Librarianship, Social Issues, Special Months Last updated Dec 2, 2008 Purchase of Blocking Software by Public Libraries is Unconstitutional
Analysis "intended for use by free speech advocates to oppose the installation of blocking software such as Cyberpatrol, Surfwatch, NetNanny or Cybersitter in public libraries." Written by an attorney, and "revised November 9, 1997." From the Ethical Spectacle. http://www.spectacle.org/cs/library.html Topics: Internet, Librarianship, Libraries & Archives by Type, Social Issues Last updated Sep 12, 2005 Resolution In Support of User Privacy and Freedom of Information in Libraries
Text of the resolution passed by the California Library Association (CLA) in 2003 that in light of the USA PATRIOT Act condemns "any current and future legislation that erodes privacy, information access and Constitutional rights and opposes the use of governmental power to suppress the free and open exchange of information and ideas." Opens directly into PDF file. http://www.cla-net.org/included/docs/CLAPatriotResolution.pdf Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Librarianship Last updated May 23, 2003 Survey of Internet Access Management in Public Libraries
This June 2000 report "presents findings from a national survery of public libraries to acquire information about how libraries are managing various aspects of public Internet access." From the Library Research Center, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois. Prepared for the American Library Association. Opens directly into a PDF file. http://lrc.lis.uiuc.edu/web/internet.pdf Topics: Internet, Librarianship, Social Issues Last updated Aug 22, 2005 |
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