Policy Manual: A to Z Index of Topics

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A

Access to information:

as ALA priority, 1.2;
and children, 53.1.4, 53.1.13;
electronic information, services, and networks, 53.1.19;
freedom, 50.3;
for minors 53.1.14;
equality in, 60;
immigrant’s rights to free, 52.4.3;
restricted, 53.1.4, 53.1.6, 53.1.7
prisoners' right to read, 53.1.23

Accreditation:

appeals procedure, 55.4;
inclusive and culturally competent, 60.4

Ad hoc committees, 6.6.1
Administrative services, types of, 6.4.1 IV, 6.4.1 V C
Advisory committees, 6.6.2
Advocacy:
ALA Goal Area, 1.5;
as Key Action Area, 1.4
Affiliation, with other organizations, 9.2, 9.3
Affirmative action, 54.3.1, 56.2
Agenda, for Council, 5.5.3
AIDS screening, 54.19
ALA Ahead to 2110, goals and objectives, 1.5
ALA Basic Services, definition of, 6.4.1 III D
ALA Future Fund, 8.5.1
ALA Publications, 10
ALA Strategic Plan, 2011-2015, 1.3.1, 1.4, 1.5
Amendments, pro and con statements, 4.8
American Libraries: as ALA basic service, 6.4.1 III D;
Council, vote tallies, 5.5.6;

editorial policy of, 10.2;
and memorials, 5.3;
publication of voting tallies, 4.1

American Library Trustee Association, services to detention facilities and jails, 52.1
Annual Conference: 7.4.9;

location of, 7.1.7, 7.1.8;
membership meetings, 7.4.10;
support for programs, 6.4.1 IX

Annual Conference Program, and memorials, 5.3
Annual report, to Council, 5.1
Appointments and offices, policy on, 4.4
Appropriate degree, 54.2.1
Archiving of Electronic Publications, 10.1.2
Archivist of the U.S., nominations for, 50.7
Article 19, 58.4
Asian Americans, library services for, 60.6
Assemblies, 6.11
Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies, and services, 52.1
Attendance, for Council, 5.5.1
Audiovisual materials, children’s access to, 53.1.13
Awards, 11;

costs of, 11.3;
minimum amounts for, 11.2;
presentation of, 11.1

B

Ballots, 4.8
Bequests, 8.1.7
Bibliographic data bases, 50.4
Borrowing, authority for, 8.1.5
Boycotts, by ALA, 9.1
Budget:

for Divisions, 6.4.1 V G;
overspending of, 8.1.4;
summary for Councilors, 8.4

Budget Analysis and Review Committee (BARC):

resolutions referred by Council, 5.2;
role of, 6.4.1 III C

Bulletin boards, library provision of, 53.1.8

C

Cable programming, and community access, 50.5
Candidates, statements of, 4.2
Carnegie Endowment Fund, 8.5.1
Caucuses, for library issues, 6.1.3
Censorship of library materials, 53.1
Challenged materials, 53.1.1
Chapter conferences, ALA impact on, 7.1.7
Chapters: and affiliation, 6.1.1; and dues, 6.1.2, 12
Charges, for ALA services, 6.4.1 V C
Children, and access to materials, 53.1.4, 53.1.13
Citizenship requirements, and employment, 54.12
Closed meetings, 7.4.3
Code of Ethics: services, 6.4.1 VI; for librarians, 40.2
Collection development:

diversity in, 53.1.11, 53.1.15;
linguistic pluralism in, 53.3.1

Collections: see Credit and collections

Collective bargaining, 54.11
Commissions, 6.8
Committee service:

interns on, 6.6.3;
limitation on, 4.4;
requirements for, 4.5-4.5.3

Committees, 6.6;

violation of ALA policy, 6.5;
authority of, 9.1

Community access, cable programming, 50.5
Comparable rewards, 54.4, 54.10
Conference planning calendar, 7.4.13
Conference Services Office, 7.3.1
Conferences and meetings, 7;

Annual Conference, 7.1.8, 7.4.9;
Chapter conference impact, 7.1.7;
deaf, interpretive services for, 7.1.3;
distribution of materials, 7.4.7;
and equal employment, 7.1.2;
emergency meetings, 7.4.3;
Executive Board meetings, 7.4.12;
exhibits/exhibitors, 7.3, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3;
facilities for, 7.1, 7.1.1–7.1.10;
fees for, 7.2.1, 7.4.6;
financing of institutes, workshops, 7.2.2;
fire protection for, 7.1.10;
handicapped, arrangements for, 7.1.3;
institutional support for members, 54.15;
media access to, 7.4.8;
membership meetings, 7.4.10;
Midwinter Meeting, 7.1.9, 7.4.11;
non-ALA groups, 7.1.4;
non-smoking, 7.1.5;
open activities, 6.17;
open meetings, 7.4.4;
placement service, 7.1.6;
planning calendar, 7.4.13;
programs, 6.4.1 IX, 7.4.14;
registration, 7.4.5;
sites, 7.1.7–7.1.9;
trustee expenses, 3.3

Confidentiality, of library records, 52.4, 53.1.16
Conflict of interest: and Executive Board, 4.6; and purchasing, 8.1.1
Conflict solving, information on, 50.10
Consultants, international, 58.2
Continuing education, 1.3-E, ALA Key Action Area, 1.3.1; 56.3
Contractors, independent, 4.7
Coordinating committees, 6.6.2
Copyrighted materials, reproduction of, 10.4, 54.19

Core Compentencies, of librarianship, 40.3
Core Organizational Values, 1.3.1
Core values, ethics, and core competences, 40;
Core Values, of librarianship, 40.1;

Costs, of awards, 11.2
Council, 5.1–5.6;

actions and implementation, 5.3;
agenda, 5.5.3;
attendance, 5.5.1;
and divisions, 6.4.1;
information session with Executive Board and Membership, 5.5.2;
minutes, (revision of) 5.5.7;
motions of, 5.2;
procedures, 5.5;
receipt of Executive Board minutes, 5.1;
referral of resolutions to BARC, 5.2;
reports, 5.5.4, from divisions, 5.5.5;
resolutions for, 5.3;
votes (reporting of), 5.5.6

Credit and collections, and divisions, 6.4.1 V J

D

Deaf, interpretive services for, 7.1.3
Department Heads, role of, 6.4.1 III D, 9.1
Department of Education, 51
Destruction of: libraries, 53.8; public information, 52.8
Detention facilities, services to, 52.1
Disabilities, Library Services for people with, 54.3.2
Disarmament, information on, 50.10
Disaster aid, 8.3
Discounts, of trade publishers, 50.14
Discrimination, policy against, 60.2
Discussion groups, 6.10
Disinformation, 52.8
Diversity: 60;

Key Action Area, 1.4;
combating racism, 60.2;
combating prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination, 60.3;
diverse society, library education meeting the needs
of, 60.5;
diverse personnel, recruitment and retention of, 60.6;
leadership development and advancement, 60.7;
library and information services, goals for, 60.4;
policy objectives, 60.1

Divisions: 6.4;

activities of, 6.4.1 II B;
authority of, 9.1;
budget review for, 6.4.1 V G;
and conferences, 6.4.1 VIII;
and decision making, 6.4.1;
dues for, 6.4.1 V A;
financial support, 6.4.1;
limitations on funding for, 8.1.6;
organization of, 6.4.1 I-II;
Planning and Budget Assembly, 6.4.1;
planning process, 6.4.1 XI;
PMC review of policies, 5.6;
and publishing, 6.4.1 VI;
purpose of, 6.4.1 IIIA;
special projects of, 6.4.1 X;
supplemental support, 6.4.1 V H;
violation of ALA policy, 6.5

Divisions:

Basic Services, 6.4.1 III D;
Board of Directors, 6.4.1 III C; 6.41 VII;
Executive Directors, 6.4.1 III C–III D, 6.4.1 VII;
National Conferences, 6.4.1 VIII

Drug testing, 54.13
Due process, for librarians, 54.16
Dues:

and chapters, 6.1.2;
establishment of, 6.4.1 VA;
for membership, 12;
use of, 6.4.1 III D

E

Editorial policies:

American Libraries, 10.1;
and ALA publications, 10.2

Education:

ALA Goal Key, 1.5;
for librarianship, 54.1– 54.2.2, 56, 60.4;
for minorities, 60.1, 60.4

Elections, 4.1–4.3; 4.8
Electronic Environment, 50.15
Electronic information services and networks, access to, 53.1.19; e-government services, provision of, 50.16
Electronic publications, archiving of, 10.1.2
Emergency services, 50.16
Employment: part-time, 54.9; security of, 54.6
Endorsements, by ALA, 9.1
Endowment funds, 6.4.1 V E;

Board Designated Endowment, 8.1.7;
Endowment Funds, 8.5;
combining of, 8.5.2;

Investment Funds: Association’s Strategic Priorities/Mission, 8.5.1
Environmental issues, information on, 50.12

Equal access to information, 50.3, 53.1, 53.1.3, 53.1.4
Equal employment opportunity:

for facilities, 7.1.2;
as personnel practice, 54.3, 54.16;
and salaries, 54.10

Equality for Women, 50.2
Equipment: see Furniture and equipment
Ethics, code of, 40.2
Ethnic and cultural minorities, 60.5
Evaluation of library collections, 53.1.5
Executive Board:

authority of, 9.1;
and conferences, 7.3.1;
and conflict of interest, 4.6;
annual report to Council, 5.1;
Board Designated Endowment, 8.1.7;
decision review process, 13.1;
and elections, 4.3;
information session with Council and Membership, 5.5.2;
meetings of, 7.4.12;
minutes distribution, 5.1;
and property transactions, 8.1.3;
relationship to Council, 5.1

Executive Director (ALA):

authority of, 6.4.1 VII, 9.1;
financial role of, 8.1.4, 8.1.5;
policies and practices role, 6.4.1 III B, D;
review of decisions, 13.1

Exhibit spaces, library provision of, 53.1, 53.1.8
Exhibitors, rules for, 7.3.1
Exhibits:

admissions to, 7.3.2;
rules for, 7.3.1;
space for, 7.3.3

Expenses:

for ALA President, 8.2.1;
for Executive Board, 8.2.2;
for trustees, 3.3.1

Expurgation, and library materials, 53.1.2
External funding for special projects of Divisions, 6.4.1 X

F

Faculty status, for college and university librarians, 54.5
Federal Legislative Policy (ALA), 51
Fees:

for conference registration, 7.4.6;
for institutes and workshops, 7.2.5;
for library service, 50.3, 53.1.14

Filters, Internet, 53.1.17
Films, children’s access to, 53.1.13
Finances, 8;

bequests, 8.1.7;
borrowing money, 8.1.5;
disaster aid, 8.3;
of Divisions, 8.1.6;
expenses for officers and Board, 8.2.1, 8.2.2;
information for Divisions, 6.4.1 VI;
overspending of budget, 8.1.4;
property transactions, 8.1.3;
purchasing policy, 8.1.1;
released time for President, 8.2.3;
of Round Tables, 6.3;
short-term investments, 8.1.2;
summary sheets for Council, 8.4 See also Endowment funds; Funds

Financial organization, ALA Goals for, 1.6-B
Financial policies, 6.4.1 V
Financing:

for institutes and workshops, 7.2.2;
for libraries, 50.8, 53.1.14

Fire protection, for conferences, 7.1.10
Fiscal services, charges for, 6.4.1 V C
Fiscal Services Department, 6.4.1 V C
Foreign nationals, and free expression, 58.3
Formal Relationships, 9.1
Forums, 6.15
Free expression, 53.1.12
Freedom, academic, 53.5
Freedom to Read Statement, 53.3
Freedom to View Statement, 53.2
Fund balances, 6.4.1 V D
Funding:

1.5, ALA Goal Area
for community access cable, 50.5;
for libraries, 50.8, 53.1.14;
for minority services, 60.1

Funds:

management of, 8.5.1;
outside solicitation of, 6.3
See also Endowment funds; Finances

Furniture and equipment, 6.4.1 V F

G

Gay rights, 53.1.15, 53.12, 54.15
Gender, materials on, 53.1.15, 53.12
Governmental intimidation, 53.4
Guidelines: see Standards and guidelines

H

Handicapped, conference arrangements for, 7.1.3;
hiring of, 54.3
Health care, comprehensive, 54.20
Human Resources: see Library Personnel Practices
Human Resources Development and Recruitment, Office for, 54.3.1
Human rights: support of, 9.5, 58.3–5, 58.4.1;

I

immigrants, 52.4.3
Immigrants’ rights, 52.4.3; 52.4.5
Inclusiveness and mutual respect of library workers, 54.7
Independent contractors, 4.7
Indian library and information services, goals for, 60.3

Indian themes, 59.3
Informal Relationships, 9.4.2
Information: access to:

see Access, to information;
and federal policy, 51

Information and referral services, from ALA, 54.14
Information session, Council/Executive Board/Membership, 5.5.2
Institutes and workshops:

divisions, 6.4 VIII;
at Midwinter, 7.4.11;
fees 7.2.1;
financing, 7.2.2

Instruction:

as library service, 52.6;
for teacher education programs, 52.3.1

Intellectual freedom, 53;

ALA Key Action Area, 1.4
access to minors, 53.1.4, 53.1.13;
American Libraries policy, 10.1, 10.2;

censorship, and libraries, 53.1;
challenged materials, 53.1.1;
collection development issues, 53.1.3, 53.1.11, 53.1.15;
education, 53.1.21;
evaluation, restrictions on, 53.1.5;
expurgation of materials, 53.1.2;
Freedom to Read, 53.3;
Freedom to View, 53.2;
governmental intimidation, 53.4;
as key action area, 1.4;
labeling rating of materials, 53.1.7;
Library Bill of Rights, 53.1–53.1.13;
library employees, 54.6;
linguistic pluralism, 53.3.1;
principles for academic libraries, 53.1.18;
program selection, 53.1.10;
restricted access, 53.1.6;
use of facilities, 53.1.8;
video materials and access, 53.1.13;
worldwide, 58.1

Interdivisional committees, 6.6.2
Interest Groups, 6.13
International relations, 58;

consultants, international, 58.2;
foreign nationals, and free expression, 58.3;
international cooperation, government role in, 51;
International Relations Office, 58.1;
policy objectives, 58.1

International Relations Office, 58.1
Interns, 6.6.3
Investment funds, 8.5.1

J

Jails, services to, 52.1
Joint Relationships: see Formal Relationships
Jobs:

advertisement of salary ranges for, 54.17;
equal opportunities for, 7.1.2, 54.3, 54.10, 54.16

Journals, reproduction from, 54.18

K

Key Action Areas, 1.4

L

Labeling and Rating Systems, 53.1.7
Leadership development program, 6.6.3
Learning, and librarianship, 1.1
Legislation for worldwide services, 58.1
Legislative policy, federal, 51
Librarian of Congress, nominations for, 50.7
Librarians:

college and university, 54.5;
education for, 54.1, 54.2, 56, 59.4

Libraries: An American Value, 53.9
Library Bill of Rights, 53.1–53.1.16
Library boards, composition of, 3.2
Library education: 54.1, 56;

affirmative action plans, 54.3.1, 56.2;
continuing education, 56.3;
degrees for, 54.2, 54.2.1, 54.2.2;
and Spanish-speaking people, 60.4

Library employees: see Library personnel practices
Library personnel practices, 54;

academic librarians, 54.2.1;
affirmative action plans, 54.3.1;
AIDS screening, 54.19;
ALA conferences, institutional support for,
54.15;
ALA organizational core values, 1.3.1
ALA organizational system, 6.4.1 VII;
citizenship requirements, 54.12;
collective bargaining, 54.11;
comparable rewards, 54.4, 54.10;
degrees for librarians, 54.2;
drug testing, 54.13;
equal employment opportunity, 54.3;
faculty status, college and university librarians, 54.5;
gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender rights, 54.16;
inclusiveness and mutual respect, 54.7;
information and referral services, from ALA, 54.14;
intellectual freedom, 54.6;
job advertisements and salaries, 54.17;
library education, 54.1;
part-time employment, 54.9;
pay plan, 54.8;
prisoners' rights to read, 53.1.23
professional ethics, 40.2;
reproduction of materials, 54.18;
rights to travel, 58.5;
school library media specialists, 54.2.2;
security of employment, 54.6;
workplace speech, 54.21

Library records, confidentiality of, 52.4; retention of, 52.4.4
Library responsibilities: see Library services and responsibilities
Library services and responsibilities, 52;

American Indians, 60.3;
Asian Americans, 60.6;

confidentiality of records, 52.4;
detention facilities and jails, 52.1;
immigrant’s rights, 52.4.3;
instruction in library use, 52.3.1, 52.6;
linguistic pluralism, 53.3.1;
minority, 60.1;
national permanent papers policy, 52.2.2;
poor people, 61;
preservation, 52.2;
recycled paper, 52.2.3;
school library media programs, 52.3;
selective service information, 52.5.2;
sex education materials, 52.5.1;
youth services, 52.5

Library Services for People with Disabilities, 54.3.2
Life-long learning, 1.1
Linguistic pluralism, 53.3.1
Literacy, ALA Key Action Area, 1.4;, 50.6;
Literacy, 50.6
Long-Term Endowment Funds, 8.5
Loyalty oaths, 53.7

M

Management, role of, 6.4.1 III C
Materials:

challenged, 53.1.1;
distribution at meetings, 7.4.4;
expurgation of, 53.1.2;

for school library media programs, 52.3.3;
selection of, 53.1.3, 53.1.11

Media:

access to information, 7.4.5;
violence in the, 53.10;
manipulation, 52.8

Meeting rooms: at conferences, 7.1.4; library provision of, 53.1, 53.1.9

Meetings: see Conferences and meetings
Member Programs and Services and Communications Department, 6.4.1 V C
Member service policy, 4.4
Membership:

dues for, 12;
ALA Goals for, 1.5-V, 1.6C;
guidelines for resolutions, 7.4.7;
honorary, 2.1;
information session with Executive Board and Council, 5.5.2;
suspension from, 2.2, 6.5;
initiative groups, 6.12

Membership Forum, 7.4.10
Membership meetings, 7.4.10; lack of quorum, 7.4.10
Memorials, provisions for, 5.3, 7.4.10
Midwinter Meeting:

purpose of, 7.4.11;
sites for, 7.1.7, 7.1.9;
support for, 6.4.1 IX;
Planning and Budget Assembly, 6.4.1 III C

Mission, of ALA, 1.2

N

National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS): ‘‘Goals for Action,’’ 50.1
National Conferences, of Divisions, 6.4.1 VIII
National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, 54.2.2
National Indian Education Association, 60.3
National Information Services and Responsibilities, 50
National Library Symbol, 50.13
NCLIS: see National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
New units, establishment of, 6.2.1
Non-smoking policy, 7.1.5
Nuclear freeze, information on, 50.11

O

Offices, 6.20; and appointments, policy on, 4.4
Open meetings, 7.4.4
Operational practices, definition of, 6.4.1 III D
Operating Agreement: 6.4.1
Organizational, core values, 1.3.1
Organizational Excellence, ALA Goal Area, 1.5
ALA Key Action Area, 1.4
Outsourcing, 52.7

P

Parliamentarian, 7.4.15
Part-time employment, 54.9
Pay equity: see comparable rewards
Pay plan, 54.8
PBA: see Planning and Budget Assembly
Permanent paper, 52.2.1
Perquisites, of membership, 12
Personnel: see Library personnel practices
Petitions, for new units, 6.2.1
Placement service, 7.1.6, 54.17
Planning, 6.4.1 XI; five-year goals, 1.5
Planning and Budget Assembly:

and Divisions, 6.4.1;
and Midwinter Meeting, 6.4.1 III C

Policies:

ALA policy violation by units, 6.5;

definition of, 6.4.1 III D;
review process for, 6.4.1 III C;
and Round Tables, 6.3

Policy Manual, 5.6
Policy Monitoring Committee (PMC), 5.6; unit organization policy compliance, 5.6
Poor people, services to, 61
Pre conferences, of Divisions, 6.4.1 VIII
Prejudice, combating, 60.2
Preservation, 52.2
President: released time for, 8.2.3; role of, 8.1.5
Principles for Digital Content, 50.15.2
Principles for the Network World, 50.15.1
Prisoners, right to read, 53.1.23
Privacy, right to, 52.4.1, 53.1.16, 53.11
Privatization, Publicly Funded Libraries, 52.7
Pro and con statement (ballot), 4.8
Professional development, ALA Goal, 1.5-IV, 56.3
Programs:

minority, 60.1;
planning of, 7.4.14;
selection of, 53.1.10

Property transactions, 8.1.3
Public awareness, of libraries/librarians: ALA Goal, 1.5-I; international, 58.1
Public information: destruction of, 52.8; programs, 59.1
Public Information Office, 6.3, 59.1, 59.2
Public Library Association, and services to detention facilities and jails, 52.1
Public Policy, ALA Goal Area, 1.5
Public relations, 59; policy objectives, 59.1; Public Information Office, 59.2
Publications (ALA):

American Libraries, 6.4.1 III D, 10.1, 5.4;
and copyrighted materials, 10.4;
responsibility for content, 10.1;
sex stereotyping terminology, 10.3;
ALA units, 10.2;
adoption of standards, 55.2

Publishing, 6.4.1 V C, 6.4.1 VI, 10.2; committee, 6.4.1 IV; See also Publications.
Purchasing policy, 8.1.1

R

Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, 53.11
Real estate transactions, 8.1.8
Recruitment, of minorities, 60.1, 60.5, 60.6
Recycling, of paper, 52.2.2
Relationships, to other organizations, 9
Removal, of library materials, 53.1, 53.1.1, 53.1.5
Representatives, 9.4
Reproduction, of materials, 54.18
Research and Statistics, Office for, 57
Research, ALA support for, 57
Residency requirements, for employment, 54.12
Resolutions, Council Committee on, 5.3;

24-hour rule, 5.3;
for Council, 5.3;
for membership meetings, 7.4.10

Responsibilities, of libraries: see Library services and responsibilities
Restricted use, of materials, 53.1.4, 53.1.6, 53.1.7
Review process, for policies, 6.4.1 III C
Round Tables, role of, 6.3;

assessments, 6.3;

finances 6.3;
new, 6.2;
periodicals, 6.3;
PMC
review of policies, 5.6;
policy functions, 6.3;
role of, 6.3;
services to, 6.3;
staff liaison, 6.3;
violation of ALA policy, 6.5

Royalties, for Divisions, 6.4.1 VI

S

Salaries, in job advertisements, 54.16
Scholarships, 11.2
School districts, and materials selection, 52.3.3
School library media programs, 52.3;

materials selection policy statements, 52.3.3;
purpose of, 52.3.2

School library media specialists, education for, 54.2.2; role of, 52.3.2
Sections, 6.14
Security of employment, 54.6
Segregation, of library materials, 53.1.7
Selective service information, 52.5.3
Services, ALA:

charges for, 6.3, 6.4.1 V C;
no charges for, 6.3, 6.4.1 V C;
for non-ALA groups, 7.1.4;
publishing, 6.4.1 VI, 10.2

Services, of library: see Library services and responsibilities
Sex discrimination, 54.3
Sex education materials, 52.5.2
Sex-stereotyping terminology, 10.3
Sexual orientation, materials on, 53.1.15, 53.12
Shield laws, 53.6
Short-term investments, 8.1.2
Sites, for conferences and meetings, 7.1.8–7.1.9
Smoking, prohibition, 7.1.5
Social responsibilities, 1.1–1.5
Spanish-speaking, library education needs of, 60.4
Special committees, 6.6.1
Special projects, of Divisions, 6.4.1 X
Staff development, and minorities, 60.1
Staff liaison services, and Round Tables, 6.3
Staff Support Department, 6.4.1 V C
Staffing (ALA), 6.4.1 VII
Standards and guidelines, 55;

accreditation, 55.2, 55.4;
adoption of, 55.1–55.3;
international, 58.1

Standing committees, 6.6.1
Statistical information, on libraries, federal role, 51, 57
Stereotyping, combating, 60.2
Subcommittees, 6.7
Support services: see Services

T

Task forces, 6.9
Taxes, payment of, 6.4.1 V J
Teacher education programs, library instruction for,
52.3.1
Tenure, for library employees, 54.9
Testimonials, provisions for, 5.3, 7.4.10
Trade publisher discounts, 50.14
Transforming Libraries, ALA Goal Area, 1.5;
ALA Key Action Area, 1.4
Travel, rights of library workers to, 58.5
Tributes, provisions for, 5.3, 7.4.10
Trustees, 3.1

U

U.S. Department of Education, 51
USA PATRIOT Act, rights of library users and, 52.4.1
Units, 6, 6.5; PMC review of policies, 5.6
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 58.3; Article 19, 58.4
Universal Right to Free Expression Statement,
53.1.12
University librarians, faculty status of, 9.3, 54.5

V

Video materials, children’s access to, 53.1.13
Violence in media, 53.10
Vision, ALA, 1.3

W

Workshops: divisions, 6.4.1 VIII; at Midwinter, 7.4.8;
fees, 7.4.1; financing, 7.2.2

Y

Youth, library services to, 52.5, 53.1.3, 53.1.4