Librarians Win Electronic Frontier
Foundation’s Pioneer Award
Librarians everywhere were honored with a Pioneer Award presented April 6 by the Electronic Frontier Foundation at its 10th Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference, held in Toronto. Citing librarians as “the unsung heroes of the fight for free expression, intellectual freedom, and access to the Internet,” the award honors “innovators of the electronic frontier” dedicated to expanding knowledge, freedom, efficiency, and utility.
Accepting the award on librarians’ behalf was Karen G. Schneider, American Libraries Internet Librarian columnist, ALA councilor, and director of technology at the Shenendehowa Public Library in Clifton Park, New York.
“We really do get it,” Schneider told the audience of high-tech privacy and freedom advocates, referring to the role librarians have taken in insisting on their patrons’ right to access an unfiltered Internet. “All I know is that if you want to read, it’s my job to help you do it.”
Also receiving an EFF Pioneer Award was Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web.
Posted April 10, 2000.
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