Article 4 of the Library Bill of Rights states that "Libraries should cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with resisting abridgment of free expression and free access to ideas." To facilitate such cooperation, libraries, individual librarians, and state intellectual freedom committees have joined with booksellers, publishers, artists, civil libertarians, journalists, authors, musicians and other groups and individuals with First Amendment concerns in local, state, and regional coalitions in defense of intellectual freedom.
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Roster and Change of Address FormOIF maintains a roster of the state library associations Intellectual Freedom Commitee chairs. Please keep the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom informed by sending your notification of being the new state IFC chair or change of address information to Jonathan Kelley (jokelley@ala.org), Program Coordinator, Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611, as soon as possible. You may use either the Word Change of Address Form and mail or fax (312-280-4227) it to Jonathan Kelley, or the Online Change of Address Form, which is e-mailed directly to him. In the StatesIn the States (Links to Important State Pages on the ALA Web Site) Working with Others |
Associations and Planning CalendarState and Regional Library Associations ALA Conference Planning Calendar, 2007–2016 Laws, Statements, and ResolutionsState Privacy Laws regarding Library RecordsInternet Filtering StatementsResolutions of State Library Associations supporting ALA's CIPA SuitUSA PATRIOT Act ResolutionsLegislation |
NetworkingOIF established a discussion e-list for only state IFC chairs. Contact Jonathan Kelley to be subscribed to this list. OIF Staff Liaison to the State Intellectual Freedom CommitteesJonathan Kelley, ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; 312-280-4221 or 800-545-2433, ext. 4221; Fax: 312-280-4227; jokelley@ala.org. |
Other Intellectual Freedom ResourcesIntellectual Freedom Committee Committee on Professional Ethics LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund |
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