CAL IFC receives 2006 ProQuest-SIRS State and Regional Achievement Award
Contact: Nanette Perez
Project Coordinator,
OIF
312-280-4223
For Immediate Release
May 16, 2006
CAL IFC receives 2006 ProQuest-SIRS State and Regional Achievement Award
CHICAGO - The Colorado Association of Libraries Intellectual Freedom Committee (CAL IFC) is the 2006 recipient of the ProQuest-SIRS State and Regional Achievement Award presented by the American Library Association (ALA) Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT).
The award, funded by ProQuest-SIRS, consists of a citation and $1,000, and recognizes successful and effective intellectual freedom committees or coalitions that have made a contribution to the freedom to read in libraries or to the intellectual freedom environment in which libraries function.
CAL IFC is honored for establishing the Webjunction Intellectual Freedom Forum, an Internet discussion group that engages front-line librarians from across the country in discussion of issues relating to the intellectual freedom and the library community. The Forum's discussions range from the impact of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act on libraries to sharing thoughts on dealing with challenges to specific materials in individual libraries.
The award will be presented to CAL IFC during a special awards reception on Saturday, June 24, 2006, at Annual Conference in New Orleans.
For more information on the award, see
http://www.ala.org/ifrt/sirsproquest; for information on the Colorado Association of Libraries Intellectual Freedom Committee, see
http://www.cal-webs.org/if.html.
IFRT provides a forum for the discussion of activities, programs and problems in intellectual freedom. The committee serves as a channel of communications on intellectual freedom matters and also promotes a greater opportunity for involvement among the members of the ALA in defense of intellectual freedom.
