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Intellectual Freedom
NCLA Intellectual Freedom Committee
John Harer, Chair, Mailing address: 172 Department of Library Science, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858; Phone: (252) 328-4389 email: harerj [at] ecu [dot] edu
Charges:
To promote professional and public awareness of the importance of free access to information and the responsibility of libraries to provide such access
To serve as a clearinghouse for information relative to censorship
To support libraries in defense of intellectual freedom when requested to do so To keep the Association and the Executive Board informed of infringements of intellectual freedom To encourage librarians to adopt written selection policies and to secure the approval of such policies by their local boards To cooperate with the Governmental Relations Committee in opposing any statutory abridgment of freedom in the selection and use of library materials To urge librarians to ensure the privacy of library records To speak for the Association on matters of intellectual freedom when empowered by the Executive Board
