North Carolina Library Association

Intellectual Freedom Committee

Chair
John Harer
1108 Joyner Library
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858
Phone: (252) 328-4389
email: HARERJ@ecu.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