Intellectual Freedom
NCLA Intellectual Freedom Committee
Dave Trudeau, Chair
Vance-Granville Community College
P.O. Box 917, Henderson, NC 27536
Phone: 252.738.3352
email: trudeaud [at] vgcc [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
Important Documents:
- North Carolina Challenged Work (Word)
- A Resolution on Libraries and the USA Patriot Act (pdf)
- NCLA Statement on Library Filters and Internet Use
- Supporting ALA Legal Action Against CIPA (pdf)
- Resolution Opposing the Parental Empowerment Act (pdf)
ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom:
- Library Bill of Rights
- Banned Books Week
- Choose Privacy Week
- Intellectual Freedom Handbook
- Challenges to library materials
Connect with ALA OIF:
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