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Intellectual Freedom

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Category for sites that are about the concept of intellectual freedom. This is the idea that individuals have the right to read or look at whatever they want. There is much disagreement about what exactly this term means.


1. A Guide To Internet Resources on Intellectual Freedom - Compiled by Gary Shimek for The Intellectual Freedom Round Table of the Wisconsin Library Association. An extensive and annotated list of resources.
2. ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom - The Office for Intellectual Freedom is charged with implementing ALA policies concerning the concept of intellectual freedom as embodied in the Library Bill of Rights, the Associations basic policy on free access to libraries and library materials. The goal of the office is to educate librarians and the general public about the nature and importance of intellectual freedom in libraries.
3. ALA's Library Bill of Rights - The Associations basic policy on free access to libraries and library materials.
4. ALA's The Freedom to Read Statement - The Association's policy statement on intellectual freedom and censorship.
5. American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression - Links to the Free Expression Newsletter and other sites relating to bookselling and freedom of speech.
6. Articles on Censorship: A Look at the Different Sides of the Issue - There is more than one side to any story. This is more true with censorship of the written word than with most topics. You know where you stand on this issue, but what is your opinion based on? Is it based on fact and your morals, or on other people's morals? To help determine this, it is a good idea to find out what other people have thought on the issue. Here are some articles, essays and speeches that cover this issue from a different side of the story.
7. Boston Coalition for Freedom of Expression - Resources, reports, and a list of "Heroes and Villains."
8. Censorship and Intellectual Freedom Page - Annotated collection of links on a variety of topics related to censorship and intellectual freedom.
9. Information for Social Change - An activist organisation that examines issues of censorship, freedom and ethics amongst library and information workers.
10. PICS, Censorship, and Intellectual Freedom FAQ - Examines intellectual freedom issues raised by the Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS), a set of technical specifications developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), and often used in filtering software.
11. South Dakota Library Association: Intellectual Freedom - Links and information on Surf Safe, the association's web safety program.
12. Suppression of Speech by the United States Government: The Children's Internet Protection Act - Argues that the federal government attempted to engage in mass censorship by passing the Children's Internet Protection Act.
13. Texas Library Association Intellectual Freedom Handbook - Practical and theoretical information on intellectual freedom, censorship, and related issues.

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