Some Organizations Dealing with Intellectual Freedom and Open Access to Information
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
- American Library Association (ALA) - Office of Intellectual Freedom (OIF)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 Association’s basic policy on free access to libraries and library materials.
- Electronic Frontier FoundationDefending your rights in a digital world.
- Freedom to Read Foundation (FTFF)Established in 1969 as a First Amendment legal defense organization affiliated with the American Library Association. FTRF is a separate corporation from the American Library Association, working in close liaison with the ALA. The secretariat is located in the Office for Intellectual Freedom, ALA Headquarters.
- Maryland Library Association (MLA) - Intellectual Freedom Advisory Panel (IFAP)The Intellectual Freedom Advisory Panel (IFAP) provides a forum for librarians who are interested in issues concerning intellectual freedom, access to information and censorship. (NOTE: Many of the other state library associations have an intellectual freedom component to monitor censorship issues.)
BANNED BOOKS!!!
"So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy."
-- ACLU Founder Roger Baldwin
CENSORSHIP
"Who are the Censors? One never has to look far to identify the censor. The censor is rarely an unrecognizable person from a distant place whose intention is to take away freedoms. Most often, the censor is a friend, or a neighbor, or a community group or even, on occasion, your friendly librarian." Read more . . .
Taken from the 2006 MLA Intellectual Freedom Manual put together by IFAP.
also see the ALA Intellectual Freedom Manual (online supplement to the 8th ed.)
BANNED BOOKS LINKS
Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read September 22−28, 2013 (ALA-OIF)
Frequently challenged books of the 21st century (ALA-OIF)
First Amendment Center.Org - Banned Books (affliated with Vanderbilt University)
Yearly Lists of Challenged and/or Banned Books (Includes annotations)
These brochures list books challenged, restricted, removed, or banned in that year as reported in the Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom. Click on the links below to download a PDF of each list from 2004 to the current year. You can also purchase copies of the current list in the ALA Store within Campaigns > Banned Books Week.
Books Challenged and/or Banned - 2012-2013 (PDF)
Books Challenged and/or Banned - 2011-2012 (PDF)
Books Challenged and/or Banned - 2010-2011 (PDF)
Books Challenged and/or Banned - 2009-2010 (PDF)
Books Challenged and/or Banned - 2008-2009 (PDF)
Books Challenged and/or Banned - 2007-2008 (PDF)
Books Challenged and/or Banned - 2006-2007 (PDF)
Books Challenged and/or Banned - 2005-2006 (PDF)
Books Challenged and/or Banned - 2004-2005 (PDF)
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