ALA's Library Bill of Rights

[KAREN DEFRANK <KDEFRANK@GLASSBORO.K12.NJ.US>]

With all the conversation about Dr. Laura and the Library Bill of Rights, I
went to the ALA site to see exactly what is says:

The Library Bill of Rights/American Library Association

The American Library Association affirms that all libraries are forums
for information and ideas, and that the following basic policies should
guide their services.

I.Books and other library resources should be provided for the interest,
information, and enlightenment of all people of the community the
library serves. Materials should not be excluded because of the origin,
background, or views of those contributing to their creation.

II.Libraries should provide materials and information presenting all
points of view on current and historical issues. Materials should not be
proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.

III.Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their
responsibility to provide information and enlightenment.

IV.Libraries should cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with
resisting abridgment of free expression and free access to ideas.

V.A person's right to use a library should not be denied or abridged
because of origin, age, background, or views.

VI.Libraries which make exhibit spaces and meeting rooms available to
the public they serve should make such facilities available on an
equitable basis, regardless of the beliefs or affiliations of
individuals or groups requesting their use.


Adopted June 18, 1948.
Amended February 2, 1961, and January 23, 1980,
inclusion of "age" reaffirmed January 23, 1996,
by the ALA Council.

copyright 1999 American Library Association

Karen DeFrank
Dorothy L. Bullock Elementary School
Glassboro, NJ  08028
kdefrank@glassboro.k12.nj.us
home: defrank@voicenet.com
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