Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT)
IFRT accepting nominations for 2020 Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award
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The Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award committee is seeking nominations for the 2020 award. The award honors a literary work or series of works in the area of intellectual freedom. This can include matters of ethical, political, or social concerns related to...
Image Comics is teaming up with 91´«Ã½â€™s GNCRT and IFRT to celebrate #BannedBooksWeek
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Image Comics is celebrating Banned Books Week with the 91´«Ã½ Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table and the 91´«Ã½ Intellectual Freedom Round Table by producing a week of Library Livestream webinars featuring creators and librarians in conversation on a number...
Nominations open for 2020 IFRT John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award
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The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) is accepting nominations for the 2020 John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award. This award, presented annually, honors notable contributions to intellectual freedom and demonstrations of personal courage in defense...
91´«Ã½ urges LinkedIn Learning to reconsider changes to terms of service that impair library users’ privacy rights
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CHICAGO - LinkedIn Learning — formerly Lynda.com, a platform used by libraries to provide online learning opportunities to library users — plans to make substantial changes to its terms of service that would significantly impair library users’ privacy...
IFRT Emerging Leader Videos Engage Non-Librarians
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91´«Ã½’s Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) is pleased to announce the publication of four videos to engage non-librarians in the fight to protect intellectual freedom. The brief explainer videos cover the basics of intellectual freedom, censorship, and...
IFRT Strategic Plan 2019-2022
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IFRT Strategic Plan 2019-2022
Utah Library Association receives the 2019 Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award
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The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) announces that the Utah Library Association is the 2019 recipient of the Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award. The Utah Library Association (ULA)...
Laurie Halse Anderson joins Colson Whitehead in 'Reading Dangerously' at the Freedom to Read Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
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CHICAGO — New York Times bestselling author and intellectual freedom advocate Laurie Halse Anderson will speak at the Freedom to Read Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Celebration in Washington, D.C. on June 22, 2019. Anderson, recipient of the 2009 Margaret...
Beyond banned books
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CHICAGO — Equitable access to information for all, including underserved populations, is a core value of librarianship. The growing awareness of where this inequality persists has led many professionals to take steps to advance social justice within their...
Freedom to Read Foundation Names 2019 Gordon M. Conable Scholarship Winner
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The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) has selected Amanda Vazquez as the recipient of the 2019 Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship. The Conable Scholarship will cover Ms. Vazquez’s expenses to attend the 2019 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Annual...
Freedom to Read Foundation Announces 2019 Roll of Honor Awards
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The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) Roll of Honor Committee is excited to announce Pamela (Pam) R. Klipsch, Director of Jefferson County Library in High Ridge, Missouri, as the recipient of the 2019 Freedom to Read Foundation Roll of Honor Award. The...
Freedom to Read Foundation Announces Intellectual Freedom Course and Scholarship Opportunities
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The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) is excited to partner with the San Jose State University School of Information (SJSU iSchool) and the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign iSchool (iSchool at Illinois) on two Fall intellectual freedom courses...
Freedom to Read Foundation to Host Emerging Issues in Intellectual Freedom Webinar
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Join the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) for “ Emerging Issues in Intellectual Freedom,” a free webinar on Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 11 a.m. PST/1 p.m. CST/2 p.m. EST. Twice a year, FTRF trustees and liaisons meet to discuss emerging intellectual freedom...
Colson Whitehead to Keynote Freedom to Read Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
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Colson Whitehead, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad, will be the keynote speaker for the Freedom to Read Foundation’s 50th anniversary celebration in Washington, D.C. on June 22, 2019. Tickets for this commemorative celebration...
Jim Duncan Receives Immroth Award
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The 91´«Ã½’s Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) Immroth Award Committee is pleased to announce Jim Duncan as the recipient of the 2019 John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award, which honors significant contributions defending...
Freedom to Read Foundation Offers 2019 Banned Books Week Grants
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Applications are now being accepted for the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) Banned Books Weeks Grants offered through the Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund. Each year FTRF distributes grants to non-profit organizations to support activities that raise...
Call for nominations for the Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award
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Do you know of a state chapter or organization that has bravely defended the freedom to read or access information, successfully promoted intellectual freedom issues, or demonstrated exemplary coalition-building efforts? The Intellectual Freedom Round...
IFRT Resources
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A page providing interested members with links and resources for the intellectual freedom community.
Fake News or Free Speech: Is There a Right to be Misinformed?
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Join the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) for “ Fake News or Free Speech: Is There a Right to be Misinformed?” a webinar on Friday, October 12 at 1 p.m. Central. This is a webinar version of the Intellectual Freedom Committee program that Moderator Emily...
Nominations open for 2019 IFRT John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award
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The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) is accepting nomination for the 2019 John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award. This award, presented annually, honors notable contributions to intellectual freedom and demonstrations of personal courage in defense of...