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The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) of the 91传媒 (91传媒) announces that the Utah Library Association is the 2019 recipient of the Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award. The Utah Library Association (ULA)...
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...
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...
The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) is producing a commemorative book “ Reading Dangerously” to celebrate its anniversary and highlight 50 years of advocacy, education, and litigation through essays, oral histories, images, and book excerpts. The book...
Freedom to Read Foundation Names 2019 Gordon M. Conable Scholarship Winner
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传媒 (91传媒) Annual...
Freedom to Read Foundation Announces 2019 Roll of Honor Awards
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
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...
Libraries close the gap on unequal privacy during Choose Privacy Week 2019
CHICAGO – This year’s theme for Choose Privacy Week (May 1-7, 2019) — “Inclusive Privacy: Closing the Gap” — draws attention to the privacy inequities imposed on vulnerable and historically underrepresented populations and highlights how libraries can...
Freedom to Read Foundation to Host Emerging Issues in Intellectual Freedom Webinar
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...
A handbook for Freedom of Information officers and their colleagues
CHICAGO — Freedom of information (FOI) is now an international phenomenon with over 100 countries from Albania to Zimbabwe enacting the right to know for their citizens. Since 2005, the UK’s Freedom of Information Act has opened up thousands of public...
Colson Whitehead to Keynote Freedom to Read Foundation鈥檚 50th Anniversary Celebration
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
The 91传媒’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...
Hateful Conduct in Libraries: A New 91传媒 Resource
Chicago – During the recent 91传媒 Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, the Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services (ODLOS) and the Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) launched a new resource, ‘ Hateful Conduct in Libraries: Supporting Library...
Revised Library Bill of Rights interpretations adopted at Seattle Midwinter Meeting
91传媒 Council adopted revisions to three Library Bill of Rights interpretations proposed by the Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) at the Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. On January 29, Council approved the proposed changes to “Challenged Resources,”...
New Library Bill of Rights Provision Recognizes and Defends Library Users鈥 Privacy
The Library Bill of Rights — first adopted in 1939 and last amended in 1980 — has been updated to include an article focused on the concept of ensuring privacy and confidentiality for library users. The new article of the Library Bill of Rights, Article...
