Source: ALA Intellectual Freedom Manual, 2006, IntroductionĮven though that manual has gone through two revisions since 2006, the quote is still so relevant that we chose to reproduce it here. Librarians have taken upon themselves the responsibility to provide, through their institutions, all points of view on all questions and issues of our times, and to make these ideas and opinions available to anyone who needs or wants them, regardless of age, background or views.” “Now, more than ever, librarians need to be mindful of the special role libraries play as centers for uninhibited intellectual inquiry. In the introduction to the 7 th edition of the ALA Intellectual Freedom Manual, the American Library Association describes the role of libraries in protecting these freedoms as follows: All of these freedoms are protected by the Constitution of the United States and specifically guaranteed by the First Amendment.
Intellectual freedom is the cornerstone of our societal freedoms: the freedom of thought, the freedom of belief, the freedom to read and the freedom to express our ideas. Source: Constitution of the United States, Bill of Rights, Amendment I “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof of abridging the freedom of speech,or of the press or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”
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