ALA
Library
Bill of Rights
The
American Library Association affirms that all libraries are forums for
information and ideas, and that the following basic policies should guide
their services.
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Books
and other library resources should be provided for the interest, information,
and enlightenment of the community the library serves. Materials should not be
excluded because of the origin, background or views of those contributing to
their creation.
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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.
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Libraries
should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to
provide information and enlightenment.
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Libraries
should cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with resisting
abridgment of free expression and free access to ideas.
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A
person's right to use a library
should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background or views.
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Libraries
which make exhibit spaces and meeting rooms available to the public should
make facilities available on an equitable basis, regardless of the beliefs or
affiliations of individuals or groups requesting their use. |
Adopted
June 18, 1948 by the American Library Association Council
Amended
February 2, 1961, June 17, 1967, and January 23, 1980.
by
the American Library Association Council.