Attendance was good at this session and the information shared was useful. The session opened with an overview of the basic fundamentals of intellectual freedom:
- Intellectual freedom is the right to read
- Intellectual freedom is the right to view
- Intellectual freedom is the right to think
- Intellectual freedom is the right to express your opinions
ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) bases their work on the Library Bill of Rights. This session was a good reminder about how important it is for all of us to embrace these principles.
Some of the other information which was shared included:
- the annual Banned Books Week, to be held this year from September 21 – October 1
- Choose Privacy Week, held the first week of May each year
- Committee on Professional Ethics (Have you read the Code of Ethics of the American Library Association recently?)
I found it very useful to be reminded of the ongoing, important work that is being done in the area of intellectual freedom.
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