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Intellectual Freedom & the TU Library

The TU Library Staff, in common with librarians and library staff around the world, support and affirm your right to free access to information, intellectual freedom, free speech, privacy, and freedom of expression.

To find out more about these rights, please see the resources below, or, as always, just ask a librarian:

American Library Association (ALA) Library Bill of Rights

Interpretation of ALA Bill of Rights

ALA Statement on Internet Filtering

ALA Resolution in Support of Academic Freedom

Code of Ethics of the American Library Association

Core Values of Librarianship

ALA Intellectual Freedom Manual

Intellectual Freedom Principles for Academic Libraries 

International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom

Publication on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression

IFLA Internet Manifesto (available in 23 languages)

Professional Codes of Ethics for Librarians by Country (most in translation)

ACLU: Fahrenheit 451.2: Is Cyberspace Burning?

National Education Association (NEA) Policy: Academic and Intellectual Freedom

eSchool News Study: Overzealous Filters Hinder Research

Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School Free Expression Policy Report: Internet Filters a Public Policy Report

United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 19)

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