About YALSA
Intellectual Freedom Committee DescriptionType: Standing
Date of Establishment: June 20, 1976
Membership: 8, including Chair
Qualifications: YALSA members who must be able to attend both the Midwinter Meeting and Annual Conference of ALA.
Term of Office: 2 years
Function: To serve as a liaison between the YALSA and the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee and all other groups within the Association concerned with intellectual freedom.
To advise the YALSA on matters pertaining to the First Amendment of the U. S. Constitution and the ALA Library Bill of Rights and their implications to library service to young adults and to make recommendations to the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee for changes in policy on issues involving library service to young adults.
To prepare and gather materials which will advise the young adult librarian of available services and support for resisting local pressure and community action designed to impair the rights of young adult users.
To assume responsibility for the continuing education of young adult librarians regarding intellectual freedom.
*As of July 15, 2009, this committee sunsetted and became an official interest group.
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