Below are links to information on basic intellectual freedom principles, including links to the fundamental principles of American and international libraries.

Intellectual Freedom Basics

Below are links to information on basic intellectual freedom principles, including links to the fundamental principles of American and international libraries.

 
“Intellectual Freedom is the right of every individual to both seek and receive information from all points of view without restriction. It provides for free access to all expressions of ideas through which any and all sides of a question, cause or movement may be explored. Intellectual freedom encompasses the freedom to hold, receive and disseminate ideas.”—Intellectual Freedom and Censorship Q & A

“Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.”—Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, "The One Un-American Act." Nieman Reports, vol. 7, no. 1 (Jan. 1953): p. 20.

“Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment.”—Article 3, Library Bill of Rights
 

Links to Information on Basic Intellectual Freedom Principles

Intellectual Freedom and Censorship Q&A
 
First Amendment Basics
 
International Intellectual Freedom Basics
 
American Library Basics
 
International Library Basics
 
Censorship Basics
 
Internet Censorship
 
What You Can Do to Oppose Censorship
 
What You Can Do to Celebrate Your Freedom to Read!
 
ALA Intellectual Freedom Policies and the First Amendment
 
Intellectual Freedom, ALAAction No. 2 in a series
 
Not Censorship But Selection
 
Lester Asheim in Cyberspace
 

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