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Intellectual freedom center
Welcome to the CMRLS Intellectual Freedom Center! Here you will find links to regional and national resources on privacy, materials challenges and much more.
Privacy
These sites contain policies, procedures, and statements:
- ALA's Privacy Tool Kit
- ALA's Privacy Policies and Statements
- ALA's Intellectual Freedom Statements and Policies
- MA Regional Library Systems Policy Collection
American Library Association (ALA)
These sites discusse why intellectual freedom is important to libraries and what librarians can do. A good starting point is ALA'S Office for Intellectual Freedom. See also:
- Guidelines for Developing a Library Privacy Policy
- Support for Dealing with and Reporting Challenges to Library Materials
- Dealing with Challenges to Books and Other Library Materials
- Reporting a Challenge
- Libraries and Filtering, a collection of materials related to the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA).
- Massachusetts Library Association Internet Filtering Statement
USA PATRIOT Act and libraries
These sites contain links to local and national resources on this important issue:
- ALA PATRIOT Act Page
- Reauthorization of the Patriot Act, from the ACLU
- ALA Reports the Latest News on the USA Patriot Act
- Sample Search Warrant Procedures: A library law consultant provides a sample of search warrant procedures for libraries.
Other sources of information
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): Examines government policies since September 11, 2001.
- Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA): Includes up-to-date information from the American Library Association.
- Massachusetts Library Associaton (MLA) Intellectual Freedom Committee: The mission of the Intellectual Freedom Committee is to promote awareness of intellectual freedom issues, and to provide support to the Massachusetts library community in upholding the principles of intellectual freedom.
- Massachusetts School Library Association (MSLA): Resources on intellectual freedom in school libraries.
- ALA Washington Office Electronic Newsline (ALAWON): A free service providing up-to-date notification about library issues.
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