Intellectual Freedom Manual (9th edition)

摘要

Now in its ninth edition, the Intellectual Freedom Manual has served as a reference manual to librarians and information professionals since 1974. To open Chapter One, the author indicates that the American Library Association has no formally sanctioned definition of intellectual freedom, but the term is widely used in library services to mean "the right of every individual to both seek and receive information from all points of view without restriction". Compiled by the Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association, this manual offers guidance to librarians on topics such as copyright, responding to law enforcement, book challenges, rating systems, Internet filtering, young people's library rights and prisoners' rights to read. Some barriers to reading are imposed by community members, parents, and laws, and librarians ought to be familiar with readers' rights and the library's responsibility to its readers. So, keep this manual handy!