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- Just to move this to a higher moral plane, here's a quote from
- the Canadian Library Association on the subject of intellectual freedom...
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- Canadian Library Association
- Statement on Intellectual Freedom
-
- All persons in canada have the fundamental right, as embodied in the
- nation's Bill of Rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, to
- have access to all expressions of knowledge, creativity and intellectual
- activity, and to express their thoughts publicly. This right to
- intellectual freedom, under the law, is essential to the health and
- development of Canadian society.
-
- Libraries have a basic responsibility for the development and
- maintenance of intellectual freedom.
-
- It is the responsibility of libraries to guarantee and facilitate access
- to all expressions of knowledge and intellectual activity, including those
- which some some elements of society may consider to be unconventional,
- unpopular or unacceptable. To this end, libraries shall acquire and make
- available the widest variety of materials.
-
- It is the responsibility of libraries to guarantee the right of free
- expression by making available all the library's public facilities and
- services to all individuals and groups which need them.
-
- Libraries should resist all efforts to limit the exercise of these
- responsibilities while recognizing the right of criticism by individuals and
- groups.
-
- Both employees and employers in libraries have a duty, in addition to
- their institutional responsibilities, to uphold these principles.
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-
- Adopted 1974, amended 1983 and 1985.
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