Intellectual Freedom Committee
Mission & Responsibilities | Current Committee Members | Previous Committee Chairs | Helpful Links
Mission & Responsibilities
The Intellectual Freedom Committee is concerned with proposed or actual
restrictions of Intellectual freedom imposed by individuals, committees, or
administrative authorities on library materials or on the selection judgments,
order procedures or administrative practices of librarians.
The Committee is concerned with proposed or enacted legislation at the national,
state, local, and school district levels which might place library collections
in jeopardy, or which might restrict, prejudice or interfere with free and
unbiased selection, acquisition and circulation of library materials, and other
professional activities of librarians, or which might otherwise restrict the
basic concept of the freedom of inquiry.
The Committee is concerned with the continuing education of the library
community (including librarians, library boards, and the general public) in
understanding and accepting the philosophy and the professional practice
inherent in the Library Bill of Rights and the interpretations issued from the
American Library Association, the ALA Freedom to Read Statement, the Statement
of Professional Ethics, 1981, access to Resources and Services in the School
Media Program: An interpretation of the Library Bills of Rights (adopted 1986,
amended 1990), and the Freedom to View statement.
Current Committee Members
Devona Pendergrass, Chair
Mountain Home High School
149 Brushy Knob Trail
Mt. Home, AR 72653
870-425-2541
dpendergrass@mtnhome.k12.ar.us
Previous Committee Chairs
Helpful Links
ALA Office For Intellectual Freedom -
http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=oif
Freedom to Read Foundation -
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/affiliates/relatedgroups/freedomtoreadfoundation/index.cfm
LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund - http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/affiliates/relatedgroups/merrittfund/merritthumanitarian.cfm