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"Censored: Wielding the Red Pen": This was a fascinating exhibit at Alderman Library, University of Virginia. Now you can visit a digital version at
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/censored/ Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA): this ALA website tracks the act's progress and litigation developments.
Copyright Issues For The Librarian: presentation by Paul Rittelmeyer, April 13, 2001.
Intellectual Freedom Bibliography: [Acrobat PDF format] from the 1999 VLA Conference program, "How Do You Manage?"
"Intellectual Freedom Vision Statement" and "Open Access to the Internet": VLA Council adopts two position statements, in collaboration with the IFC and with considerable input from Association members.
"Safety on the Information Superhighway: Is there an Internet Filter in your Future?" : Summary report on the IFC's program at the October 1997 VLA Conference (prepared by Donna Pletcher, Technical Services Librarian, Bedford Public Library, Bedford, Virginia.) Filtering Bibliography.
IFC-sponsored program reports from the 1998 VEMA/VLA Joint Conference:
"Putting Ethics Back into Access" (Dr. Jean Preer, speaker) & "From City Halls to State Capitols to the U.S. Congress: Advocates Team Up to Support Library Programs" (panel discussion)
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| Intellectual Freedom Manual |
- VLA Intellectual Freedom Manual (1996 edition)
- 1999 edition - Acrobat PDF format (for printing)
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| ALA Resources |
- ALA Code of Ethics
- ALA Library Bill of Rights
- ALA Resolution on the Use of Filtering Software in Libraries
- "Libraries: An American Value": ALA's final draft that the VLA Council has endorsed.
- IFACTION: a news-only, no-discussion e-list of the Intellectual Freedom Action Network (IFAN) and the Office for Intellectual Freedom. Several intellectual freedom news items are posted daily.
- Intellectual Freedom Action Network
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