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Intellectual Freedom Blog The Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association Home Policy & Purpose Writers Blogger Application Submit Guest Post Search for: Subscribe $50/year Fight Censorship Report & Support Privacy Resources ALA Launches Intellectual Freedom Helpline Program – Grant Applications Open The American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce the launch of its state Intellectual Freedom Helpline program. Over the next two years, ten pilot program sites will operate a confidential reporting system that will help connect those experiencing censorship attempts with professional support, in-state peers, and referral to ALA OIF as appropriate. April 24, 2024 May 13, 2024 ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom Staff Advocacy , General Interest , Office for Intellectual Freedom Intellectual Freedom News 5/10/2024 ALA actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedom—the rights of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment. Intellectual freedom is a core value of the library profession, and a basic right in our democratic society. A publicly supported library provides free, equitable, and confidential access to information for all people of its community. May 10, 2024 May 10, 2024 Eric Stroshane Intellectual Freedom News Intellectual Freedom News 5/3/2024 ALA actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedom—the rights of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment. Intellectual freedom is a core value of the library profession, and a basic right in our democratic society. A publicly supported library provides free, equitable, and confidential access to information for all people of its community. May 2, 2024 May 2, 2024 Eric Stroshane Intellectual Freedom News NY Commissioner of Education Upholds Decision to Retain Challenged Books in School Library On April 25, the New York Commissioner of Education issued an opinion upholding the decision of the Clyde-Savannah Central School District Board of Education to retain five challenged books in […] April 26, 2024 April 26, 2024 Deborah Caldwell-Stone Court Opinions and Rulings , General Interest , Policies , School Libraries Intellectual Freedom News 4/26/2024 ALA actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedom—the rights of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment. Intellectual freedom is a core value of the library profession, and a basic right in our democratic society. A publicly supported library provides free, equitable, and confidential access to information for all people of its community. April 26, 2024 April 26, 2024 Eric Stroshane Intellectual Freedom News Intellectual Freedom News 4/12/2024 ALA actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedom—the rights of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment. Intellectual freedom is a core value of the library profession, and a basic right in our democratic society. A publicly supported library provides free, equitable, and confidential access to information for all people of its community. April 12, 2024 April 12, 2024 Eric Stroshane Intellectual Freedom News National Library Week Means More Book Résumés! To commemorate National Library Week, Unite Against Book Bans has expanded its free collection of book résumés to support librarians, educators, parents, students, and other community advocates in their efforts to keep frequently challenged books on shelves. The collection hosted at bit.ly/BookResumes has expanded by more than 50%! April 10, 2024 April 9, 2024 ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom Staff Banned and Challenged Books , General Interest , Unite Against Book Bans ALA Releases Annual Top 10 Most Challenged Books List It’s National Library Week, which means it’s time for the release of the annual list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2023 and the State of America’s Libraries Report, which highlights the ways libraries and library workers have taken action to address community needs with innovative and critical services, as well as the challenges brought on by censorship attempts. April 8, 2024 April 9, 2024 ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom Staff ALA Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books , Banned and Challenged Books , Banned Books Week , General Interest , Intellectual Freedom Issues , Office for Intellectual Freedom State Intellectual Freedom Helpline Grants APPLICATION RECEIPT DEADLINE: 11:59pm Eastern on July, 14 2024 Date posted: April 3, 2024 State library and school library association chapters and state library agencies are encouraged to apply to […] April 7, 2024 May 13, 2024 Eric Stroshane General Interest Intellectual Freedom at PLA 2024 Conference The OIF team is set to join thousands of public library workers, supporters, and vendors from across the country and around the world to celebrate all things public libraries at the PLA 2024 Conference, April 3–5, in the vibrant city of Columbus, Ohio! 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