Intellectual Freedom
Administration of School Media Centers- Grace Johnson
Define Principals
The ALA states that Intellectual freedom is the right of every individual to both seek and receive information from all points of view without restriction. It provides for free access to all expressions of ideas through which any and all sides of a question, cause or movement may be explored.
Principals of Intellectual Freedoms
Policies and Procedures
The ALA agrees that policies and procedures must be in place to protect the rights of others to be free to read and seek information
Facilities
Facilities must support those who are seeking information a gathering space to meet their needs within a library.
Preservation and Replacement
The collections will have policies and procedures that address preservation and replacement of materials within the collection
Free of Discrimination
A library collection be free of discrimination.
Bill of Rights
Library Bill of Rights list the rights and responsibility of libraries and its patrons.
Freedom to Read
All patrons have the right to read
First Amendment and Intellectual Freedom
Affects of intellectual freedom and First Amendment lays at the that protects right of the patrons. The First Amendment also outlines how the intellectual freedom must be protected from censorship. Patrons have the right free speech and press as written in the First Amendment.
School Library Media Program and Intellectual Freedom
School districts are required to include policies protect the rights of students to read.A district must also have measures in place to protect individual school libraries from censorship. Media specialist should seek out policies created by a district to protects a students right to read
The Reading Bill of Rights - A Child's Right to Read
References
Intellectual Freedom. (n.d.). Retrieved March 18, 2016, from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom
Peterson, K. M. (2013, December 10). Intellectual Freedom 101: Strategies for Schools. Retrieved March 17, 2016, from http://www.slj.com/search-results/?q=intellectual freedom