Did your library deal with a book or policy challenge in 2015?

February 8, 2016

From the Canadian Library Association (CLA) Intellectual Freedom Advisory Committee:

This is the 10th annual survey of challenges to library materials, Internet access, meeting rooms, displays, other resources, and intellectual freedom-related policies that is being conducted by the CLA Intellectual Freedom Advisory Committee.

Your responses will help inform the Committee’s policy and advocacy work on behalf of the CLA membership. Results are shared widely, for example, with the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, the Book and Periodical Council [of Canada], and the Office of Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association. An anonymized version of the database is available without charge to anyone requesting it.

The purpose of the survey is to gather data about the nature and outcomes of challenges to library materials and policies (e.g., collection management, access to Internet and facilities) initiated in publicly funded, Canadian libraries (e.g., public, school, academic, and government) between JANUARY 1 and DECEMBER 31, 2015.

One form should be submitted for each challenge to an item or a policy.

• Survey in English: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PWJ73ZV
• Survey in French: https://fr.surveymonkey.com/r/5QQ5ZWM

So that we can share preliminary findings in time for “Freedom to Read Week,” please participate if at all possible by February 15, 2016. But the survey will remain open until March 31, 2016.

If you have questions about the survey, feel free to contact me at alvin.schrader@ualberta.ca or 780-719-4907. Thank you for participating in this important work!

Alvin M Schrader
Convenor, 2016
CLA Intellectual Freedom Advisory Committee