New Issue of IFLA Journal Available

September 28, 2022

Vol 48, No 3 (2022)

Special Issue: FAIFE: Intellectual Freedom

The October 2022 issue of IFLA Journal was developed in collaboration with the IFLA Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) to mark the 20th anniversary of the IFLA Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom. Guest Editors solicited manuscripts which examined the impact of the statement on the library profession over the past twenty years. With an introductory essay from Alex Byrne, the issue feature seven essays, case studies, and articles that add to our understanding of the impact of the IFLA statement while seeking to understand the nature of information freedom in a period challenged by new technologies and social phenomena that are transforming the ways in which people create, use, and disseminate information.

Table of Contents

Essay

A declaration for all seasons: The IFLA Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom
Alex Byrne

Original Articles

Intellectual freedom and alternative priorities in library and information science research: A longitudinal study
Gabriel J. Gardner

Navigating complex authorities: Intellectual freedom, information literacy and truth in pandemic STEM information
Kate Mercer, Kari D. Weaver and Khrystine Waked

Transcribing public libraries as revitalized ethical spaces
Alison Frayne

Essay

Automating intellectual freedom: Artificial intelligence, bias, and the information landscape
Catherine Smith

Case Study

Analysis of professional secrecy in Ibero-America: Ethical and legal perspectives
Alonso Estrada-Cuzcano and Karen Lizeth Alfaro-Mendives

Essays

Intellectual freedom: Waving and wavering across three national contexts
Shannon M Oltmann, Toni Samek and Louise Cooke

Long tail metaphysics: The epistemic crisis and intellectual freedom
Sarah Hartman-Caverly

(Via IFLA Journal)

IFLA Journal is an international journal publishing peer reviewed articles on library and information services and the social, political and economic issues that impact access to information through libraries. The Journal publishes research, case studies and essays that reflect the broad spectrum of the profession internationally.