Everything tagged: Intellectual freedom

The Ontario Library Association (OLA) is deeply concerned by the growing number of attempts to restrict access to books by some school boards.

IFLA’s Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) is conducting a survey on Intellectual Freedom in all libraries.

“We, the Canadian bodies undersigned, are united in our concern that Dubai has been selected by the Governing Board to be the host of the World Library and Information Congress for 2024.”

« Nous, les organisations canadiennes soussignées, sommes unies dans notre préoccupation quant à la sélection de la Ville de Dubaï par le Conseil d’administration (CA) de l’IFLA pour accueillir le Congrès mondial des bibliothèques et de l’information (WLIC) en 2024. »

The Partnership, Canada’s national network of provincial and territorial library associations, today issued a statement in defence of drag storytime.

The Partnership, le réseau national canadien des associations provinciales et territoriales de bibliothèques, a publié aujourd’hui une déclaration à la défense de l’heure du conte drag.

The Library of Parliament has recently released a number of research publications on topics of interest to the library and information management community.

The Canadian Federation of Library Associations’ Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) is seeking nominations for its Intellectual Freedom Award, intended to recognize those Canadian libraries, individuals or library-related organizations that have best upheld and defended the principle of intellectual freedom in 2022.

Le Comité sur la liberté intellectuelle de la Fédération canadienne des associations de bibliothèques est à la recherche de candidatures pour son Prix pour la liberté intellectuelle, qui vise à reconnaître les bibliothèques canadiennes ainsi que les personnes ou les organismes liés aux bibliothèques qui ont le mieux défendu le principe de la liberté intellectuelle en 2022.

The Centre for Free Expression and the Canadian Federation of Library Associations announced an agreement in principle to manage a single portal and database for libraries to report and access information on intellectual freedom challenges libraries face to items in their collection, and to displays, programs, room usage, and computer access.