IFLA WLIC 2019: 20 Years of the IFLA Intellectual Freedom Statement
Channel: IFLA
Date: 2019-08-25

IFLA’s Intellectual Freedom statement was adopted 20 years ago this year, underlining the commitment of libraries to fundamental freedoms.
 
In the intervening years, the opportunities to exercise this freedom, as well as the threats to it, have evolved rapidly. New issues and understandings have emerged, forcing libraries to reflect on how their values – as well as the terms of the Statement itself – should be interpreted and applied.
 
To mark the anniversary, IFLA’s Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression is looking at the continued relevance of the statement, and where changes may be necessary in order to reflect the times.
 
Come along and hear both about recent work associated with the Intellectual Freedom Statement – IFLA’s Statement on Censorship, and Guidelines on public internet access in libraries – and to hear expert speakers share their views on what intellectual freedom, and its defence, look like today.

IFLA Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) Advisory Committee

Session 080

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There will be a Q&A at the end of this session! Send your questions for this session using Mentimeter. Take your device, go to www.menti.com and enter the code 69 29 65 to ask!

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