Under our Constitution, they shall be maintained by the continuous endeavor of the people. All people are entitled to have free access to any necessary materials and they should be able to use them freely. Moreover libraries are the institutions that must provide these functions. Free from political or social pressure, libraries shall make their materials and facilities available to all people by every means possible, including the interlibrary cooperation. In view of this, libraries should fulfil their responsibilities to defend and expand the people's right to know.
All people have the equal right to use library.
There shall be no discrimination because of race, creed, sex, age or any other reason. This right shall be guaranteed also to all foreign nationals who live in this land. These principles of intellectual freedom in libraries shall be fundament ally applied to all types of libraries. The freedom of libraries to select their materials. In order to secure the people's right to know, libraries shall respond to every demand of the people who need the library materials.