Creativity can enable organizations to take a practice from another association or culture and adapt it to local needs. As we move to a global society, a solution developed in one part of the world may address a need in another part. Libraries activate human potential through knowledge, ideas and information. Library associations serve as the voice of the library and information profession and a source of leadership on information policy, intellectual freedom and intellectual participation. Diversity is honored in the professional body and in library collections and services.
Librarianship focuses on individuals in all their uniqueness.
Education and continuous learning are key priorities, and libraries promote continuous, lifelong learning for all people through library and information services of all types. Equity of access to information and electronic resources are essential and must be provided by libraries. This includes access to the fundamental tools and materials of intellectual participation regardless of income, location, ethnicity, or age of the information seeker. Library associations can advocate funding and policies that support libraries as great democratic institutions, serving people of all ages, income level, location, or ethnicity, and providing the full range of information resources needed to live, learn, govern, and work. Intellectual freedom is a basic right in a democratic society, is a core value of the library profession, and is fundamental to democratic processes and full intellectual participation.