Third, the Library strives to provide a place and services conductive to independent study and learning outside the classroom and laboratory. Fourth, each year the Library develops goals and objectives appropriate to the university's strategic goals. Right to Read The right of any individual to information is basic to a democratic society. The right is based on the assumption that-the educated, free person possesses the power of discrimination and is entrusted with the determination of personal action. Since the Cardinal Stritch University Library serves and is supported by many and varied groups and individuals, it cannot satisfy the interests and beliefs of one group to sacrifice the interests of others.
Public opinion tends to change with time and circumstances.
Faculty and librarians do not claim to be exempt from transitory social currents of thought. Majority public opinion may not be a reliable guide for materials selection in a library with the responsibility to the future as well as the present. History shows that many books which have been controversial have later been - recognized as significant. If any holding is truly controversial, the best approach is ready access, thorough study and understanding, and informed decision-making. Right to Learn Higher education is one effort to improve the quality of choices made in exercising the right of freedom of speech and of the press.