The library considers it important to purchase materials representing differing opinions on controversial matters as long as they satisfy the general criteria for the selection of monographs and serials .
Selection is without partisanship regarding matters of race, sex, religion, or moral philosophy.
Neither the unpopularity of a point of view nor the mode of expression will be used to justify censorship of an author's works. The Canadian Library Association Intellectual Freedom Position Statement , Adopted 1974. Amended 1983 and 1985. The Canadian Association of Research Libraries Freedom of Expression in Research Libraries , Adopted Sept. 1986. The Canadian Library Association Information and Telecommunications Access Principles , Draft approved June, 1994.