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ALA Stands with Ukrainian Library Community (Press Release)

  • 1.  ALA Stands with Ukrainian Library Community (Press Release)

    Posted Mar 01, 2022 04:22 PM

    On behalf of the ALA Executive Board, I am sharing the following press release that ALA Stands with Ukrainian Library Community

     

    Here are the links:

     

    CHICAGO - The American Library Association and its divisions support our Ukrainian colleagues and will work with the global library community to answer the appeal from the Ukrainian Library Association to provide accurate information as a means to support democracy and freedom of expression.

    ALA has adopted into its policies Article 19 of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, which states, "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers." 

    ALA continues to encourage our members to help raise public consciousness regarding the many ways in which disinformation and media manipulation are used to mislead public opinion in all spheres of life, and further encourages librarians to facilitate this awareness with collection development, library programming and public outreach that draws the public's attention to those alternative sources of information dedicated to countering and revealing the disinformation.

    • American Library Association Executive Board
    • American Association of School Librarians Board of Directors
    • Association for Library Service to Children Board of Directors
    • Association of College and Research Libraries Board of Directors
    • Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures Board of Directors
    • Public Library Association Board of Directors
    • Reference and User Services Association Board of Directors
    • Young Adult Library Services Association Board of Directors
    • United for Libraries Board of Directors

     

     

    Kristin

     

    Kristin Pekoll, CAE

    Assistant Director

    Office for Intellectual Freedom

     

    ALAAmericanLibraryAssociation

    225 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1300, Chicago, IL 60601

    312.280.4221

     

    Beyond Banned Books: Defending Intellectual Freedom throughout Your Library

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