American Library Association
Library Bill of Rights
Local copy.
Original ALA Document
The American Library Association
affirms that all libraries are forums for information and
ideas, and that the following basic policies
should guide their services.
- Books and other library resources should
be provided for the interest, information,
and enlightenment of all people of the
community the library serves. Materials
should not be excluded because of the
origin, background, or views of those
contributing to their creation.
- Libraries should provide materials and
information presenting all points of view
on current and historical issues. Materials
should not be proscribed or removed
because of partisan or doctrinal
disapproval.
- Libraries should challenge censorship in
the fulfillment of their responsibility to
provide information and enlightenment.
- Libraries should cooperate with all
persons and groups concerned with
resisting abridgment of free expression
and free access to ideas.
- A person's right to use a library should
not be denied or abridged because of
origin, age, background, or views.
- Libraries which make exhibit spaces and
meeting rooms available to the public
they serve should make such facilities
available on an equitable basis, regardless
of the beliefs or affiliations of individuals
or groups requesting their use.
Glendale Unified School District
223 North Jackson Street
Glendale, California 91206
http://www.glendale.k12.ca.us/start.htm