Nevada Library Association
Nevada Library Association
Nevada Library Association
Resolution on Access to Library Materials and Services
WHEREAS, Libraries have the important mission of protecting the right of free speech by making the widest diversity of views and modes of expression available to everyone;
WHEREAS, Libraries should provide materials and information presenting all points of view on current and historical issues, and should not proscribe or remove materials because of personal, partisan or doctrinal disapproval;
WHEREAS, Libraries should provide the best information and materials on various subjects and literatures in response to what is in demand, and to make them freely available so that people may make their own choices;
WHEREAS, Libraries enable citizens to make intelligent decisions based on information on all sides of a question - including minority, as well as popular points of view;
WHEREAS, Libraries serve the entire community, with all its social, political, economic, religious and cultural diversities and alternative lifestyles;
WHEREAS, Libraries provide books and other materials, programs, and services for the interest and enlightenment of people of all ages;
WHEREAS, Libraries should not restrict access to library resources to avoid objections from parents or pressure groups;
WHEREAS, Parents, and only parents, have the right and the responsibility to restrict access of their children, and no others, to library resources;
RESOLVED, That the Nevada Library Association defends citizens' rights to free access to library collections and services, and opposes all attempts by pressure groups or individuals to limit access to the full range of library materials, programs or services, and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Nevada Library Association defends intellectual freedom and opposes censorship or discrimination against any group or segment of society.
Proposed by the NLA INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM COMMITTEE
ADOPTED BY THE NEVADA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, OCTOBER, 1994
