Library Bill of Rights
APPROVED: Board of
Supervisors
Date: 2/17/98
Section: 3101
The American Library Association affirms that all libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that the following basic policies should guide their services:
1. Books and other
library resources should be provided for the interest, information,
and enlightenment of all people of the community the library services.
Materials should not be excluded because of the origin, background, or
views of those contributing to their creation.
2. 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.
3. Libraries should
challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to
provide information and enlightenment.
4. Libraries should
cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with resisting
abridgment of free expression and free access to ideas.
5. A person's right to
use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age,
background, or views.
6. 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.
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