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About The Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) bylaws

The IFC is a joint committee between the Maine Library Association and the Maine Association of School Librarians. The IFC supports people who are facing book challenges in libraries and classrooms by writing letters and helping to provide reviews of challenged materials. We also distribute an Intellectual Freedom manual for the State of Maine and choose a recipient for the SIRS (Social Issues Resource Series)/ProQuest Intellectual Freedom Award.

Other projects underway include gathering information for and maintaining a list of challenged books in Maine; distributing a survey; establishing a presence at important conferences and workshops; and developing publicity materials to educate and inform.

There are many opportunities for contributing to this exciting and important work! The Committee welcomes your input. For more information please contact:

MLA: Nelson Eubanks, co-chair
Lithgow Library
45 Winthrop St
Augusta ME 04330
(207) 626-2415

MASL: Kelley McDaniel, co-chair
King Middle School
92 Deering Avenue
Portland, Maine 04102
(207) 874-8140 x402

• ALA Code of Ethics
• ALA Library Bill of Rights
• Statement on Labeling: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights
• Banned Books Web Site

• ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom
• Freedom to Read Foundation
• American Civil Liberties Union
• Index on Censorship
• Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
• Electronic Privacy Information Center
• Amnesty International
• Benton Foundation
• People For the American Way
• Association for Education Communications and Technology

• Freedom of the Press: An Annotated Bibliography