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intellectual freedom blog the office for intellectual freedom of the american library association skip to content intellectual freedom blog the office for intellectual freedom of the american library association home policy purpose blogger application submit guest post search for oif one sheets lies about libraries report censorship debunking the use of ai to censor library collections the prompt you give an ai chatbot shapes the response it generates so what happens when you flip the script and ask a chatbot to summarize the educational merit of a library book instead of using a prompt aligned with what those seeking to censor it believe october 23 2026 october 28 2026 eric stroshane censorship what fayetteville public library v murray means for arkansas libraries on july 30 2026 the eighth circuit issued its decision in fayetteville public library v murray a case that challenged two sections of arkansas s act 372 that would makes it a crime to furnish a harmful item to a minor and require public libraries to adopt policies that allow people to challenge the appropriateness of materials available in county and municipal libraries august 28 2026 october 27 2026 ala office for intellectual freedom staff access censorship court opinions and rulings general interest information access litigation oif releases additional reports on censorship in 2025 the american library association s office for intellectual freedom has released two reports providing additional detailed insights from 2025 the year with the highest level of library censorship ever documented in the u s one report focuses on censorship activities that took place at public libraries and the other examines censorship at school libraries august 5 2026 october 27 2026 betsy gomez aasl censorship field report pla public libraries prh v robbins iowa safe schools v reynolds on april 6 2026 the eighth circuit issued its decision in iowa safe schools v reynolds and in prh v robbins two cases challenging sf 496 an iowa law that requires the removal of books containing descriptions or visual depictions of a sex act from public school libraries and that imposes penalties on educators who do not comply june 22 2026 august 6 2026 betsy gomez access censorship court opinions and rulings litigation lies about libraries part three welcome to the third in a series of posts dedicated to debunking false claims used to undermine trust in libraries and attack those who work in them march 19 2026 march 19 2026 eric stroshane censorship intellectual freedom issues what now libraries after little v llano county in december 2025 the supreme court declined to review a fifth circuit court case about whether the government can remove books from a public library s shelves this guide provides an overview of the case and explains what it says about the right to read in libraries january 30 2026 august 28 2026 ala office for intellectual freedom staff censorship court opinions and rulings litigation what mahmoud v taylor means for your library in june 2025 the supreme court decided mahmoud v taylor a case about whether parents have the right to opt their children out of storybooks read in a public school s language arts curriculum the decision only affirms a parent s right to opt their child out of lessons in classrooms not to decide what books their children will be able to find in the library even though this decision does not apply to materials in school libraries some are using the court s decision to push their censorship agendas october 22 2025 august 28 2026 ala office for intellectual freedom staff court opinions and rulings litigation school libraries libraries and immigration enforcement u s immigration and customs enforcement ice is the law enforcement division of the department for homeland security dhs ice must operate in accordance with the constitution the bill of rights and the laws of the united states january 24 2025 august 28 2026 deborah caldwell stone office for intellectual freedom privacy privacy laws oif one sheets october 28 2026 october 28 2026 betsy gomez slideshow lies about libraries october 28 2026 october 28 2026 betsy gomez slideshow report censorship october 28 2026 october 28 2026 betsy gomez slideshow intellectual freedom news 10 23 2026 ala actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedom the rights of library users to read seek information and speak freely as guaranteed by the first amendment intellectual freedom is a core value of the library profession and a basic right in our democratic society a publicly supported library provides free equitable and confidential access to information for all people of its community october 23 2026 october 22 2026 eric stroshane intellectual freedom news intellectual freedom news 10 16 2026 ala actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedom the rights of library users to read seek information and speak freely as guaranteed by the first amendment intellectual freedom is a core value of the library profession and a basic right in our democratic society a publicly supported library provides free equitable and confidential access to information for all people of its community october 16 2026 october 16 2026 eric stroshane intellectual freedom news intellectual freedom news 10 9 2026 ala actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedom the rights of library users to read seek information and speak freely as guaranteed by the first amendment intellectual freedom is a core value of the library profession and a basic right in our democratic society a publicly supported library provides free equitable and confidential access to information for all people of its community october 9 2026 october 9 2026 eric stroshane intellectual freedom news intellectual freedom news 10 5 2026 ala actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedom the rights of library users to read seek information and speak freely as guaranteed by the first amendment intellectual freedom is a core value of the library profession and a basic right in our democratic society a publicly supported library provides free equitable and confidential access to information for all people of its community october 5 2026 october 5 2026 eric stroshane intellectual freedom news bots attacking scraping library catalogs the robots are coming ala s office for intellectual freedom is receiving reports of bots conducting automated spam searches of library catalogs this behavior is nefarious and a security concern requiring september 29 2026 september 29 2026 eric stroshane cybersecurity library vendors security technology intellectual freedom news 9 28 2026 ala actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedom the rights of library users to read seek information and speak freely as guaranteed by the first amendment intellectual freedom is a core value of the library profession and a basic right in our democratic society a publicly supported library provides free equitable and confidential access to information for all people of its community september 28 2026 september 28 2026 eric stroshane intellectual freedom news posts navigation older posts social media view americanlibraryassociation s profile on facebook view americanlibraryassociation s profile on instagram view bannedbooksweek s profile on youtube at the ala store popular links ala office for intellectual freedom oif report censorship banned books week intellectual freedom news archives archives select month october 2026 september 2026 august 2026 july 2026 june 2026 may 2026 april 2026 march 2026 february 2026 january 2026 december 2025 november 2025 october 2025 september 2025 august 2025 july 2025 june 2025 may 2025 april 2025 march 2025 february 2025 january 2025 december 2024 november 2024 october 2024 september 2024 august 2024 july 2024 june 2024 may 2024 april 2024 march 2024 february 2024 january 2024 december 2023 november 2023 october 2023 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