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Archives: intellectual freedom

A Tumultuous Week at the Library of Congress

Changes in Library of Congress leadership could have profound impacts on copyright and intellectual freedom.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • May 15, 2025
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Revisiting: Libraries and the Contested Terrain of “Neutrality”

Revisiting Rick Anderson’s 2022 post which asks, are libraries “neutral”? That question is way too simplistic to serve as anything other than a political football.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Sep 3, 2024
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

The Publishing Community Should More Actively Oppose Book Bans

With a lawsuit filed last week Pen America, Penguin Random House, authors, and parents began fighting book bans. Other publishers should help.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • May 25, 2023
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Libraries and the Contested Terrain of “Neutrality”

Are libraries “neutral”? That question is way too simplistic to serve as anything other than a political football.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Mar 3, 2022
  • 17 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

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