Committee Charge

Actively pursue traditional and innovative opportunities to monitor, advocate for, and support Intellectual Freedom as it related to the association and its individual members. Communicate and partner with other ILA committees and Executive Board.  

Resources

• Banned/ Challenged Materials Resource List (updated 1/10/22)
• Iowa Intellectual Freedom Resource Guide (updated 01/2022)
• Intellectual Freedom Webinar ILA, IASL, State Library of Iowa (01/2022)
• The Unhappy Patron: Choose Your Own Intellectual Freedom Story Game - Not Yet Available
• ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom 
• Banned Books Display - 2012 ILA Conference 
• Banned Books Week Librarian Toolkit
• Banned Books Week Trivia Toolkit
• Rating Systems and Libraries
• Statement on Information Access (ILA approved 9/12/2005)
• Freedom to Read Protection Act

Challenges

• Challenge Report Form (ILA)
• Challenge Reporting (ALA)

Position Statements

• ILA, IASL, and Intellectual Freedom Statement on Book Challenges (2021)
• Dr. Seuss Enterprises Decision (2021)