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Library field intellectual freedom activity survey

Welcome!

This survey is designed to build up an idea of what activities library fields around the world - and in particular associations - are undertaking around intellectual freedom. The goal is both to give a snapshot of what work is already taking place, and provide the basis for a toolkit to help library associations be more active in this space.

We understand intellectual freedom broadly, including the fight against censorship and attack on libraries, but also more broadly promoting inclusion, information integrity, and human rights.

We also see activities as falling into four major categories:

Monitoring: maintaining a regular watch of key stories and developments in your country, in order to identify threats to intellectual freedom

Problem solving: responding to questions and concerns that individual libraries or library and information workers face

Guidance: proactively creating codes, guidelines and other materials to help libraries and library and information professionals better uphold and promote intellectual freedom in their practice

Advocacy: engagement in wider political debates - towards politicians and other stakeholders - in favour of intellectual freedom

Your answers are anonymous (and no IP data is collected), but we do ask you to share an e-mail address if you would like to receive the results directly, or give us the possibility to contact you to ask for more details. 

We will publish quantitative data, but will also be keen to draw on resources shared in order to build a toolkit. I each case, please do indicate if you are happy for us to refer to your resources in subsequent publications. 
1. In which region are you based? *This question is required.
3. In what capacity are you answering? *This question is required.
4. What type of association are you?
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4. Which of the following applies to your association (tick all that apply)?
4. My association has...
4. Does your agency or ministry have an individual or individuals with a specific mandate to work on intellectual freedom issues?
Monitoring

This section looks at engagement in monitoring the state of intellectual freedom in your country
4. Is the library field in your country engaged in monitoring the state of intellectual freedom?
5. Which of the following issues do you see as a concern in your country? Click as many boxes as you see as relevant
Problem Solving

The next section looks at experience in problem solving - offering advice and support to libraries and library and information workers who face intellectual freedom challenges.
5. Is the library field in your country engaged in problem solving activities around intellectual freedom?
6. Who carries out this activity?
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Guidance

The next section looks at guidance - this is more proactive activity, still aimed at the library field, in order to build awareness of and ability to uphold intellectual freedom in libraries.
7. Do librarians in your country have access to materials to help them in planning their own work around intellectual freedom issues in their libraries?
8. Who produces these?
 
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8. Which of the following groups are targeted by these materials?

 
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8. Which of the following themes related to intellectual freedom are covered by guidance?

 
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8. How regularly are these intellectual freedom guidelines created or updated?


 
Externally Facing Activities

Finally, advocacy is focused on externally facing activities, to protect and promote rights
8. Is the library field active in your country in advocating around intellectual freedom issues?
9. Which actors are active on advocacy around intellectual freedom?
 
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9. On which of the following themes related to intellectual freedom does the library field carry out advocacy?
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9. Do librarians in your country have access to any of the following documents:
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A Few Last Asks

Finally, we ask you some general questions
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