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In anticipation of a new edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual, the Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) revised several existing interpretations and resources and created new policies, guidelines and resources to address emerging intellectual freedom issues for the profession. These resources were approved at the 2019 ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (ALA) Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. and are now available online.

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The committee revised the following resources to provide the most updated information to library workers: “,” “,” “,” “” and “.” The committee created a "" — with guidance on public forums, policies, sales and fees ⁠⁠— and published a statement on , adopted by ¾«¶«´«Ã½Council.

“Throughout the revision process, the committee members and volunteers worked carefully and thoughtfully on these documents, and the library community gave us invaluable comments and feedback,” said IFC Chair Julia Warga. “I hope these interpretations and accompanying documents will be useful to library workers, administrators, and trustees when seeking guidance about writing policies or simply doing their daily job.”

Published by ¾«¶«´«Ã½Editions, the tenth edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual will contain many of these resources, as well as essays on trending intellectual freedom issues.

“These documents provide essential guidance to librarians when learning about intellectual freedom and when faced with a crisis,” said Martin Garnar, editor of the upcoming tenth edition. “Having up-to-date documents is essential to making the Intellectual Freedom Manual a useful tool.”

Trina Magi will join Garnar as the manual’s assistant editor. The tenth edition is planned to be available for purchase in 2020.