Glen Ellyn Public Library upholds the individual’s right of access to the reading, viewing, and listening materials of their choice, the freedom to read, view, or listen to these materials and the freedom to enjoy these basic rights in the absence of external pressure or oversight by those who would obstruct free choice.
In fulfillment of its obligation to safeguard these rights, Glen Ellyn Public Library subscribes to the following three statements: the Bill of Rights adopted by the American Library Association on June 18, 1948 (amended January 1980) (Appendix A: Library Bill of Rights) the American Library Association’s Statement of the Freedom to Read (amended June 30, 2004) (Appendix B: Freedom to Read) and the Statement of the Freedom to View (endorsed by the ALA Council January 10, 1990) (Appendix C: Freedom to View).