Works to resist all attempts to censor library materials or to restrict public access to information.
Committee Charge
• Keeps abreast of statewide and national issues and challenges.
• Gathers and disseminates information to the membership.
• Serves as a clearinghouse and source of information for libraries seeking assistance.
• Promotes intellectual freedom by actively contacting library and school officials where materials or procedures have been challenged, offering the assistance of the ILA membership.
• Raises awareness and provides continuing education activities.
• Selects the Intellectual Freedom Award winner.
• Provides leadership and assistance in access and privacy for electronic information.
Committee Composition
Committee membership is not more than ten personal members from diverse types of library settings. Members serve a two-year, staggered term. Chair is appointed by the vice president/president-elect of ILA for one year.
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Rose M. Barnes, Co-chair
Adult and Teen Services Librarian at Oak Park Public Library
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Tracy Ruppman, Co-chair
Reference/Instruction Librarian & Liaison for the School of Education at Loyola University of Chicago
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Joe Collier, Member
Mount Prospect Public Library
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Marissa Ellermann, Member
Head of Circulation Services at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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Rachel M Fuller, Member
Director of Adult and Youth Services at Urbana Free Library
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Patricia M. Hogan, Member
Retired at Poplar Creek Public Library District
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Emily Knox, Member
LIS Educator at University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science
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Maria F. Meachum, Member
Wilmington Public Library District
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Dennis Krieb, Board liaison
Director at Lewis & Clark Community College
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