International Principles for Research Libraries on a Safe and Open Internet

« Research libraries, along with their home institutions, provide access to the internet for students, faculty, researchers, and the broader communities we serve. As such, it is a key priority to ensure that users have unfettered access to information in a safe and open environment. As technology advances and governments around the world attempt to develop legislation to address these changes, there is a lack of consistency across nations on proposed legislation. As libraries try to navigate legislative and regulatory proposals globally, members of the International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA) stand behind the following principles, which will guide each IARLA member’s position and advocacy on internet speech and functions: (…) »