IFLA Journal Volume 48, No.3 (October 2022)IFLA Journal is an international journal publishing peer reviewed articles on library and information services and the social, political and economic issues that impact access to information through libraries.

The Journal publishes research, case studies and essays that reflect the broad spectrum of the profession internationally.

IFLA Journal Volume 48, No.3 (October 2022)

Special Issue: FAIFE: Intellectual Freedom
Guest Editors: Barbara Jones and Stuart Hamilton

The October 2022 issue of IFLA Journal was developed in collaboration with the IFLA Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) to mark the 20th anniversary of the IFLA Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom. Guest Editors solicited manuscripts which examined the impact of the statement on the library profession over the past twenty years. With an introductory essay from Alex Byrne, the issue feature seven essays, case studies, and articles that add to our understanding of the impact of the IFLA statement while seeking to understand the nature of information freedom in a period challenged by new technologies and social phenomena that are transforming the ways in which people create, use, and disseminate information.

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IFLA Journal. October 2022 [Special Issue: FAIFE: Intellectual Freedom]

This Special Issue was developed in collaboration with the IFLA Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) to mark the 20th anniversary of the IFLA Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom. Guest Editors Barbara Jones and Stuart Hamilton solicited...

Contents:

 

Essay

A declaration for all seasons: The IFLA Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom 373
Alex Byrne

Original Articles

Intellectual freedom and alternative priorities in library and information science
research: A longitudinal study 383
Gabriel J. Gardner

Navigating complex authorities: Intellectual freedom, information literacy and truth in
pandemic STEM information 399
Kate Mercer, Kari D. Weaver and Khrystine Waked

Transcribing public libraries as revitalized ethical spaces 410
Alison Frayne

Essay

Automating intellectual freedom: Artificial intelligence, bias, and the information landscape 422
Catherine Smith

Case Study

Analysis of professional secrecy in Ibero-America: Ethical and legal perspectives 432
Alonso Estrada-Cuzcano and Karen Lizeth Alfaro-Mendives

Essays

Intellectual freedom: Waving and wavering across three national contexts 439
Shannon M Oltmann, Toni Samek and Louise Cooke

Long tail metaphysics: The epistemic crisis and intellectual freedom 449
Sarah Hartman-Caverly

Abstracts 466

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