The IFLA UNESCO Internet Manifesto Guidelines

The IFLA UNESCO Internet Manifesto Guidelines

The guidelines takes the Internet Manifesto in a new direction by moving towards a charter for users, in effect becoming a document prepared by the library community that safeguards and sets out users’ rights to information on the Internet in libraries. Read more on http://www.ifla.org/III/announce/announcment-IM-guidelines.htm

IFLA and UNESCO are happy to announce the publication of the IFLA UNESCO Internet Manifesto Guidelines that have been prepared by IFLA/FAIFE (the IFLA Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression); and generously sponsored by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Council for the Information for All Programme (IFAP); and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).

IFLA Internet Manifesto

The guidelines are based on the principles stated in the IFLA Internet Manifesto (http://www.ifla.org/III/misc/im-e.htm) that was prepared by IFLA/FAIFE and adopted unanimously by the Council of IFLA in August 2002. The Manifesto was created out of a perceived need for a policy document that brought the traditional library values of freedom of expression and freedom of access to information into the age of the Internet. Following the adoption, the manifesto has been translated into 19 languages, and adopted by national library associations in 30 countries. IFLA is following the implementation of the Manifesto through the bi-annual IFLA/FAIFE World Report. To achieve the aims of the Internet Manifesto, IFLA decided to prepare a set of guidelines that are specific to Internet access programmes in libraries, and concern service policies and procedures that will lead to the implementation of the Internet Manifesto’s values in everyday library work.

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