Intellectual Freedom Toolkit

ALA's clearinghouse of resources to assist library workers and library advocates in responding to and supporting others facing those challenges.

This guide from GLAAD offers step-by-step recommendations on how to organize community members in support of intellectual freedom and includes a case study of a successful campaign.

Developed by EveryLibrary to empower communities to act in defense of their constitutional right to free speech.

A non-profit legal and educational organization affiliated with ALA that protects and defends the First Amendment to the Constitution and supports the right of libraries to collect - and individuals to access - information.

Policy Brief by EveryLibrary, to help state library associations anticipate this legislation and prepare properly to oppose unnecessary politicized changes to settled state law.

Serves as an early warning and alert system for parents, students and their allies nationwide. Promotes inclusive collections through grants.

An action toolkit for those looking to support of the freedom to read in their local community.

ARSL (Association of Rural and Small Libraries) support for all members of the rural and small library community

The LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund "is devoted to the support...of librarians who, in the Trustees' opinion, are: ...Denied employment rights because of defense of intellectual freedom; that is, threatened with loss of employment or discharged because of their stand for the cause of intellectual freedom..."

An ALA Connect Live webinar with American Library Association (ALA) President Lessa Kanani'opua Pelayo-Lozada and American Association for School Librarians (AASL) President Kathy Lester discussing how everyone in the library ecosystem can support school librarians and their students as they face challenges.