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The Great Neck Library subscribes to the American Library
Association policy which affirms that all libraries are
forums for information and ideas, and that the following
basic policies should guide their services.
- Books and other library
resources should be provided for the interest, information,
and enlightenment of all people of the community the Library
serves. Materials should not be excluded because of the
origin, background, or views of those contributing to
their creation.
- Libraries should provide
materials and information presenting all points of view
on current and historical issues. Materials should not
be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal
disapproval.
- Libraries should challenge
censorship in the fullfillment of their responsibility
to provide information and enlightenment.
- Libraries should cooperate
with all persons and groups concerned with resisting abridgement
of free expression and free access to ideas.
- A person's right to
use a library should not be denied or abridged because
of origin, age, background, or views.
Libraries which make exhibit
spaces and meeting rooms available to the public they serve
should make such facilities available on an equitable basis,
regardless of the beliefs or affiliations of individuals
or groups requesting their use.
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