People,Libraries,and the JLA Committee on Intellectual Freedom in Libraries

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- Toshokan Houki Kijyunn Souran (Japanese Library Laws and Regulations). Ed. by Eiji Takeda. Tokyo: JLA, 1992.

- Article 17 was enforced in 1951, one year after the Library Law was established. The Library Law in English is available at JLA site,<http://wwwsoc.nacsis.ac.j p/j la/>.

- GHQ collected and took censored materials from Japan in those days. The collection is kept at the University of Maryland Library, USA.

- Toshokan Zasshi (The Library Journal) 46 (8): 214-215. Also the report about the dispute and the background of establishment of the statement was published.

- Toshokan no Jiyuu ni kannsuru Sengen no Seiritsu (The Establishment of the Statement on Intellectual Freedom). Library and Intellectual Frcedom series No.1. Tokyo: JLA, 1975.

- Toshokan to Jiyuu wo meguru Jirei Kerakyu (Case study on Library and Intellectual Freedom No.1) Library and Intellectual Freedom series No.2. Tokyo: JLA, 1978.

- Toshokan to Jiyuu wo meguru Jirei Kenkyuu 2 (Case study on Library and Intellectual Freedom No.2) Library and Intellectual Freedom series No.4. Tokyo: JLA, 1981.

- A more detailed English version of the Statement on Intellectual Freedom and the Code of Ethics for Librarians including sub-statements and explanatory descriptions can be at the Web site of JLA at <http://wwvsoc.nacsis.ac.jp/jla/>.