Intellectual freedom takes the bus
Published in BCLA Browser, 2013
In October 2013, BCLA wrote a letter to TransLink in support of the Metro Vancouver transit company's decision to run controversial political advertisements on its buses and in a Vancouver SkyTrain station. In this brief article we look at why this was an important intellectual freedom issue for librarians. Though it was not about book banning or other things we traditionally guard against happening within library walls, it is still at the heart of what libraries stand for in our communities.
Recommended citation: Unrau, J., & Waddell, D. (2013). Intellectual Freedom Takes the Bus: What do pro-Palestine ads on TransLink have to do with BC librarians?. BCLA Browser: Linking The Library Landscape, 5(4). http://bclabrowser.ca/index.php/browser/article/view/568