A Preliminary Study on Intellectual Freedom in American Libraries

This study focuses on“Intellectual Freedom”based on the fundamental principles of library user services in Western countries. Particularly, this paper pursues to the philosophical foundations of“the freedom of expression”. It also studies how“the freedom of expression”was restrained by pursuing the definitions of“pornography”and “obscenity”in terms of the court's opinions of The Supreme Court of the United States. Also, PICS and the Communication Decency Acts were discussed.

keywords: 도서관의 지적자유, 음란물, 표현의 자유, 통신품위법

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Vol.12 No.2

A Preliminary Study on Intellectual Freedom in American Libraries

Abstract

한국비블리아학회지