THE ACLU'S SLAPP AT LIBRARIANS

John Creech creechj at mumbly.lib.cwu.edu
Sun Jul 27 21:58:48 EDT 1997



On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, filteringfacts wrote:

> The relationship of the ACLU and the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom =
> is a long and close one. For decades, the two organizations have worked =
> closely in pursuing legal actions. Judith Krug, head of ALA's Office of =
> Intellectual Freedom is a former board member of the ACLU. ALA =
> intellectual freedom activist Deborah Jacobs is a current ACLU board =
> member.=20

The ACLU has also defended the Klan and Oliver North.  And Deborah Jacobs
was _Library Journal's_ 1994 Librarian of the Year.  So a fair amount of
people think she's doing good work.

John Creech
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University Library | 400 E. 8th Ave. | Ellensburg, WA 98926 | 509-963-1081 |
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