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The Board of Trustees of the Morton Grove Public Library endorses the cause of intellectual freedom and the free exchange of ideas representative of many points of view. The Board of Trustees is also committed to new forms of dissemination of information, such as the Internet, and other sources of electronic information, and extend this commitment to the incorporaton of these electronic resources into the traditional role of the Library in providing wide access to ideas and the products of cultural expression.

The Board of Trustees supports the idea that all members of the Morton Grove Library community have free and equal access to the entire range of library resources, regardless of content, approach, format, or amount of detail. This principle of library service applies equally to all users, minors as well as adults. In support of this ideal, the Library endorses the American Library Association documents, Access to Electronic Information, Services, and Networks, and Free Access to Libraries for Minors.

Approved by the Morton Grove Public Library Board of Trustees, May 9, 1996.

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Last updated: 8/2/2000