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ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom - The Office for Intellectual Freedom is charged with implementing ALA policies concerning the concept of intellectual freedom as embodied in the Library Bill of Rights, the Associations basic policy on free access to libraries and library materials. The goal of the office is to educate librarians and the general public about the nature and importance of intellectual freedom in libraries.
Censorship and Intellectual Freedom Page - Annotated collection of links on a variety of topics related to censorship and intellectual freedom.
Texas Library Association Intellectual Freedom Handbook - Practical and theoretical information on intellectual freedom, censorship, and related issues.
PICS, Censorship, and Intellectual Freedom FAQ - Examines intellectual freedom issues raised by the Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS), a set of technical specifications developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), and often used in filtering software.
Freedom to Read.ca - Freedom to Read Week encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom.
ALA's The Freedom to Read Statement - The Association's policy statement on intellectual freedom and censorship.
South Dakota Library Association: Intellectual Freedom - Links and information on Surf Safe, the association's web safety program.
Free Expression Policy Project - A think tank on artistic and intellectual freedom that provides empirical research and policy development on tough censorship issues.
ALA's Top 100 Banned or Challenged Books of 1990-2000 - A list of the most frequently challenged books of the 1990s, based on the challenges reported to ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom.
Librarians Heroes in War to Save Freedom - Commentary on "a battle to preserve Americans' freedoms." [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]

Wikipedia Articles

Intellectual freedom - Intellectual Freedom is a human right. Article 19 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights states:
Lincoln's Birthday Committee for Democracy and Intellectual Freedom - The Lincoln's Birthday Committee for Democracy and Intellectual Freedom (LBCDIF) was an antifascist organization of scientists founded by Franz Boas in 1938 to discredit the theories of race being forwarded by the Nazis in Germany.
Freedom Come-All-Ye - Freedom Come-All-Ye is a song written by Hamish Henderson, the Scottish poet, songwriter, and intellectual. It is written in the Scots Language.
Middle East Studies Association of North America - ... often referred to as MESA) is, according to its website, "a non-political association that fosters the study of the Middle East, promotes high standards of scholarship and teaching, and encourages public understanding of the region and its peoples through programs, publications and services that enhance education, further intellectual exchange, recognize professional distinction, and defend academic freedom."MESA Website, accessed May 26, 2006
Albert Wohlstetter - Albert Wohlstetter (born 1913, died January 10, 1997) was a major intellectual force behind efforts to avoid the spread of nuclear weapons and the need to develop nonnuclear alternatives. He and his wife Roberta Wohlstetter, an accomplished historian and intelligence expert, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Ronald Reagan on November 7, 1985.