Access to Libraries and Information
Towards a Fairer World

Details Internet access in libraries in 116 countries, how libraries are challenging anti-terror legislation, raising awareness of HIV/AIDS, and increasing women's access to information. This title provides an overview of how libraries around the world are tackling barriers to freedom of access to information and freedom of expression.

This newest title in the "IFLA/FAIFE World Report Series" details Internet access in libraries in 116 countries, how libraries are challenging anti-terror legislation, raising awareness of HIV/AIDS, and increasing women's access to information. "The IFLA/FAIFE World Report Series" is unique. It is the only source that provides an overview of how libraries around the world are tackling barriers to freedom of access to information and freedom of expression.The 2007 World Report shows that the digital divide is still a serious reality that needs to be tackled by library communities worldwide in the years to come. Significant inequalities in Internet access exist across the international library community, which are often exacerbated by the increasing use of filtering software to protect children and safeguard public morality and religious values. The 2007 World Report shows that in many countries, intellectual freedom is still very much under pressure, leaving library users unable to fully express their rights to freedom of access to information.