Cuban Libraries
As part of its commitment to literacy and principles underlying the freedom to read, in November, 2006, Progressive Librarians Guild supported the bookmobile project of Libros para Cuba (Books for Cuba), a California non-profit organization that will soon have a 501(c)(3) tax status.
See the following links for additional information on Cuba and libraries:
- Access to Information and Intellectual Freedom in Cuba, by the American Library Association and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.
- CUBA-L: IFLA/FAIFE mailing list [inactive link].
- The Cuba debate @ Library Juice.
- Cuban Libraries Solidarity Group [inactive link].
- Cuban Library Links @ Library Juice. Links, news, and essays roughly dating from 1998 onward.
- Freedom to Write, Cuba Campaign, International Pen Writers. Special action materials include explanations of laws used to restrict and silence journalists and writers [inactive link].
- Intellectual freedom in Cuba, 2003.
The Debate on "Independent Libraries" in Cuba
- ALA Campaign Rebuked at Conference, 2001.
- "Cuba and the Myth of the "Independent Libraries", by Lamrani Salim, Z Magazine [inactive link].
- Discussion on the "Independent" Cuban Libraries, at International Responsibilities Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table. Links to documents discussing the status of Cuban libraries.
- The Friends of Cuban Libraries @ Library Juice.
- Librarians or Dissidents: Critics and Supporters of the Independent Libraries in Cuba Project, by Stuart Hamilton, Progressive Librarian.
