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Thursday, December 9, 2010
Beyond Article 19: Libraries and Social and Cultural Rights
Library Juice has posted the introduction to Beyond Article 19: Libraries and Social and Cultural Rights to their website. Julie Edwards’ introduction is a good read in itself regarding the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, particularly Articles 19 and 27. We know about Article 19 as a fundamental support for intellectual freedom, but there is less attention in the library world given to Article 27, about cultural rights. The book explores Article 27 and cultural rights in relation to libraries.