http://archive.ifla.org/lll/misc/im.e.htm*Abstract*
Abstract of the article:
The article presented the United Nations " Universal Declaration of Human Rights -1948
"Everyone has the right to freedom of expression, this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
Three Things I learned from the article:
- The internet is an important source of information especially in today's generation therefore the manifesto seeks to proclaim the fundamental rights of users both to access and to publish information on the internet without restriction.
- The manifesto intends to develop international guidelines for implementing the principles. The guidelines shall assist and support librarians developing policies and priorities for internet services in accordance with the needs of their communities.
- UNESCO and IFLA declares a principles which guide the creation and operations of public libraries and school libraries world wide.
Impact/ Reflection:
It is a good step that the UNESCO and IFLA is trying to create manifesto which intends to have a freedom of access to information via internet because based from what I read almost 84% of people around the world choose the internet as their first source of information.But I think it is impossible to implement this manifesto since there are certain factors to consider.First thing is the censorship, second thing is the budget because it says in the manifesto that it is "free of charge" to whom?.How will the third world countries cope up if they don't have any budget on this?It is easy to establish but it is difficult to maintain if it is already establish.As we all know public schools still don't have their libraries and a licensed librarian to man the library.Trying to picture the whole manifesto is a good thing and such a good learning experienced to everyone but how to start this, I think it's impossible.
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