About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy (JIFP), a double-blind peer reviewed publication, is topically focused on practical, moral, ethical, philosophical, and theoretical issues of intellectual freedom and informational privacy within the United States and globally. JIFP publishes work concerning library and information science professionals broadly contextualized in libraries, museums, archives, cultural heritage institutions, education, and other information environments.

The research areas covered in JIFP include censorship, freedom of expression, and data collection and dissemination, all understood broadly. The Journal also welcomes contributions that describe the justifications of and descriptive stories behind the development of information policy, as well as critical perspectives on existing information policies. JIFP’s goal is to be at the center of discourse on intellectual freedom and privacy. Scholars and practitioners alike should benefit from the work JIFP publishes, and it welcomes voices “from the field” equally with academics.

In addition to peer-reviewed articles, JIFP includes refereed essays/commentaries, book reviews, and opinion pieces. The journal also publishes the latest incidents of book banning in “censorship dateline,” the latest court rulings in “from the bench,” legal controversies in “is it legal?” and, of course, “success stories”—carrying on the traditions of publishing established by the American Library Association’s Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom.

Subscriptions

The subscription cost for the Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy is $50.00 per year for individuals and $100.00 per year for institutions. Those subscribers still owed issues of the Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom will receive their full subscription, with the Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy in place of the Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom. 

For multiple subscriptions to the same address, subscription inquiries, and for back issues, please contact the Office for Intellectual Freedom at 800-545-2433, x4223 or oif@ala.org.

Subscribe to the Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy online via this link.

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