Please reach out to with any questions or concerns regarding Intellectual Freedom for New Hampshire libraries at ifc@nhlibrarians.org. If you would like to reach out anonymously, please complete this form.

NH Live Free and Read Poster Project: The Intellectual Freedom Committee is working to create posters for NH public libraries of NH authors, celebrities, and politicians who support the right to read!

You can access these posters as well as instructions on how to make your own on the READS REPOSITORY.

Show Your Support:

• Library Trustees: Write a letter to the editor to your local paper to show your support for the right to read! Ex. Kingston Community Library
• Library Team: Create a "Live Free and Read" poster with your staff! Ex: Peterborough Town Library

• Library Trustees: Create a "Live Free and Read" poster with your Library Trustees! Ex: Peterborough Town Library

Advocacy Materials for Outreach:

• Library Bill of Rights and Freedom to Read brochure 
  Recommended for libraries to have available at the desk.
• Library Bill of Rights poster
  Recommended for libraries to post this next to the service desk.
• RIGHT TO READ kit - Free from Penguin Random House

Advocacy Organizations:

• American Library Association (ALA)
• ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (ALA-OIFC)
• National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC)
• National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
• New Hampshire Department of Education (NHDOE)
• New Hampshire Library Association (NHLA)
• New Hampshire School Library Media Association (NHSLMA)
• New Hampshire Education Association (NEA-NH)

Advocacy Statements:

• Calling for Actions to End Racism (New Hampshire Library Association)
• Freedom to Read (American Library Association)
• Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)