Judith Krug Quotes


Libraries serve the information needs of all of the people in the community — not just the loudest, not just the most powerful, not even just the majority. Libraries serve everyone.


Citations

Krug, Judith F. "Intellectual Freedom and the Public Library." Intellectual Freedom Manual, 7th ed., American Library Association, 2006, p. 14.

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Judith Krug
Judith Krug
  • Born: March 15, 1940
  • Died: April 12, 2009
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  • Profession: Librarian

Judith Fingeret Krug was an American librarian, freedom of speech proponent, and critic of censorship. Krug became director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom at the American Library Association in 1967. In 1969, she joined the Freedom to Read Foundation as its executive director. Krug co-founded Banned Books Week in 1982.