because access to them is a human right. Starting with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and appealing to recent work in Human Rights Theory, argues that there is a right to information, which states are obligated to fulfill. Given that libraries are highly effective institutions for ensuring that this right is fulfilled, there is a derived human right to a public library. Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute. (2005). Right of libraries not to report on readers. In Ginger, A.F. (Ed.), Challenging U.S. Human Rights Violations Since 9/11 (203-205). Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. Moberg, E. (2013). Sensory Storytime: Get Creative and Kids will come. Washington Library Association. Retrieved from https://www.wla.org/assets/Conference/Handouts/upload/sensory%20storytimes%20ola%20wla%20conference_1.pdf Phenix, K. (2007). Dignity and justice for all of us: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948–2008. Progressive librarian, 30, 1–2. Retrieved from http://www.progressivelibrariansguild.org/PL_Jnl/contents30.shtml Phenix, K. & McCook, K. de la Peña. (2007). A commitment to human rights: Let's honor the qualities of a librarian dedicated to human rights. Information for Social Change, 25, 39–48. Retrieved from http://libr.org/isc/issues/ISC25/articles/A%20COMMITMENT%20TO%20HUMAN%20RIGHTS.pdf Robbins, L. (1996). Censorship and the American public library: The American Library Association's response to the threats to intellectual freedom: 1939–1969. Westport, CT: Greenwood. Rubin, R. (2004). Foundations of library and information science (2nd ed.). New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc. Samek, T. (2001). Intellectual freedom and social responsibility in American librarianship. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. Samek, T. (2007). Librarianship and human rights: A twenty-first century guide. Oxford: Chandos. External links American Library Association American Library Association: Core Values of Librarianship American Library Association Social Responsibilities Round Table American Library Association Rainbow Round Table American Library Association: The Human Rights Video Project American Library Association: The Speaker Black Caucus of the American Library Association Future Librarians for Intellectual Freedom Libr.org The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking (REFORMA) Progressive Librarians Guild (PLG) Que(e)ry Society of American Archivists' (SAA) Diverse Sexuality and Gender Section (DSGS) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (The United Nations) Teaching Human Rights: Practical Activities for Primary and Secondary Schools (The United Nations) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: Libraries Libraries in the United States Human rights in the United States Progressivism in the United States