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VI. Libraries which make exhibit spaces and meeting rooms available to the public they serve should make such facilities available on an equitable basis, regardless of the beliefs or affiliations of individuals or groups requesting their use.}}
While the Library Bill of Rights itself is concise and unambiguous in nature, the American Library Association provides additional documentation referred to as the Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights, which elaborates on the application of these principles in relation to specific library practices. The addition documentation covers several specific issues: Access for Children and Young Adults to Nonprint Materials, Access to Digital Information, Services, and Networks,Access to Library Resources and Services for Minors, Access to Library Resources and Services Regardless of Sex, Gender Identity, Gender Expression, or Sexual Orientation, Access to Resources and Services in the School Library, Advocating for Intellectual Freedom, Challenged Resources, Diversity in Collection Development, Economic Barriers to Information Access, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Evaluating Library Collections, Exhibit Spaces and Bulletin Boards, Expurgation of Library Materials, Internet Filtering, Intellectual Freedom Principles for Academic Libraries, Labeling Systems, Library-Initiated Programs as a Resource, Meeting Rooms, Minors and Internet Activity, Politics in American Libraries, Prisoners Right to Read, Privacy, Rating Systems, Religion in American Libraries, Restricted Access to Library Materials, Services to People with Disabilities, The Universal Right to Free Expression, User-Generated Content in Library Discovery Systems, and Visual and Performing Arts in Libraries. <ref>{{cite web |title=Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights|publisher=American Library Association |date=July 30, 2007 |url= http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations |access-date = 2018-04-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights with complete interpretations|publisher=American Library Association |url=http://www.ala.org/advocacy/sites/ala.org.advocacy/files/content/LBORwithInterpretations2017.pdf |date=February 2017 |department=Office for Intellectual Freedom |access-date = 2018-04-25}}</ref>
== History of the Original Bill ==
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