Bugün öğrendim ki: 1938'de sansüre karşı bir Kütüphane Haklar Bildirgesi hazırlayan Forrest Spaulding'den. Mein Kampf'ın bir kütüphane kopyası için kendisine meydan okunduğunda, "Daha fazla insan okusaydı, Hitler'in despotizmi önlenebilirdi" yanıtını verdi. Spaulding'in tasarısı daha sonra Amerikan Kütüphane Derneği tarafından kabul edildi.
Forrest Spaulding --- [![Forrest spaulding from Nashua Telegraph.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/57/Forrest_spaulding_from_Nashua_Telegraph.jpg)](/wiki/File:Forrest_spaulding_from_Nashua_Telegraph.jpg) Forrest Spaulding born| Forrest Brisbin Spaulding (1892-05-04)May 4, 1892 Died| December 9, 1965(1965-12-09) (aged 73) Occupation| [Librarian](/wiki/Librarian "Librarian") Spouse(s)| Genevieve Anderson Pierson[2] Children| John Pierson Spaulding, Jean Spaulding Wilder[2] Parent(s)| Hollon Curtis Spaulding and Lucile Brisbin[2] **Forrest Brisbin Spaulding** (May 4, 1892 – December 9, 1965) was an American librarian. He was named in the _[American Libraries](/wiki/American_Libraries "American Libraries")_ article, "100 of the most important leaders we had in the 20th century" for his contribution to intellectual freedom in writing the [Library Bill of Rights](/wiki/Library_Bill_of_Rights "Library Bill of Rights").[3] He was a [humanitarian](/wiki/Humanitarianism "Humanitarianism") who is remembered not only for his contributions to librarianship, but also for the positive influence he had on the communities in which he lived and worked. In a commentary on the play _The Not So Quiet Librarian_ , by Cynthia Mercati, Humanities Iowa writes that "Spaulding's words and his life touched everyone who loved not just books but freedom of expression."[4] While Forrest Spaulding is remembered for his contributions to librarianship, he began his career as a reporter. The State Library of Iowa biography mentions that while he spent some time as director of Peru's libraries and museums in 1920, "he was also a correspondent for the [Associated Press](/wiki/Associated_Press "Associated Press"). He is noted as saying that his 'efforts to report the news from that country gave him a bitter object lesson in censorship.'"[5]