A radical decision -- At the open table of ideas : the agency of libraries -- A haven of peace in a stormy world : the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions -- Uncertain beginnings : toward a recognition of human rights -- Adopting intellectual freedom as a cause : the development of FAIFE -- IFLA/FAIFE and the politics of action : from Cuba to Zimbabwe -- Defending the right to information : the touchstone of all the freedoms -- International organisations in transformation -- The politics of professional boundaries in the age of human rights -- Becoming socially aware, ethically motivated, and externally focused
