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The\u00a0Intellectual Freedom Round Table<\/a>\u00a0(IFRT) of the American Library Association (ALA) announces that Robert P. Doyle is the recipient of the 2017 John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award. The Immroth Award recognizes Doyle’s defense of intellectual freedom in a library career spanning more than 30 years.<\/span><\/p>\n Doyle has been the editor of the ALA\u00a0banned books resource guides<\/a>\u00a0and its supplemental\u00a0field reports of banned and challenged books<\/a>\u00a0since 1982. Doyle served as the deputy director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom under Judith Krug’s tenure. He also served two terms as a member of the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) Board of Directors and received the\u00a02009 FTRF Roll of Honor Award<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Doyle is the executive director of the\u00a0Illinois Library Association<\/a>\u00a0(ILA) and has defeated 18 attempts that would have mandated filtering legislation in Illinois. He tirelessly advocated for local control and built an impressive statewide infrastructure to support intellectual freedom utilizing the Intellectual Freedom Committee, Public Policy Committee and Advocacy Committee within the ILA. He also supported an annual\u00a0ILA award<\/a>\u00a0to recognize outstanding contributions in defending intellectual freedom.<\/span><\/p>\n