Intellectual Freedom
Moore died on January 5, 1988. Fellow librarian at the University of Illinois, Beverly P. Lynch described Moore:
The epitome of what we all strive to be as librarians: unassuming, yet exacting; intellectually demanding; precise in his work; both scholarly and humble…He respected every colleague, be they supervisor, peer, subordinate. He strove to make their work excellent through his own.
Moore's contribution to intellectual freedom and libraries is substantial. UCLA Librarian Gary E. Strong expressed what a "world-class research library" UCLA had become and praised those who helped: "You should know the names of John Goodman, Lawrence Clark Powell...Everett Moore, Seymour Lubetzky, Francis Clarke Sayers…Robert Vosper, Russell Shank and Robert Hayes…" Moore is also included in the American Library's list of "100 most important leaders we had in the 20th century."
When Everett Moore realized librarians were in danger of losing their full ability to "provide people with the information they request, not to judge the uses to which that information will be put" he took legal action to assure everyone had the opportunity to access "a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations."
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