[Libs-Or] Tools / reminders from IFC/LDLC

[Intellectual Freedom Committee]

Dear Oregon Librarian,



Strategies to challenge and remove books from libraries have continued to
evolve over the past year. One of the newest approaches was seen last week
in Josephine County, where an individual tax-payer petitioned county
commissioners to have their property removed from the library taxing
district. You can read more about this developing story at:

·
https://www.kajo.com/news/news_story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1701866208&ucat=2&template=KAJO17Column&

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https://www.kajo.com/news/news_story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1701866208&ucat=2&template=KAJO17Column&

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https://www.opb.org/article/2023/12/12/josephine-county-library-tax-district-opt-out/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=First%20Look%20Dec%2013%202023&utm_content=First%20Look%20Dec%2013%202023+CID_0f0c406f2509845325359b8f884546ec&utm_source=firstlook&utm_term=Learn%20more




The Oregon Library Association is continuing to monitor this unfolding
situation, and will be sharing any significant new developments. If you are
a special district librarian and have questions about how this might impact
your library, please reach out to the Special Districts Association of
Oregon.



In the meantime, this is a good time for all libraries and librarians to:



·         Stay informed of IF issues and incidents.  Here are some
resources to help:

o   Register with the recently formed Parents Defending Schools and
Libraries here: https://www.pdsal.org/

o   www.EveryLibrary.org

o   ALA OIFC weekly newsletter - https://www.oif.ala.org/

·         Stay trained.  OLA IFC has an updated toolkit available to you’re
here: https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/iftoolkit/

·         Review your policies.  Especially your collection development and
reconsideration policies. Here are some sample policies:
https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/iftoolkit/policies.  If you want support
with your policy, please contact the IFC here:
https://www.olaweb.org/contact-ifc

·         Develop a plan for building relationships with local elected
officials.

·         Build a strong support network through local partnerships and
outreach


And a reminder, please submit challenge instances to the State Library
here: https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/oifc/report .


As always, the OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee and the OLA Legislative
and Development Committee are here to support you.  Please feel free to
reach out should you need additional or specific support.



Stay strong Oregon libraries!

Emily O'Neal – IFC Chair

Jeremy Skinner – LDLC Chair


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Chair - ifc.chair at olaweb.org
Intellectual Freedom Committee https://www.olaweb.org/if-home
Oregon Library Association https://www.olaweb.org/
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