[OLA-IF-News] Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions: Intellectual Freedom News, August 2017

Tue Sep 5 08:14:52 PDT 2017

Attached is Multnomah County Library’s monthly intellectual freedom newsletter.—Katie

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Multnomah County Library Intellectual Freedom Committee

Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions: Intellectual Freedom News
August 2017

Banned Books Week

Celebrate Banned Books Week (September 24th - 30th) with ALA’s #Rebel Reader: R<http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/rebelreader>ebel Reader Twitter Tournament<http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/rebelreader> American Library Association

Censorship

Operation Pull Teen Vogue is underway<http://www.activistmom.com/video/operation-pull-teen-vogue-is-underway/>. Blogger Activist Mommy created a video<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39Z5xC8rpQw> which subsequently went viral focusing on the Teen Vogue article, Anal Sex: What You Need to Know<http://www.teenvogue.com/story/anal-sex-what-you-need-to-know>.  The online article did not appear in the subscription-based print and digital Teen Vogue magazine. This month several Oregon libraries experienced challenges to Teen Vogue as part of this nationwide campaign.

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West Chicago Public Library denies request to remove gay pride book<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-gay-pride-childrens-book-west-chicago-library-met-20170829-story.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm_campaign=c4d9461848-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_08_31&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-c4d9461848-305311781> Chicago Tribune

Kindergarten parents object to transgender book read in class<http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article169365057.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm_campaign=c4d9461848-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_08_31&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-c4d9461848-305311781> Sacramento Bee

New Florida Law lets residents challenge school textbooks<http://www.npr.org/2017/07/31/540041860/new-florida-law-lets-residents-challenge-school-textbooks> NPR

Apple removes apps from China store that help Internet users evade censorship<https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/30/technology/china-apple-censorhip.html> New York Times

Oregon Library Association Office of Intellectual Freedom 2017 Annual Report<http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/projects/OIFC/2017.oifc.annual.report.pdf> Oregon Library Association

First Amendment

Attorney calls for greater consideration of context by ACLU in First Amendment advocacy<https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/opinion/aclu-first-amendment-trump-charlottesville.html> New York Times

Privacy

DOJ demands files on anti-Trump activists, and a web hosting company resists<http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/15/543782396/doj-demands-files-on-anti-trump-activists-and-a-web-hosting-company-resists> NPR

Follow up to above, Justice Department narrows request for visitor logs to inauguration protest website<http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/23/545515159/justice-department-narrows-request-for-visitor-logs-to-inauguration-protest-webs> NPR

Diversity

Federal Judge finds racism behind Arizona law banning ethnic studies<http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/08/22/545402866/federal-judge-finds-racism-behind-arizona-law-banning-ethnic-studies> NPR

Beyond bilingual storytime: Making storytime inviting to all English Language Learners<http://www.slj.com/2017/07/standards/early-learning/beyond-bilingual-making-storytime-inviting-to-all-english-language-learners/> School Library Journal

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Children’s books missed these immigrant stories, so students wrote them<https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/30/nyregion/childrens-books-missed-these-immigrant-stories-so-students-wrote-them.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm_campaign=3d2e107eb8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_08_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-3d2e107eb8-305311781> New York Times

At San Diego Comic-Con: Diversity in content and consumers is key<https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/74373-at-san-diego-comic-con-diversity-in-content-and-consumers-is-key.html>  Publishers Weekly

Children’s authors take on the refugee crisis<https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/06/books/refugee-crisis-childrens-books.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm_campaign=3defcda0d9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_08_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-3defcda0d9-305311781> New York Times

Pepe the Frog cartoonist stops distribution of children’s book<https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/30/books/pepe-the-frog-cartoonist-childrens-book.html?_r=0&utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm_campaign=9f20592920-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_08_31&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-9f20592920-305311781> New York Times

Access

Labeling books by reading level disempowers young readers<http://www.slj.com/2017/08/feature-articles/thinking-outside-the-bin-why-labeling-books-by-reading-level-disempowers-young-readers/> School Library Journal

TLA Disaster Relief Fund<https://squareup.com/store/txla> -  donations will go to libraries impacted by Hurricane Harvey Texas Library Association

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Lisa Taylor
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Sellwood Branch
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