[OLA-IF-News] Draft Resolution To Rescind Meeting Rooms: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights

Mon Jul 23 17:05:51 PDT 2018

Does anyone know if there will also be process improvements incorporated in
revising the resolution?

My understanding from reading April Hathcock's post about the resolution (
https://aprilhathcock.wordpress.com/2018/07/11/my-bought-sense-or-ala-has-done-it-again/)
was that the final version contained language that had not been vetted with
the ALA Council or incorporated through the whole process taken to draft
the resolution before it was brought to Council for a vote.

Stephanie Debner

On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 4:56 PM, Steve Silver <ssilver at nwcu.edu> wrote:

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> *From:* Libs-Or <libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> *On Behalf Of
> *ALA Chapter Councilor
> *Sent:* Saturday, July 21, 2018 8:28 AM
> *To:* rossbk at multcolib.org
> *Cc:* libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> *Subject:* Re: [Libs-Or] Fwd: [alacoun] Draft Resolution To Rescind
> Meeting Rooms: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights
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> An update:
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> Yesterday the ALA Executive Board voted to authorize an electronic vote by
> Council on the Resolution to Rescind Meeting Rooms: an interpretation of
> the Library Bill of Rights (17-2019 ALA CD#19.6_62617_act).
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> Thank you to all those that gave feedback on the resolution
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MgPDhl9necX7JIYy39rzLa22fsxMmmy3tDif5s8_V2U/edit>.
> As your chapter councilor, I gladly signed the resolution as the
> wording/inclusion of "hate groups" was not in the draft of the proposed
> interpretations.
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> I continue to be welcome to hearing your thoughts on this.
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> All the best,
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> Danielle Jones
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> On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 3:32 PM, Ross Betzer <rossbk at multcolib.org> wrote:
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> For readers who are new to this discussion and debate about a recent
> update to the American Library Association's "Meeting Rooms: An
> interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights," below are some links from
> ALA's intellectual freedom e-newsletter
> <https://ala.informz.net/informzdataservice/onl> to get you up to speed.
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> In short, the ALA document which provides guidance on intellectual freedom
> and meeting room use was recently updated. One of the changes that has
> since received much negative feedback was the specific inclusion of "hate
> groups" as an example of a type of group that may not be excluded from
> meeting room use based on their viewpoint or content of speech: *"If a
> library allows charities, non-profits, and sports organizations to discuss
> their activities in library meeting rooms, then the library cannot exclude
> religious, social, civic, partisan political, or hate groups from
> discussing their activities in the same facilities."*
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> *From the Office for Intellectual Freedom July 13, 2018 email newsletter*
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> ALA OIF Responds to Library Bill of Rights Meeting Room Interpretation
> update
> <http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/07/ala-oif-responds-library-bill-rights-meeting-room-interpretation-update> |
> ALA press release
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> o Read the document: Meeting Rooms: An Interpretation of the Library Bill
> of Rights
> <http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations/meetingrooms>
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> o Library meeting rooms for all <https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=14997> |
> OIF Blog; statement and resources from OIF Director Jamie LaRue
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> o Policy allowing hate groups to meet at libraries comes under fire
> <http://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-libraries-hate-groups-20180711-story.html> |
> Los Angeles Times
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> o Free speech debate erupts with ALA’s inclusion of hate groups in
> revision of Bill of Rights Interpretation
> <https://www.slj.com/2018/07/industry-news/free-speech-debate-erupts-alas-inclusion-hate-groups-bill-rights-revision/> |
> School Library Journal
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> o Yes, "hate groups" can hold meetings in libraries, too
> <https://reason.com/blog/2018/07/12/yes-hate-groups-can-hold-meetings-in-lib> |
> Reason
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> o Libraries can't afford to welcome hate
> <https://socialistworker.org/2018/07/13/libraries-cant-afford-to-welcome-hate> |
> SocialistWorker.org
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> *Ross Betzer*
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> Chair - Oregon Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee
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> Librarian, Local Resources & Cataloging - Multnomah County Library
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> On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 8:25 AM Erica FINDLEY <ericaf at multcolib.org>
> wrote:
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> Click With Care -
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> Please excuse any cross posting. We are trying to get this draft
> resolution out to as many ALA Members as possible
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> This is a draft resolution to rescind the recent meeting rooms
> interpretation voted on by the ALA Council and brought by the Intellectual
> Freddom Committee (IFC). Even though IFC is interested in revising this
> statement they cannot rescind something that was voted on by Council. So,
> we created this resolution.
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> I am not sure if the attachments will make it to this list. So, you can
> also find it here in Google Drive  [ https://goo.gl/Mp8vEM]
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> Your feedback is appreciated. Please share this widely.
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> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: *Melissa Cardenas-Dow* <alacoun at lists.ala.org>
> Date: Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 6:46 AM
> Subject: [alacoun] Draft Resolution To Rescind Meeting Rooms: An
> Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights
> To: ALA Council <alacoun at lists.ala.org>
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> Click With Caution -
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> [image: Click With Caution]
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> Dear fellow Councilors,
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> Attached please find a draft resolution (same content in Google Doc [
> https://goo.gl/Mp8vEM], pdf, and docx formats) to rescind the meeting
> rooms interpretation.
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> We, the signers, would like to receive feedback on the language of the
> resolution and additional seconders. Please let us know by 11:59pm PDT,
> Thursday, 5/19/2018.
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> Please disseminate this information among your networks.
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> Thank you.
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> Best,
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> Melissa Cardenas-Dow, MLIS, MS
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> American Library Association, Councilor-At-Large, 2016-2019
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