[OLA-IF-News] Free Webinars from WebJunction on Intellectual Freedom

[Tamara Ottum]

These upcoming webinars are open for registration. If you can’t attend a live session, all WebJunction webinars are recorded and available for free in the Course Catalog: https://learn.webjunction.org/.



Hooray for Freedom! Part One: Privacy, Confidentiality, and Intellectual Freedom in the Library

Wednesday, July 11, 2019 / 12:00 pm Pacific / 60 minutes

Registration: https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/hooray-for-freedom-1.html



Privacy, confidentiality, and intellectual freedom are core values of librarianship that are easy to agree with, but difficult to implement. Hooray for Freedom! will help you assess your professional practice, give you the legal and ethical context to support democracy in your library, and help you identify practical ways to implement improvements.



In this webinar, learners will:
•       Gain familiarity with the legal undergirding of intellectual freedom in libraries.
•       Recognize methods that help shrink the gap between ethics and practice for libraries of any size.
•       Learn strategies to use in real-time situations related to the legal and ethical foundations of library practice.



Hooray for Freedom! Part Two: Developing Policies in Support of Ethical Practice

Thursday, August 8, 2019 / 12:00 pm Pacific / 60 minutes

Registration: https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/hooray-for-freedom-2.html



Building on part one, Hooray for Freedom! Privacy, Confidentiality, and Intellectual Freedom in the Library, this webinar will help you assess your library’s current policies and procedures within a legal context, and help you draft specific policy language. We’ll explore considerations for libraries of all sizes in order to codify the library profession’s values for our institutions.



In this webinar, learners will:
•       Increase understanding of the language in, and policy implications for, the 1st and 4th Amendments.
•       Learn how to translate legal opinion into policy considerations for libraries.
•       Recognize how to avoid policy drafting traps by maintaining focus on mission and purpose.



Tamara Ottum
Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse Coordinator
https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/oifc
State Library of Oregon | Library Support & Development Services
tamara.ottum at state.or.us<mailto:tamara.ottum at state.or.us> | 503-378-6506<tel:%20(503)%20378-6506> | www.oregon.gov/library<http://www.oregon.gov/library>
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