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<br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dear Public and Academic Library Directors,<br><br></span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></font>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Every year the Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse (OIFC)
publishes a report on challenges to all types of library materials in Oregon. This
report provides a landscape of censorship activity in Oregon,
and is submitted to ALA's Office of
Intellectual Freedom to be included in their report on censorship activity in
the United States.
The Annual Report is also used by librarians, professors, and teachers to
help them develop activities for Banned Books Week.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Annual Report is based on challenge reports OIFC receives from all
types of Oregon
libraries (school, academic, and public). All libraries are encouraged to
report challenges to materials on a voluntary basis. OIFC does not
publish names of people, organizations,
libraries, schools, colleges/universities, </span></font><font color="blue" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;"> </span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;">or</span></font><font color="blue" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;"> </span></font>towns identified in challenge reports. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I will be compiling the 2009 OIFC Annual
Report in August. </span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font>Please submit
all challenge reports by <b><font color="red"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">August 1, 2009</span></font></b>. <font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font>Submit
a separate challenge report for each formal challenge to library materials that
occurred at your library between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This information is complied to assist Oregon libraries currently facing a
challenge as well as providing information that will help you plan Banned Books
Week activities. The Annual Report will tell you what books were
challenged in Oregon
libraries the previous year. The more libraries reporting challenges to
OIFC the better OIFC can help you! </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Please take time to report challenges to OIFC. The accuracy of
OIFC's Annual Report and Title Index to Challenges is directly related to the
number of Oregon
libraries reporting challenges. </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">To report challenges to materials at your library:</span></font></p>
<ol style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Print the attached
challenge report form or download and print the form at <a href="http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml#Report_Challenges">http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml#Report_Challenges</a>.
</span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Fill out a challenge
report form for each item that went through your library's formal process
for dealing with challenges to library material. </span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mail your completed
form(s) to:</span></font></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Oregon</span></font>
State Library</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">c/o Oregon
Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">250 Winter St.
NE</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Salem</span></font>,
OR 97301</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For more information about OIFC visit our website (<a href="http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml" title="http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml">http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml</a>)
or contact the coordinator of OIFC, Katie Anderson, 503-378-2528. <font color="blue"><span style="color: blue;"> </span></font></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Thank you,</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Katie Anderson</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Katie Anderson,
Library Development Services<br>
* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon
Center for the Book
Coordinator *<br>
Oregon State
Library, 250 Winter St. NE,
Salem, OR
97301<br>
<a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>,
503-378-2528</span></font></p></div><style>p.MsoNormal,li.MsoNormal,div.MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";}
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