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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello academic library directors,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Have there been any challenges to intellectual freedom at your library this past year (July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020)? If so, please
<u><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/oifc/report">report</a></u> them <b>
by July 31<sup>st</sup></b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This includes any challenges that may have occurred in your school outside the library.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Challenges may include any of the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Materials</b> challenge (books, movies, music, magazines, digital content)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Internet-related</b> challenge (filtering issues, access to computers, use policies)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Library service</b> (meeting rooms, programs, authors visits, exhibits, displays, hold shelf practices)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Patron privacy</b> or confidentiality (personally identifiable information, circulation records)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Hate crime</b> (defacement of library property to target a specific group; use of swastikas or other symbols of intimidation, harassment, or assault on library property)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Other</b> (student publications or performances, access to libraries or library cards, social media, artwork, "First Amendment Audit")<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Unsure about whether something rises to the level of being worth reporting? Report it anyway. The more information we have, the better picture we can paint about the intellectual freedom landscape in Oregon.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Questions? Please contact me!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-Tamara<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#595959">Tamara Ottum<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#595959">(she/her)</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#595959"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#595959">Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/oifc"><span style="color:#1F4E79">https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/oifc</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#595959">State Library of Oregon | Library Support & Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"><a href="mailto:tamara.ottum@state.or.us"><span style="color:#1F4E79">tamara.ottum@state.or.us</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#595959">|
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"><a href="tel:%20(503)%20378-6506"><span style="color:#1F4E79">503-378-6506</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#595959">
| </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/library"><span style="color:#1F4E79">www.oregon.gov/library</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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