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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99">Please pardon the cross-posting.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99">Hi Folks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99">I’m sharing a summary of some recent announcements</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99">.
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#E97132">Banned Books Week</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">, or Freedom to Read Week, is an annual intellectual freedom celebration that runs from Oct. 5-11 this year. You are encouraged
to participate, and you have the chance to </span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#E97132">win a prize</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#E97132">
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">from the Oregon Library Association (OLA) Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC).
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99">Part 1 of this year’s
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#E97132">info is below</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99">, and part 2, about display and activity ideas, is on the
</span><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.olaweb.org/if-resources">Tuesday Topics section</a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> of the IFC webpage.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99">
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#215E99;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">OLA offers </span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#E97132">leadership scholarships</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#E97132">
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">up to $1,000 each to help you grow in the profession, and the current application window closes Oct. 31. Not an OLA</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99">
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">member? This would be a great time to
<u><a href="https://www.olaweb.org/join-us">join</a></u>! Scholarship info is in this
<u><a href="https://omls.oregon.gov/pipermail/libs-or/2025-September/023159.html">Libs-Or post</a></u>,
<u><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X-XzbB5O2k4fQg6qxX7xV2u8w0jHppUm/view">FAQ</a></u>, and
<u><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVUZLi6AReESpEVOhgsOv4GgQm7_U29RpyM5xv8i4BGCCBTQ/viewform">application</a></u>. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#215E99;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The </span><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#E97132"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1koN-TMnkZZj87ETdeSar-WP4EBmXEvk3xr9QxaDbv_g/edit?tab=t.0"><span style="color:#E97132">2025-26
Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) Official Handbook</span></a></span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> is now available on the
<u><a href="https://www.oregonbattleofthebooks.or/">OBOB website</a></u>.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99">Jen
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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99">Jen Maurer, School Library Consultant, State Library of Oregon,
<a href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@slo.oregon.gov"><span style="color:#215E99">jennifer.maurer@slo.oregon.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Libs-Or <<a href="mailto:libs-or-bounces@omls.oregon.gov">libs-or-bounces@omls.oregon.gov</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Intellectual Freedom Committee via Libs-Or<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 16, 2025 9:14 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:libs-or@omls.oregon.gov">libs-or@omls.oregon.gov</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Libs-Or] September Tuesday Topic: Banned Books Week (+ Raffle)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">All<span style="color:black">,</span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span class="gmail-mark58y2d2vtb"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Banned</span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> <span class="gmail-markogffsyvpu">Books</span> <span class="gmail-mark9x1wv8yvt">Week</span> is
right around the corner (October 5-11), so we thought this would be the perfect time to share some background information and suggestions for ways to participate from the OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee. Also, in the spirit of celebration, please share
pics and highlights of your 2025 BBW activities. This can include stories about a banned book that is meaningful to you and/or pictures from your events, programs, displays, etc. And did we mention the raffle?! Each submission (shared story and/or image) will
count as entry in a raffle to win your choice of the top 10 banned books of the year or items from the ALA store via a "gift certificate" or reimbursement. Let the fun begin! </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Next
week we'll share ideas for easy to prepare displays and activities. Thanks for promoting and celebrating the freedom to read!</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">We do realize Banned Books Week can sometimes bring unexpected responses. Please know that you aren't alone: we're here to support you.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Promoting and Celebrating the Freedom to Read</span></b><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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</span></b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Welcome to Tuesday Topics, a monthly series covering topics with intellectual freedom implications for libraries of all types. Each message is prepared by a member of
OLA's Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) or a guest writer. Questions can be directed to the author of the topic or to the IFC.</span></i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Banned Books Week</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:black">Fall brings the intellectual freedom celebration known as
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Week</span></a></span></u><span style="color:black"> (BBW), which some library staff now refer to as “Celebrating the Freedom to Read” – a more positive way to frame the event. While the observance usually occurs in late September, this year it runs from October
5-11. However, </span>the<span style="color:#215E99"> </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.olaweb.org/intellectual-freedom-committee-home"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Oregon Intellectual
Freedom Committee</span></a></span><span style="color:black"> encourages libraries to participate anytime in September or October.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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2025 theme is “Censorship is so 1984. Read for Your Rights." This theme highlights the similarities between current efforts to ban books and information held in schools, libraries, archives and bookstores, and the extreme censorship represented in George Orwell’s
cautionary tale <i>1984</i>. It is a reminder to stand up in defense of our First Amendment right to read freely.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99"></span><span style="color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">First Amendment & Core Tenets of Librarianship</span></b><span style="color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">The purpose of the observance is to highlight and promote intellectual freedom and the freedom to read, core tenets of librarianship. The American Library
Association (ALA) “actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedom—the rights of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment. Intellectual freedom is a core value of the library profession,
and a basic right in our democratic society. A publicly supported library provides free, equitable, and confidential access to information for all people of its community” (</span><u><span style="color:#242424"><a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">source</span></a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">). </span><span style="color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">In response to an increase in challenges to library materials in our state, the Oregon Library Association and the Intellectual Freedom Committee adopted
the statement below. The ultimate intention is to consolidate and unify our message statewide and give library staff a go-to answer when asked for responses about intellectual freedom-related tensions within libraries.
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<span class="gmail-apple-tab-span"> </span>First Amendment Rights Statement:</span><span style="color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">The Oregon Library Association adheres to the guiding principles of the American Library Association’s
</span><u><span style="color:#242424"><a href="https://www.ala.org/tools/ethics"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Code of Ethics</span></a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"> and
</span><u><span style="color:#242424"><a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Library Bill of Rights</span></a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">. As
such, we fully support the First Amendment rights of every individual to the intellectual freedoms to explore ideas, opinions, concepts, topics, and thoughts. Not every library resource is right for every patron, but the rights of every patron to make their
own personal choices should be honored. We support the right of parents and guardians to guide their child’s reading and viewing choices, but that right does not extend to removing choices for others. The work of libraries and librarians is to serve everyone
in their community and provide resources that are reflective of the world around us.</span><span style="color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">So, how do libraries participate in Banned Books Week/Freedom to Read Week? It’s common to schedule related programming, displays, social media posts, and the like.
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<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Programming</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">: Programming could include inviting a guest speaker or panel to speak about a related topic, organizing a book
club to encourage reading books that are often or recently challenged, or touching on the concepts of book access or representation in books in a storytime for older children or a teen event. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#242424;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal">
<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Displays</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">: ALA has a
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/display">page</a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"> of display ideas that primarily focus
on banned books, while in a </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://bookriot.com/banned-books-displays/">post</a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"> for Book Riot, Kelly Jensen, a librarian in
New York, shared great suggestions and tips about incorporating advocacy and the freedom to read. There’s also a
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/BannedBooksWeek/banned-books-week-displays/">Pinterest collection</a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"> featuring pictures of displays. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#242424;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal">
<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Social Media</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">: Another option is to schedule a series of social media posts to highlight diverse authors, share quotes about
the freedom to read, etc. (</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/freedownloads">ALA templates</a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">).
Or, repost what others have shared. For example, author </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/kellyyanghk/">Kelly Yang</a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"> is vocal for representation
and against censoring books, as seen in this </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CuxJkRzsOJr/">reel</a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">. Remember to tie the posts
together by using a hashtag such as #FreedomToRead or #BooksForAll. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#242424;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal">
<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Promotional Tools</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">: Additionally, the organizers of BBW offer
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://bannedbooksweek.org/promotional-tools/">promotional tools</a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"> to download and merchandise to purchase. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#242424;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal">
<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Your Ideas</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">: If your library participates, we’d love to know what you did! Or,
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">share stories about a banned book that is meaningful to you. Please send a description, links, pictures, and/or stories to
<a href="mailto:ifc.chair@olaweb.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">ifc.chair@olaweb.org</span></a>. Each submission received by the end of October 14th will count as an entry in a raffle to win the top 10 banned books of the year or items from the ALA store
via a gift certificate or reimbursement! In the meantime, take a look at what Oregon library staff
<a href="https://www.olaweb.org/assets/IntellectualFreedom/IF_Resources/OLA_IFC_Tue_Topic_2023-10_Banned_Books_Recap.pdf">
<span style="color:#0563C1">shared</span></a> in our last Banned Books Week Show-and-Tell.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Alyssa Donoho and Shelby Paulson, </span><u><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:ifc.chair@olaweb.org" title="mailto:ifc.chair@olaweb.org"><span style="color:#96607D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Co-Chairs</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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