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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">2008 Annual Report of the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns
= "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place> Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">is now available!<?xml:namespace prefix = o
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align=center><A
href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml#Publications"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml#Publications</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Last year 34 attempts to ban books/videos in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State> libraries were
reported to the Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse (OIFC).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>None of the 34 challenged items were
banned, but a few of them were reclassified, labeled, or restricted.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the past several years there have
been fewer than 20 challenges <SPAN class=828140420-08092008>a year
</SPAN>reported.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The increase this
year may be a result of the efforts of the OIFC and the Intellectual Freedom
Committees of both OLA and OASL to educate library staff about reporting
challenges.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">I encourage you to incorporate this information and/or
the titles of the challenged materials in your Banned Books Week displays and
activities.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Many people may not
realize that book banning is <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">not</I></B> a thing from the past or that
attempts to ban books are made every year right here in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is a valuable educational
opportunity to discuss the nature of the First Amendment—just as we have a right
to access these materials in our libraries, we have a right to question whether
they are appropriate to include in public collections.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Why might someone find these materials
inappropriate?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Why should they remain in the
collection?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Is labeling a book an effective way to
inform people about content that may not be appropriate for everyone or is it
a form of censorship?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Several of the challenges included in the 2008
Annual Report have not been decided yet.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>What do you think the final decision will be, and why?</FONT></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>What would you do if someone came up to you in
your library and said they want you to remove a book from the
collection?</FONT></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Why is a collection development policy the most
important line of defense when library materials are challenged?</FONT></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Does your library have a policy or
established procedure for <SPAN class=828140420-08092008>people</SPAN> to
challenge material?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>You can find resources that may help you answer these questions at:
</FONT><A href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml#Resources"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml#Resources</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">About the OIFC Annual
Report<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></U></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Every year the Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse (OIFC) publishes
a report on challenges to all types of library materials in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This report provides a landscape of
censorship activity in <st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State>, and is submitted
to <st1:State w:st="on">ALA</st1:State>’s Office of Intellectual Freedom to be
included in their report on censorship activity in the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United
States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The Annual Report is also used by librarians and teachers to help them
develop activities for Banned Books Week.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">The Annual Report is based on challenge reports OIFC
receives from all types of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place> libraries (school, academic, and
public).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All local libraries are
encouraged to report challenges to materials on a voluntary basis.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>OIFC does not publish names of people,
organizations, libraries, and towns identified in challenge reports
confidential.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>I will be compiling the 2009 Annual Report in August 2009.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please submit a separate challenge
report for each formal challenge to library materials that occur at your library
between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Reports may be submitted as the are resolved or altogether in July
2009.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>This information is complied to assist <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State> libraries currently facing a challenge
as well as providing information that will help you plan Banned Books Week
activities. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Annual Report will
tell you what books were challenged in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State> libraries the previous year. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The more libraries reporting challenges
to OIFC the better OIFC can help you! </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Please take time to report challenges to OIFC.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The accuracy of OIFC’s Annual Report and
Title Index to Challenges is directly related to the number of <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State> libraries
reporting challenges.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>To report challenges to materials at your library:</FONT></P>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=1>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Download and print the form at </FONT><A
href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml#Report_Challenges"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml#Report_Challenges</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Fill out a challenge report form for each item
that went through your library’s formal process for dealing with challenges to
library material.</FONT></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Mail your completed form(s) to:</FONT></LI></OL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Library</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>c/o <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place> Intellectual Freedom
Clearinghouse</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">250 Winter <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">St.</st1:City> <st1:State
w:st="on">NE</st1:State></st1:place></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:City w:st="on">Salem</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">OR</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">97301</st1:PostalCode></FONT></FONT></st1:place></P>
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size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>For more information about OIFC visit our website (</FONT><A
href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>) or contact the coordinator of OIFC, Katie
Anderson, 503-378-2528. </FONT></P>
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size=3> </FONT></o:p></P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">PS:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Attention</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Librarians!<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Submit reports to OIFC on challenges
after they have gone through your school’s formal challenge to materials process
and a decision to retain, relocate, or remove the title has been officially
made.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Submit reports on informal
challenges to OASL’s Intellectual Freedom Committee Chair, currently Emily
Crawford (<SPAN style="COLOR: blue"><A title=mailto:emily71073@hotmail.com
href="mailto:emily71073@hotmail.com">emily71073@hotmail.com</A></SPAN>). <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Katie Anderson</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Youth Services Consultant</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oregon Center for the Book
Coordinator</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Library Development </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oregon State Library</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>503-378-2528</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</A></FONT></DIV>
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