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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:18.0pt'>2010 Annual Report of the Oregon Intellectual Freedom
Clearinghouse <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:18.0pt'>is now available!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml#Annual_Reports_on_Challenges_in_Oregon">http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml#Annual_Reports_on_Challenges_in_Oregon</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Last year 24 attempts to ban books, videos, and online
resources in Oregon libraries were reported to the Oregon Intellectual Freedom
Clearinghouse (OIFC). One of the 24 challenged items was removed from the
collection due poor condition, and one item was relocated from the young adult
to the adult section. Of interest this year is that an online video was
challenged and retained. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I encourage you to incorporate this information and/or the
titles of the challenged materials in your Banned Books Week displays and
activities. Many people may not realize that book banning is <b><i>not</i></b>
a thing from the past or that attempts to ban books are made every year right
here in Oregon. 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. <o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=square>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Why might someone find
these materials inappropriate? <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Why should they remain in
the collection? <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>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? <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>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?<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Why is a collection
development policy the most important line of defense when library
materials are challenged?<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Does your library have a
policy or established procedure for patrons to challenge material? <o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>You can find resources that may help you answer these
questions at: <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml">http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u>About the OIFC
Annual Report<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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 and teachers to help them develop
activities for Banned Books Week.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The Annual Report is based on challenge reports OIFC receives
from all types of Oregon libraries (school, academic, and public). All
local libraries are encouraged to report challenges to materials on a voluntary
basis. OIFC does not publish names of people, organizations, libraries,
and towns identified in challenge reports confidential. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I will be compiling the 2011 Annual Report in August
2011. Please submit a separate challenge report for each formal challenge
to library materials that occur at your library between July 1, 2010 and June
30, 2011. Reports may be submitted as they are resolved or altogether in
July 2011.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>To report challenges to materials at your library:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Download and print the
form at <a
href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml#Report_Challenges_to_the_State_Library">http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml#Report_Challenges_to_the_State_Library</a>
<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Fill out a challenge
report form for each item that went through your library’s formal
process for dealing with challenges to library material.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Mail your completed form(s)
to:<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Oregon State Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>c/o Oregon Intellectual Freedom
Clearinghouse<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>250 Winter St. NE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>For more information about OIFC visit our website (<a
href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml">http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml</a>)
or contact the coordinator of OIFC, Katie Anderson, 503-378-2528. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>PS: <b><u>Attention School Librarians!</u></b>
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. Submit reports on
informal challenges to OASL’s Intellectual Freedom Committee Chair,
currently Leigh Ann Morlock (<span style='color:blue'><a
href="mailto:lamorlock@hotmail.com">lamorlock@hotmail.com</a></span>).
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Katie Anderson,
Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>* Youth Services
Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Oregon State Library,
250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a
href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us"><span style='color:blue'>katie.anderson@state.or.us</span></a>,
503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></p>
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