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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u>The 2014 Annual Report of the Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse is now available!<o:p></o:p></u></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/youthsvcs/OIFC/2014AnnualReport.pdf">http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/youthsvcs/OIFC/2014AnnualReport.pdf</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Last year 11 attempts to ban books, videos, and online resources in Oregon libraries were reported to the Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse (OIFC). Ten of the challenged items were retained in the collection, one of those was reclassified
from the teen to the adult section, and one was removed from the collection. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I encourage you to incorporate this information and/or the titles of the challenged materials in your
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/intellectual.aspx#Banned_Books_Week_Planning_Resources">
Banned Books Week</a> 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.
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<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?
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<p class="MsoNormal">You can find resources that may help you answer these questions at:
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/intellectual.aspx">http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/intellectual.aspx</a>
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<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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I will be compiling the 2015 Annual Report in August 2015. Please submit a separate challenge report for each formal challenge to library materials that occur at your library between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015. Reports may be submitted
as they are resolved or all together in July 2015.<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!
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<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.
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<p class="MsoNormal">To report challenges to materials at your library:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Download and print the form at
<span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/intellectual.aspx#Report_Challenges_to_the_State_Library">http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/intellectual.aspx#Report_Challenges_to_the_State_Library</a>
</span><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://cms.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/intellectual.aspx">http://cms.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/intellectual.aspx</a>) or contact the coordinator of OIFC, Katie Anderson, 503-378-2528.
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<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">intellectualfreedom@oasl.olaweb.org</span>).
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Katie Anderson, Library Support and Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><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></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:black"><img border="0" width="110" height="86" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image005.jpg@01CFC206.D08652D0" alt="Fizz Boom Read"><img border="0" width="69" height="90" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image006.jpg@01CFC206.D08652D0" alt="Girlandcloud"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Summer Reading 2014 at<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><a href="http://libdir.osl.state.or.us/"><span style="color:blue">Oregon libraries</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D">!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Find a<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><a href="http://www.summerfoodoregon.org/"><span style="color:blue">summer food site</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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