<div dir="ltr"><div>An update:</div><div><br></div><div>Yesterday the ALA Executive Board voted to authorize an electronic vote by Council
on the Resolution to Rescind Meeting Rooms: an interpretation of the
Library Bill of Rights (17-2019 ALA CD#19.6_62617_act).</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you to all those that gave feedback on <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MgPDhl9necX7JIYy39rzLa22fsxMmmy3tDif5s8_V2U/edit">the resolution</a>. As your chapter councilor, I gladly signed the resolution as the wording/inclusion of "hate groups" was not in the draft of the proposed interpretations.</div><div><br></div><div>I continue to be welcome to hearing your thoughts on this.</div><div><br></div><div>All the best,</div><div>Danielle Jones<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 3:32 PM, Ross Betzer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rossbk@multcolib.org" target="_blank">rossbk@multcolib.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">For readers who are new to this discussion and debate about a recent update to the American Library Association's "Meeting Rooms: An interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights," below are some links from ALA's <a href="https://ala.informz.net/informzdataservice/onl" target="_blank">intellectual freedom e-newsletter</a> to get you up to speed. <div><br></div><div>In short, the ALA document which provides guidance on intellectual freedom and meeting room use was recently updated. One of the changes that has since received much negative feedback was the specific inclusion of "hate groups" as an example of a type of group that may not be excluded from meeting room use based on their viewpoint or content of speech: <i>"If a library allows charities, non-profits, and sports organizations to discuss their activities in library meeting rooms, then the library cannot exclude religious, social, civic, partisan political, or hate groups from discussing their activities in the same facilities."</i><br><div><br></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>From the Office for Intellectual Freedom July 13, 2018 email newsletter</b></span></div></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="border:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/07/ala-oif-responds-library-bill-rights-meeting-room-interpretation-update" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">ALA OIF Responds to Library Bill of Rights Meeting Room Interpretation update</a><span> </span>| ALA press release</span></span></div></div></blockquote><div><div><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;text-align:left;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><ul><li><span style="border:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:10pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Read the document:<span> </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations/meetingrooms" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Meeting Rooms: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights</a></span></li><li><span style="border:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:10pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=14997" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Library meeting rooms for all</a><span> </span>| OIF Blog; statement and resources from OIF Director Jamie LaRue</span></li><li><span style="border:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:10pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-libraries-hate-groups-20180711-story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Policy allowing hate groups to meet at libraries comes under fire</a><span> </span>| Los Angeles Times</span></li><li><span style="border:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:10pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://www.slj.com/2018/07/industry-news/free-speech-debate-erupts-alas-inclusion-hate-groups-bill-rights-revision/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Free speech debate erupts with ALA’s inclusion of hate groups in revision of Bill of Rights Interpretation</a><span> </span>| School Library Journal</span></li><li><span style="border:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:10pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://reason.com/blog/2018/07/12/yes-hate-groups-can-hold-meetings-in-lib" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Yes, "hate groups" can hold meetings in libraries, too</a><span> </span>| Reason</span></li><li><span style="border:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:10pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://socialistworker.org/2018/07/13/libraries-cant-afford-to-welcome-hate" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Libraries can't afford to welcome hate</a> | SocialistWorker.org</span></li></ul></ul>
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</div><div><div class="h5"><p></p><div dir="ltr">Please excuse any cross posting. We are trying to get this draft resolution out to as many ALA Members as possible<div><br></div><div>This is a draft resolution to rescind the recent meeting rooms interpretation voted on by the ALA Council and brought by the Intellectual Freddom Committee (IFC). Even though IFC is interested in revising this statement they cannot rescind something that was voted on by Council. So, we created this resolution.</div><div><br></div><div>I am not sure if the attachments will make it to this list. So, you can also find it here in Google Drive <span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> [<span> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;float:none;display:inline"><a href="https://goo.gl/Mp8vEM" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/Mp8vEM</a></span><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><wbr>]</span>
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</div><p></p><div dir="ltr">Dear fellow Councilors,<div><br></div><div>Attached please find a draft resolution (same content in Google Doc [
<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><a href="https://goo.gl/Mp8vEM" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/Mp8vEM</a></span>], pdf, and docx formats) to rescind the meeting rooms interpretation. </div><div><br></div><div>We, the signers, would like to receive feedback on the language of the resolution and additional seconders. Please let us know by 11:59pm PDT, Thursday, 5/19/2018. </div><div><br></div><div>Please disseminate this information among your networks.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-6408264471317897951m_4624305913598896520m_-4767732864480140601gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Melissa Cardenas-Dow, MLIS, MS</div><div>American Library Association, Councilor-At-Large, 2016-2019</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.aclunc.org/article/frequently-asked-questions-whats-pronoun" target="_blank">(she/her/hers)</a><br><div><a href="mailto:melissa.cardenasdow@gmail.com" target="_blank">melissa.cardenasdow@gmail.com</a><br></div><div>phone: 909-793-2030<br>Google Hangout: melissa.cardenasdow</div><div>Twitter: @micdow<br></div><div>ORCiD: <a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3823-6954" target="_blank">orcid.org/0000-0002-<wbr>3823-6954</a></div><div>LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/melissacardenasdow" target="_blank">linkedin.com/in/<wbr>melissacardenasdow</a><br>FB: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/melissa.cardenasdow" target="_blank">facebook.com/melissa.<wbr>cardenasdow</a></div><div><div>About.me: <a href="http://about.me/melissa.cardenasdow" target="_blank">about.me/melissa.cardenasdow</a></div><div>MiscEtcetera blog: <a href="http://wp.me/1SJSQ" target="_blank">http://wp.me/1SJSQ</a></div><div><br>"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- <a href="http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/06/29/be-kind/" target="_blank">attributed to Ian Maclaren</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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