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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">January 2019 Tuesday Topic: What is the Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse?</span></i></b><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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 or a guest writer. Questions can be directed to the author of the topic or to the
</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.olaweb.org/contact-ifc">IFC committee</a></span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span></i>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><img border="0" width="151" height="60" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image002.png@01D5CACD.E53C5320"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">You’ve heard of
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/oif">ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF)</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">and the work they do
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ala.org/tools/challengesupport/share">collecting censorship stories</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, but did you know
that we do something similar in Oregon as well?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/oifc/home">Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span>(OIFC)</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, administered by the State Library of Oregon, was established in 1987 with the primary mission to collect and compile information about intellectual freedom issues
at libraries in Oregon. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Each year the OIFC encourages Oregon libraries and schools to </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/oifc/reports">report</a>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">on challenges to intellectual freedom. Challenges can be any of the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Materials challenge (books, movies, music, magazines, digital content)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Internet-related challenge (filtering issues, access to computers, use policies)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Library service (meeting rooms, programs, author visits, exhibits, displays, hold shelf practices)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Patron privacy or confidentiality (personally identifiable information, circulation records)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hate crime (defacement of library property to target a specific group; use of swastikas or other symbols of intimidation, harassment or assault on
library property)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Other (student publications or performances, access to libraries or library cards, social media, artwork, "First Amendment Audit")<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The OIFC Coordinator then assembles this information into an
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/oifc/reports#s-lg-box-wrapper-23179895">annual report</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">and a </span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/oifc/reports#s-lib-ctab-19752603-1">cumulative list</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">of materials challenged in Oregon since 1987. These reports are valuable tools for educating people about
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">intellectual freedom throughout the state. Teachers, librarians, and booksellers in Oregon, for example, use the information for Banned Books Week displays, activities, discussions, and events.
In addition, the OIFC Coordinator</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> can use reported information to connect someone currently dealing with a challenge with a colleague who has dealt with a similar challenge, to provide support
and advice (with permission from both parties).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In December of each year, the OIFC Coordinator submits collected information to ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom – minus any personal or institutional information – in support
of their effort to raise awareness and respond to censorship threats by creating
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom">resources for libraries</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. Oregon libraries and schools are welcome
to report challenges directly to ALA, but having the information locally has proven useful in supporting our libraries and schools experiencing challenges.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_920fxr4kis7q"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">So please
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/oifc/reports">report challenges</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">to the OIFC!* The State Library encourages you to report any challenges whether or not they have been through the formal challenge process; this includes any challenges that may be occurring
in schools outside the library. The more information we have, the better picture we can paint about the intellectual freedom landscape in Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tamara Ottum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">OIFC Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">State Library of Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">* OIFC does not publish any information identifying you, your library, your school, or your community. Identifying information is retained only to connect libraries dealing
with similar challenges.<span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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