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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dear library colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>An “unprecedented” number of challenges were submitted last year, according to staff at the <a href="https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/oif">ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom</a>. Even so, we’re wondering – are we missing any? Are there any improvements to be made in the reporting process? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Today (or by 2/20/22), please take a few minutes to give us feedback about the challenge reporting process with this <a href="https://forms.gle/pQhaEFn9ZaDFRJry7">Barriers to Challenge Reporting Survey</a> . <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The forecast of challenges this year is for more intensity and frequency through the 2022 midterm election. So, it’s important to us at the OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee that the information, guidance, resources and procedures we provide are the best they can be. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Whether you’ve had challenges or not, your participation in this brief survey will help us refine our anti-censorship tools and skills. Thank you in advance for taking a few minutes to click through it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ALSO -- In 2021, has your library or school received…<o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'>A complaint about a display or exhibit? (including virtual ones)<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'>A request to cancel a program? (including virtual ones)<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'>A book with hateful comments or drawings inside, or profanity marked out?<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'>A complaint or formal challenge seeking restriction or removal of an item in your library’s collection? (including digital items)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There is still time to <a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/oifc/report">R<span style='color:windowtext'>EPORT</span></a> such incidents – and any other intellectual freedom challenges – to the <a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/oifc/home">Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse</a>! The more information we have, the better picture we can paint about the intellectual freedom landscape in Oregon. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The OIFC will then submit these to <a href="http://www.ala.org/tools/challengesupport">ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF)</a> – minus any personal or institutional information – in support of their effort to raise awareness and respond to censorship threats by creating resources for libraries. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Questions? Contact any one of us.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Perry Stokes (he/him), M.L.I.S.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Co-Chair, OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Director, Baker County Library District<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:director@bakerlib.org">director@bakerlib.org</a> | (541) 523-6419 | <a href="http://www.bakerlib.org">www.bakerlib.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Emily O’Neal, M.L.S.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Co-Chair, OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Technical Services Manager, Deschutes Public Library<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:emilyo@deschuteslibrary.org">emilyo@deschuteslibrary.org</a> | (541) 617-7061 | <a href="http://www.deschuteslibrary.org/">http://www.deschuteslibrary.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tamara Ottum (she/her)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/oifc">https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/oifc</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>State Library of Oregon | Library Support & Development Services<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:tamara.ottum@slo.oregon.gov">tamara.ottum@slo.oregon.gov</a> | <a href="tel:%20(503)%20378-6506">503-378-6506</a> | <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/library">www.oregon.gov/library</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>