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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello again Intellectual Freedom Fighters,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For those attending the PLA 2022 Conference in Portland, please consider any of these sessions featuring resources and opportunities to build connections in support of intellectual freedom!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><a href="https://www.placonference.org/programs.cfm">INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM FORUM</a><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thursday, Mar 24, 2022<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PDT<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>Prepare Your Library for Today’s Censorship Battles</b><br>Speaker(s): Deborah Caldwell Stone, J.D., Director, ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom Peter Coyl, Director, Sacramento Public Library Megan Cusick, Assistant Director, State Advocacy, Public Policy & Advocacy | American Library Association Kristin Pekoll, American Library Association/OIF.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Location: Portland Ballroom 1 , Oregon Convention Center<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>12:00 PM–1:30 PM <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>Ask a Lawyer</b><br>How can I respond to a patron claim that a book is obscene or “harmful to minors”? What can a librarian do when law enforcement shows up with a warrant? How can I prepare and respond to challenges and disruptions in the library? This session won't be legal advice but will use live questions on legal topics to walk attendees through how, when, and why to use the services of an attorney. Stephanie (Cole) Adams, a Buffalo, NY attorney whose practice includes offering the "Ask the Lawyer" service through the regional library councils of New York, and Deborah Caldwell Stone, executive director of ALA’s Office on Intellectual Freedom, will be on hand to answer your questions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Location: Oregon Ballroom 2031 , Oregon Convention Center<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>2:00 PM–3:00 PM <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>Peer-Sharing Roundtables</b><br>Meet with your peers in a World Café Style session to discuss challenges, share best practices, and connect on the important issues facing libraries. Lightly facilitated by PLA member-leaders, table topics will include: De-escalation: strategies for responding to contentious conversations; Staff safety and wellbeing: ensuring staff have resources to care for themselves; Organized challenges: responding to challenges originating outside your community; Board relations: fostering successful relationships with hostile board members; Local advocacy: identifying your champions and activating them before a crisis hits; Legislative advocacy: responding to proposed bills and working with local legislators; Working with local schools: partnering to support and amplify IF in your community, and; Long-term community relations: repairing relationships after challenging times.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Location: Oregon Ballroom 2031 , Oregon Convention Center<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>2:00 PM–4:00 PM<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>One-on-One Consultation Appointments </b><a href="https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B094FA4AC2AA6F58-oneonones" target="_blank" title="PLA 2022 IF Forum: One-on-Ones with OIF advance sign-up (opens in SignUpGenius in new window/tab)">*<b>Advance sign-up required</b>*</a><br>Sign up for a twenty-minute appointment with staff from ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom. Deborah Caldwell Stone, executive director, and Kristin Pekoll, assistant director, will be available for confidential support and guidance in responding to materials and service challenges and implementing intellectual freedom best practices in your library. Space is limited and <a href="https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B094FA4AC2AA6F58-oneonones" target="_blank" title="PLA 2022 IF Forum: One-on-Ones with OIF advance sign-up (opens in SignUpGenius in new window/tab)">advance sign-up is required</a> (registration opened March 10).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Location: Oregon Ballroom 2031 , Oregon Convention Center<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Friday, Mar 25, 2022<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>2:15 PM - 3:15 PM PDT<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>Horrible, Evil Library Books: Intellectual Freedom Standards in Customer Service</b><br>Speaker(s): Tiffany Mautino, Branch Manager, Mid-Continent Public Library Tammy Parrott, Assistant Library Services Manager, Manatee County Government<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Administration/Management | Stewards of the public library and its values<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Location: Portland Ballroom 1 , Oregon Convention Center<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>---------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Perry Stokes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Co-Chair, OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee<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'>Director, Baker County Library District<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:director@bakerlib.org"><span style='color:blue'>director@bakerlib.org</span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>(541) 523-6419 <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>