<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">To our readers: After a brief hiatus the Intellectual Freedom News <font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">is back with a new look. </font><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">It is shorter and more focused on intellectual freedom in libraries<span style="color:rgb(59,62,65);font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;letter-spacing:0.8px">—based on feedback the </span></font></font><span style="color:rgb(59,62,65);font-size:large;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;letter-spacing:0.8px">Multnomah County Library </span><span style="color:rgb(59,62,65);font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;letter-spacing:0.8px;font-size:large">Intellectual Freedo</span><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(59,62,65);font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;letter-spacing:0.8px">m </span>Committee received<span style="color:rgb(59,62,65);font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;letter-spacing:0.8px">.</span></font><span style="color:rgb(59,62,65);font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;letter-spacing:0.8px;font-size:large"> For a wide array of intellectual freedom-related articles see the American Library Association's </span><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/category/intellectual-freedom-news/" target="_blank" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;letter-spacing:0.8px;font-size:large">Intellectual Freedom News</a><span style="color:rgb(59,62,65);font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;letter-spacing:0.8px;font-size:large">.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span style="color:rgb(59,62,65);font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;letter-spacing:0.8px"><br></span></font></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-38e8bf34-7fff-bc98-851c-8aa146e45494"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Recent Intellectual Freedom Articles </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><a href="https://journals3.library.oregonstate.edu/olaq/article/view/vol27_iss1_3/7339" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Privacy in Practice: Library Public Services and the Intersection of Personal Ideals</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> by Claudine Taillac, published in the Oregon Library Association Quarterly, Winter 2022.  The article examines the different aspects of privacy through library policy and staff interactions with patrons.  Find more articles on privacy and confidentiality in libraries in the </span><a href="https://journals3.library.oregonstate.edu/olaq" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Winter 2022 OLA Quarterly</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Reading time: 15 minutes. (</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">privacy</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/the-stakeholders-of-status-quo/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Stakeholders of Status Quo</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> by Jacqui Higgins-Dailey, published through the ALA Intellectual Freedom Blog. The uptick in book challenges and bans is being driven by a few organizations that help coordinate efforts on the local level. This article details the organizations and individuals that are focused on limiting access to books that challenge the status quo of white dominant culture.  Reading time: 8 minutes (</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">censorship</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/04/17/public-libraries-books-censorship/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Censorship battles’ new frontier: Your public library</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(42,42,42);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> by Annie Gowen, published in The Washington Post.  A look at how the current trend of removing books from schools shifts towards public libraries in Llano County, Texas. In related news, read about how NYPL and Brooklyn Public Library have launched </span><a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/89057-nyc-public-libraries-offer-free-nationwide-digital-access-to-combat-censorship.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">programs to counter book bans</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(42,42,42);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(42,42,42);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Reading time for primary article: 14 minutes (</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(42,42,42);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">censorship, access</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(42,42,42);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><a href="https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2022/03/22/controversial-ohio-education-bills-impact-would-go-beyond-classroom/7035294001/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">From libraries to police training: Controversial Ohio education bill goes beyond classroom</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">by Anna Staver, published in the Columbia Dispatch . This article examines the possible consequences of an Ohio state bill focused on limiting the teaching and promoting of divisive concepts. Reading time: 6 minutes</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">legislation, censorship, diversity</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.332;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:15pt"><a href="https://www.govtech.com/civic/report-public-libraries-essential-to-closing-digital-divide" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Report: Public Libraries Essential to Closing Digital Divide</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(19,41,52);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> by News Staff at Government Technology. A summary of a report by the ALA on how public libraries supported digital equity during the Covid-19 pandemic. It includes a link to the full report, plus snapshots of programs and data. Learn more about how intellectual freedom applies to digital access via ALA’s </span><a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/digitalaccessfaq" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Access to Digital Resources and Services Q & A</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(19,41,52);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Reading time: 4 minutes (</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(19,41,52);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">access</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(19,41,52);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Intellectual Freedom Committee wants to hear from you. Did the articles bring up questions or a need for more information?  Spark reflection on your work at the library?  Contact the committee at </span><a href="mailto:lib.ifc@multco.us" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">lib.ifc@multco.us</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Additional Intellectual Freedom Reading and Resources</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ALA Intellectual Freedom Blog: </span><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> A blog dedicated to intellectual freedom issues, and includes the </span><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/category/intellectual-freedom-news/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Intellectual Freedom News</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> –a weekly roundup of IF related articles that are divided into key IF topics. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Oregon Library Association’s </span><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/iftoolkit/home" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Intellectual Freedom Toolkit</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (published February 8, 2022). A range of tools and resources relating to IF challenges and policies created by the OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"></p><hr><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">is a monthly roundup of Intellectual Freedom News compiled by the Multnomah County Library Intellectual Freedom Committee.</span></p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We welcome suggestions of articles to include at </span><a href="mailto:lib.ifc@multco.us" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">lib.ifc@multco.us</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.  </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In general, submissions should follow the following criteria: (1) News articles; (2) Published in the relevant month; (3) Prioritize issues of either local relevance or national interest.</span></span><font size="4"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span style="color:rgb(59,62,65);font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;letter-spacing:0.8px"><br></span></font></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="4"><b>Jennifer Keyser </b>(she/her)</font><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b><font size="4">Interim Policy Coordinator Librarian</font></b></div></div><div><font size="4">Multnomah County Library</font></div><div><a href="http://multcolib.org" target="_blank"><font size="4">multcolib.org</font></a></div><div><br></div><div><img src="https://multcolib.org/sites/default/files/MultCoLib_2LineLogo_RGBemail_sig2.png"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>