<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><div class="gmail_default">Here is the June edition of Multnomah County Library's Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions Intellectual Freedom News. </div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;white-space:pre-wrap;text-indent:5.25pt"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;white-space:pre-wrap;text-indent:5.25pt">Recent Intellectual Freedom Articles </span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span id="m_-387627704633516039gmail-docs-internal-guid-d414d965-7fff-0cf1-a373-95216ef5ce18"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.32;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Censorship concerns are popping up throughout Oregon: The </span><a href="https://www.mailtribune.com/okategoriserade/2022/04/21/graphic-novel-removed-from-north-medford-hs/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">removal of a graphic novel by the Medford School District</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Kevin Opshal, Medford Mail Tribune, April 21, 2022, reading time: 4 minutes) and subsequent call to audit the graphic novel section has garnered </span><a href="https://omls.oregon.gov/pipermail/libs-or/2022-May/019745.html" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">action from the Oregon Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom Committee</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Libs-OR email sent on May 17, 2022), including a book drive and policy review. More about OLA’s concerns on </span><a href="https://www.opb.org/article/2022/06/05/medford-school-district-library-book-removal/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">OPB</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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 Crook County School District is ceasing school visits to the public library. April Witteveen, director of Crook County Public Library, discusses the policy change and how schools often partner with public libraries on </span><a href="https://www.opb.org/article/2022/05/23/central-oregon-element" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">OPB’s Think Out Loud</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Broadcast May 24, 2022, Listening time: 16 minutes)  (</span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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:1.32;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/05/11/banned-book-club-teen-diffenbaugh/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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">Upset by book bans, teen starts forbidden book club in small town</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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 Sydney Page, The Washington Post, May 11, 2022.  Teens are responding to book bans by partnering with bookstores and libraries to support their “banned books” reading clubs. Library associations, publishers and teachers are also responding to the uptick in book bans through </span><a href="https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2022/05/organizations-join-ala-unite-against-book-bans" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">United Against Book Bans</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, which focuses on creating awareness and empowering freedom to read in communities.  </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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: 8 minutes (</span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:12pt 0pt 6pt"><a href="https://www.freedomforum.org/2022/05/11/how-a-40-year-old-supreme-court-ruling-may-quash-the-book-banning-wave/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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">40 year old Supreme Court ruling may quash the book banning wave</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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 Tony Mauro, Freedom Forum, May 11, 2022. Students have stood up before against the removal of books from school libraries, including one case that considered the act an infringement on First Amendment rights, and ended with a Supreme Court ruling in favor of the students. The First Amendment is at the heart of </span><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/25/texas-public-library-bookbans-lawsuit-llano/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">a lawsuit against Llano County</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and library directors for the removal of library books.   </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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: 8 minutes (</span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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">first amendment</span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:18pt 0pt 6pt"><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/library-apps-book-ban-schools-conservative-parents-rcna26103" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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">Conservative parents take aim at library apps meant to expand access to books</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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 David Ingram, NBC News, May 12, 2022). Apps, like Libby, that  provide access to alternate formats of books are now subject to book bans. As noted in the May newsletter, </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" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">New York City libraries have launched initiatives</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to counter book bans through access to ebooks for people across the country, no library card required. Reading time: 10 minutes (</span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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:1.32;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><a href="https://bookriot.com/kentucky-hands-unprecedented-control-of-public-libraries-to-politicians/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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">Kentucky hands unprecedented control of public library boards to politicians</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);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:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">by Kelly Jensen (Book Riot, April 19, 2022, reading time: 4 minutes).  Aligning with calls for book bans in school and public libraries, a Kentucky bill (SB 167) politicizes the selection of library boards (and ultimately the control of funding from local taxes). Learn more about various state legislation that impact libraries through EveryLibrary’s </span><a href="https://www.everylibrary.org/2022_legislative_attacks" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Legislation of Concern</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><a href="https://www.everylibrary.org/good_bills_this_session" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Good Bills We’re Following</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Related: </span><a href="https://flatheadbeacon.com/2022/05/27/imagineif-trustees-spar-over-policies-aimed-at-preventing-censorship/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">a library board in Montana targets library policy</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to align with calls for censorship. </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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: 6 minutes </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(</span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">legislation, censorship</span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);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:1.32;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><a href="https://thehill.com/news/administration/3481268-biden-admin-announces-expansion-of-free-high-speed-internet-to-eligible-u-s-households/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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">Biden administration announces expansion of high-speed internet</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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 Alex Gangitano,The Hill, May 5, 2022. Building on the </span><a href="https://www.fcc.gov/acp" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Affordable Connectivity Program</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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 current administration has reached agreements with 20 internet providers across the nation, focusing on cutting costs and increasing speeds. The initiative seeks to move the focus from access to the internet as a luxury good to an essential service. Reading time: 4 minutes (</span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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">net neutrality</span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Did the articles bring up questions or a need for more information?  Did anything spark reflection on your work at the library?  Let us know at </span><a href="mailto:lib.ifc@multco.us" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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;text-indent:0.75pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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><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:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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 last month; (3) Prioritize issues of either local relevance or national interest.</span></p></span></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" 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">Regional Librarian / 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><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 2:51 PM Jennifer Keyser <<a href="mailto:jenniferk@multco.us" target="_blank">jenniferk@multco.us</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div 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">is back with a new look. </font><font face="arial, sans-serif">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/" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;letter-spacing:0.8px;font-size:large" target="_blank">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 style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(59,62,65);font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;letter-spacing:0.8px"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span id="m_-387627704633516039gmail-m_-5014034854017390776gmail-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" target="_blank"><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" target="_blank"><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" target="_blank"><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" target="_blank"><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" target="_blank"><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" target="_blank"><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" target="_blank"><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" target="_blank"><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" target="_blank"><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" target="_blank"><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" target="_blank"><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" target="_blank"><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" target="_blank"><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"><span style="color:rgb(59,62,65);font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;letter-spacing:0.8px"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="4"><b>Jennifer Keyser </b>(she/her)</font><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)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