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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#CC393D" vlink="#CC393D"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Spots are still available for this <a href="https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/3216551724347/WN_i7k2LHogSy239SiRkOWm2w">free <span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Booklist </span>webinar</a> tomorrow, 7/21/22, 11:00 AM (Pacific). You can access the content later, if registered and can’t attend live. See forwarded message below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/intellectual-freedom-news-7-15-2022/">Intellectual Freedom News 7/15/2022</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>“American students are being taught that speech is dangerous. They are learning that the proper response to an offensive idea is to ban the idea and punish the speaker. And who taught them these lessons? Both the parents who sought to protect their children and the educators who forgot their central purpose.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>— David French. "The Dangerous Lesson of Book Bans in Public School Libraries". Reason, Aug/Sep 2022. <a href="https://reason.com/2022/07/09/the-dangerous-lesson-of-book-bans-in-public-school-libraries/">https://reason.com/2022/07/09/the-dangerous-lesson-of-book-bans-in-public-school-libraries/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>We have come to a time when the right to read is so under attack in this country that to be a librarian is to be an activist. For anyone who has ever doubted the needfulness of libraries and librarians in the 21st century, take heed! <a href="https://t.co/zWtnluc1jo">https://t.co/zWtnluc1jo</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>— Tracie D. Hall <a href="https://twitter.com/TracieDHall1/status/1544768579576406016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">(@TracieDHall1</a>) July 6, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>“This is not a matter of parental control… It is censorship. If a parent doesn’t want their children to read certain material they can forbid their children from checking out those books from the library. The solution is as simple as that." <a href="https://twitter.com/ctexaminer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CTexaminer</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/UABookBans/status/1544830443807195137">https://twitter.com/UABookBans/status/1544830443807195137</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>— UniteAgainstBookBans <a href="https://twitter.com/UABookBans/status/1544830443807195137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">(@UABookBans</a>) July 6, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>“If material has artistic or scholarly merit, it is protected under the First Amendment. It’s a high bar, and rightfully so.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>— Daniel DeLeo, Legal Counsel for the Sarasota School Board (FL) July 8, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/07/08/sarasota-county-school-board-sued-over-obscene-library-materials/">https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/07/08/sarasota-county-school-board-sued-over-obscene-library-materials/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>“What the law says is that the First Amendment carefully carves out if you are an educational facility, including not just a school, but also a library, there's a very high standard on whether or not those materials can be considered obscene. And you can't just go arresting a school teacher or a librarian, having those materials in their possession or even giving those to children through a lesson.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>— Ben David, District Attorney for New Hanover & Pender County (NC), July 8 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.whqr.org/local/2022-07-08/nhcso-investigated-schools-for-obscene-and-pornographic-books-da-found-no-unlawful-content">https://www.whqr.org/local/2022-07-08/nhcso-investigated-schools-for-obscene-and-pornographic-books-da-found-no-unlawful-content</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Keep up the noble fight, all… <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>IFC Co-Chair Emily O’Neal and I look forward to discussing Intellectual Freedom issues and strategies at the OLA SSD Conference Friday!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>---------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Perry Stokes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Co-Chair, OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> <a href="mailto:ifc.chair@olaweb.org">ifc.chair@olaweb.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Booklist Webinars <booklist@ala.org> <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 20, 2022 10:03 AM<b> </b><br><b>Subject:</b> Be Prepared! 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