<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Hello Libs-Or Community,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">The September edition of Multnomah County Library's IF Newsletter is now available. This month we bring you an extended issue for <a href="https://bannedbooksweek.org/" target="_blank">Banned Books Week</a>. We gathered recent articles, stories and resources from around the web that highlight the various aspects of banned books and censorship. We hope you find this newsletter to be helpful in making sense of the current wave of book challenges. Thanks for reading!<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><span id="m_-5288445214215837691m_-2966454960845563522gmail-docs-internal-guid-c20b0420-7fff-1ca0-a7ab-0c2b85884a90"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2"><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions</span><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,167,151);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Intellectual Freedom Newsletter –September 2022</span><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Special Edition - Banned Books & Censorship </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"></p><hr><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Upcoming Banned Book Weeks Event </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://multcolib.org/events/they-want-us-be-quiet-books-unite-us-censorship-divides-us/122110" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">They Want us to be Quiet: Books unite us, censorship divides us</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thursday, October 6, 6 p.m., online</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Banned Books & Censorship in the News</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Get a sense of the current wave of book bans with this explainer that includes the top banned books and why they are being targeted: </span><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2022/06/29/banned-books-explained/7772046001/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Banned books are on the rise</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (USA Today, 7 min, plus 2:39 min video). The connection between book bans and free speech is succinctly explained in this PBS NewsHour video: </span><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/nationwide-effort-to-ban-books-challenges-freedom-of-speech" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nationwide effort to ban books challenges freedom of speech</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (6:40min, includes transcript). For a look at the overarching themes that drive book bans, especially ones that target marginalized communities, see </span><a href="https://theconversation.com/what-the-us-can-learn-from-apartheid-era-book-bans-in-south-africa-185114" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lessons form apartheid-era book bans in censorship</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (The Conversation, 9 min). ALA released </span><a href="https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2022/09/ala-releases-preliminary-data-2022-book-bans" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">preliminary data on 2022 Book Bans</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (3 min). </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For a discussion of the impact of book bans on libraries, see: </span><a href="http://americanlibraryassociation.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0xMDc1MjQxNyZwPTEmdT0xMTY2NDE1Mzc5JmxpPTk3MjQxNTMz/index.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Censorship wars: Why have several communities voted to defund their public libraries?</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (WBUR, 47:31min). NPR looks at how </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/08/31/1119752817/local-libraries-have-become-a-major-political-and-cultural-battleground" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">libraries have become the center of political and cultural debates</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (11 min). Reason Magazine details the nuances and different fronts of book bans and censorship in this article that introduces an entire issue dedicated to banned books: </span><a href="https://reason.com/2022/07/03/who-controls-what-books-you-can-read/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Who Controls What Books You Can Read?</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Reason, 8 min)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Conservative activists focused on banning books that address gender and sexuality and limiting curriculum on racial inequity and discrimination are seeking positions on school and library boards: </span><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/moms-liberty-conservative-activists-school-boards-rcna37594" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Moms for Liberty aim to take over school boards</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (NBC News, 6 min) The group aims to be active on a local level to move forward their agenda, while school administrators are faced with having school curriculum and policies politicized. Underlying the book bans is a challenge to diversity with the majority of the targeted authors being BIPOC and/or LGBQT+: </span><a href="https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2022/04/20/lgbtq-community-people-of-color-in-the-crosshairs-of-banned-book-movement/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">LGBTQ+ Community and People of Color in the Crosshairs of Banned Book Movement</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Oregon Capital Chronicle, 11 min).  Ibram X. Kendi discusses </span><a href="https://www.rd.com/article/ibram-x-kendi-book-banning/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">why kids should read banned books</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Reader’s Digest, 10 min). </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Schools and libraries are an obvious target for book bans as they champion intellectual freedom, however conservative activists have shifted their attention from the institutions towards the people that uphold access and take a stand against censorship. </span><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/07/15/1055959/book-bans-social-media-harassment/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Educators</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/06/books/book-ban-librarians.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">librarians</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> are now being disparaged on social media and through other outlets. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In response to the attacks </span><a href="https://www.nea.org/advocating-for-change/new-from-nea/educators-fight-back-against-gag-orders-book-bans-and-intimidation" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">educators fight back against censorship</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (National Education Association, 16 min). The Chicago Public Library has selected Maus for their “One Book, One Chicago” program as a way </span><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-maus-chicago-public-library-one-book-one-chicago-20220908-jauhq2bf7ffmjmarwyp6o237gy-story.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">to spark conversation and counter misconceptions around banned books</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (The Chicago Tribune, 7 min). Teens are calling out censorship: </span><a href="https://www.splcenter.org/news/2022/09/02/georgia-students-fight-back-against-school-censorship" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Unbanning History: Georgia Teen Organizers Fight Back Against School Censorship</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Southern Poverty Law Center, 16 min) and </span><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3p3yb/teens-are-fighting-back-against-lgbtq-book-bans" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Teens Are Fighting Back Against LGBTQ Book Bans</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Vice, 6 min). Concerned </span><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/05/us/idaho-bonners-ferry-library-books/index.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">citizens in Idaho organized a read-in</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to express their opposition to book bans and to show support for their local library (CNN, 7 min). Good Good Good identifies ways to </span><a href="https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/banned-books" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">help and advocate against book bans</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (13 min, find more resources in the Banned Books & Censorship Resources below). </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A look at what is lost when a library closes its doors due to staff being attacked: </span><a href="https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a40639734/vinton-iowa-library-closing/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Charles Pierce on the closure of the Vinton Public Library</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Esquire, 6 min.). Go deeper with the book </span><a href="https://multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S152C1792567" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Intellectual Freedom Stories From a Shifting Landscape</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, which provides first-hand experiences of censorship in libraries. Find more books on </span><a href="https://multcolib.bibliocommons.com/list/share/114633184_multcolib/2170301039_intellectual_freedom,_censorship_and_you,_from_multcolib" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">intellectual freedom and censorship</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.62;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Opinion piece: A short letter to the editor supporting the merits of intellectual freedom:  </span><a href="https://ctexaminer.com/2022/06/30/freedom-to-read-is-essential-for-our-democracy/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;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">Freedom to Read is Essential for Our Democracy</span></a><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (CT Examiner, 5 min) </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.62;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.62;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Legal cases</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.62;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A </span><a href="https://coloradofoic.org/judge-state-law-protects-privacy-of-those-who-ask-for-library-books-to-be-banned-or-reclassified/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">legal case seeking the identities of persons requesting the removal of books</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> highlights how libraries protect the privacy of patrons, while upholding intellectual freedom. The legal challenge raised concerns about whether the request is coming from within the community or from an outside group. (Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition,  5 min)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.62;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.62;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">When calls for censorship at schools and libraries are escalated to law enforcement,  it brings into the conversation First Amendment and state laws: </span><a href="https://www.whqr.org/local/2022-07-08/nhcso-investigated-schools-for-obscene-and-pornographic-books-da-found-no-unlawful-content" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">New Hanover Sheriff  was requested to investigate schools for being “obscene and pornographic”</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (WHQR, 7 min) </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A look back at a legal case where students fought for their freedom to read, going all the way to the Supreme Court: </span><a href="https://reason.com/2022/07/09/the-dangerous-lesson-of-book-bans-in-public-school-libraries/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Dangerous Lesson of Book Bans in Public School Libraries</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Reason, 12 min). The article reflects on the contrast between that case and the current wave of labeling materials and speech as dangerous or offensive. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There may be more legal cases around banned books in the future due to new state laws:</span><a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/06/21/1106320865/why-states-are-changing-the-laws-that-govern-libraries-serving-communities" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Some states are changing the laws that govern community librarie</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">s (NPR, 4 min). More on </span><a href="https://firstamendmentwatch.org/an-unprecedented-uptick-in-book-bans-brings-first-amendment-scrutiny/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">how book bans call into question First Amendment rights</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (First Amendment Watch, 12 min).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">LGBTQ+</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Authors weigh in on the value of creating works that center queer characters and why LGBTQ+ books are being targeted. Oregon author Jules Ohman delves into how queer narratives can’t be erased:  </span><a href="https://lithub.com/how-writing-a-novel-helped-me-say-gay/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How Writing a Novel Helped Me Say Gay</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Lithub, 10 min). In </span><a href="https://lithub.com/the-purpose-of-book-bans-is-to-make-queer-kids-scared/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Purpose of Book Bans is to Make Queer Kids Scared</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, Lev AC Rosen reflects on having his book being banned and how it is entangled in the history of criminalizng queer folks (Lithub, 15 min). Here is  a </span><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2022/06/26/lgbtq-books-access-school-bans/7532933001/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> guide to accessing LGBTQ+ books</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> that are being banned at schools and libraries. (USA Today)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">When drag queen storytimes were initially offered at libraries, there was immediate pushback, however in the past year there has been an increase in protests and attacks: </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08/12/drag-mainstream-attacks-crossroads/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Drag faces new threats as it moves into mainstream</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Washington Post,12 min). Despite being targeted, drag queens commit to offering joyous storytimes:  </span><a href="https://decider.com/2022/07/19/drag-queen-story-hour-important-to-kids/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Drag Queens Are “Not Gonna Back Down” after Attacks on Story Hours</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Decider, 12 min).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Comics</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/02/04/censors-love-target-comics-like-maus-heres-why/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Censors love to target comics</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Washington Post, 8 min). A look at the long history of banning comics: </span><a href="https://www.cbr.com/maus-comic-censorship-history/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Censorship of Comics in the Classroom Goes Well Beyond Maus</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Comic Book Resources, 6 min). For an even deeper dive into the history of comics and censorship from the Comics Code to Manga, see the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s six part series: </span><a href="http://cbldf.org/resources/history-of-comics-censorship/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">History of Comics Censorship</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Quiet censorship</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/lost-stolen-censored/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lost, Stolen or Censored?</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, this article from the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom (OIF ALA) explores the challenge of identifying censorship. Quiet or silent censorship may be carried out through </span><a href="https://thetylerloop.com/how-the-tyler-public-library-responds-when-patrons-censor/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">vandalism</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><a href="https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/05/video-captures-vandal-removing-1000-lgbtq-books-roadside-library/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">theft of materials</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, and can be </span><a href="https://www.hamiltonlibrary.org/hate-crime-reported-at-hamilton-public-library/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">considered a hate crime</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2022/6/16/23170937/books-being-hidden-bookstores-censorship-black-blm-lgbtq-catholic-vote-hide-pride" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Book bullies attempt to hide our diversity</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Chicago Sun-Times, 9 min) looks at quiet censorship through the removal of book displays (read more from OIF ALA about the</span><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/catholicvote-announces-hide-the-pride-campaign-to-remove-lgbtqia-books-from-library-pride-month-displays/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Hide the Pride Campaign</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and find tips and talking points for fighting censorship of LGBTQ+ materials: </span><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/fight-censorship-keeping-pride-books-on-display/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Keeping Pride Books on Display</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">). </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The current wave of book challenges may have a more insidious effect on future library collections, especially at school libraries. A recent survey by the School Library Journal details how challenges and directives from school directors or boards may sway future decisions about titles that address diversity and inclusion to avoid controversy –a form of soft censorship or self-censorship: </span><a href="https://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/story/censorship-attempts-will-have-a-long-lasting-impact-on-school-library-collections-slj-survey-shows" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Censorship Attempts Will Have a Long-lasting Impact on School Library Collections</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (School Library Journal, 16 min).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Another side of silent censorship is the control of what information is available, primarily through publishing. These two opinion pieces contemplate how some works may not get published: </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/24/opinion/book-banning-censorship.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There’s More Than One Way to Ban a Book</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (New York Times, 9 min) and </span><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/07/is-it-worse-to-ban-a-book-or-never-publish-it/670968/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Is it worse to ban a book or never publish it?</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Atlantic, part on not publishing vs. banning books begins with the header  “Cancellation Nation”). The publishing industry continues to be dominated by white publishers and authors, this article looks at the effort to diversify the field: </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/22/magazine/inside-the-push-to-diversify-the-book-business.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Inside the Push to Diversify the Book Business</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (New York Times, 55 min)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Prisons:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/book-bans-prison-cut-inmates-lifeline-world-rcna29097" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Book bans in prison cut inmates’ lifeline to the outside world</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (NBC News, 3 min, plus video). An incarcerated writer speaks to how books can make positives changes, yet they still may be banned in prisons: </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/17/opinion/banned-books-prison.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Reading While Incarcerated</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (New York Times, 8 min) </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/12/end-prisons-ban-books-black-authors-censorship-malcom-x-toni-morrison/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Prison systems continue to ban books by black authors</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Washington Post, 5 min) discusses how titles are kept out of prisons and identifies organizations that provide books to prisons. A look at how a book about prison history was banned and then censored: </span><a href="https://reason.com/2022/07/14/blood-in-the-water-2/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Book on prison uprisings banned in NY prisons</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Reason, 3 min) –but wait, the </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/nyregion/attica-book-ban-blood-in-the-water.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ban has been reversed, but the book is redacted</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (New York Times, 8 min) </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Banned Books & Censorship Resources</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">OLA's </span><a href="http://www.olaweb.org/intellectual-freedom-student-resources" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Intellectual Freedom resource page</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ALA’s </span><a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Frequently Challenged Books</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/banned-books-qa" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Banned Book FAQ</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><a href="https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/toolkit/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">United Against Book Bans Toolkit</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><a href="http://cbldf.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Comic Book Legal Defense Fund</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> -news, resources and legal cases</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;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:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ALA Intellectual Freedom Blog: </span><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;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:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Intellectual Freedom News</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> –a weekly roundup of IF related articles. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;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:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Intellectual Freedom Toolkit</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;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><hr><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-41eea468-7fff-b118-2e57-1eb2f5c4fa3a"><span style="font-size:11pt;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:11pt;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:11pt;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. The Intellectual Freedom Committee wants to hear from you, contact us at </span><a href="mailto:lib.ifc@multco.us" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;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><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2"><br></p><p></p></span></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)"><font size="4"><b>Policy Coordinator Librarian</b><br>Tuesdays - Saturdays</font></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>
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