<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><font size="4">Hello Oregon Library Community,</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><font size="4">The June edition of the Multnomah County Library's IF Newsletter is now available. </font>The newsletter is jam-packed with a variety of articles on book bans and other challenges to libraries, plus some toolkits and calls for advocacy for libraries and the communities targeted by book challenges. We continue to include articles on AI -see AI Corner for the latest. There are also links to a visual story on books to prisoners and a zine by library workers.  <font size="4"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">By request, a PDF version of the newsletter is attached.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-125133af-7fff-2d97-ca94-47bdc7740570" style=""><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;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-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">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-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><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-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Intellectual Freedom Newsletter –</span><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">June 2023</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.56"></p><hr style="font-size:large"><p style="font-size:large"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Recent Intellectual Freedom Articles</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">BookRiot reports that CatholicVote is once again </span><a href="https://bookriot.com/hide-the-pride-2023/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">promoting the hide the pride campaign</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, a form of silent censorship that targets the LGBTQ+ community, and offers tips to combat the effort (6 min). Everylibrary partnered with GLAAD to create </span><a href="https://assets.glaad.org/m/53362a0a022def24/original/Book-Bans-Community-Guide.pdf" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">a toolkit</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> to address censorship targeting the LGBTQ+ communities: </span><a href="https://www.everylibrary.org/the_playbook_to_fight_against_book_bans" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">The playbook to fight against book bans!</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (2 min). The impact on LGBTQ+ communities is being addressed at the national level: </span><a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/92506-white-house-announces-new-position-to-combat-lgbtq-book-bans.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">White House Announces New Position to Combat Book Bans</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (3 min, more on the  initiative around </span><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/08/fact-sheetbiden-harris-administration-announces-new-actions-to-protect-lgbtqi-communities/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">protecting LGBTQ+ communities</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">). School Library Journal identifies </span><a href="https://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/story/Five-Ways-To-Support-LGBTQIA-Students" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Five Ways To Support LGBTQIA+ Students</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (5 min). (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">diversity</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">inclusion</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">censorship</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">)</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Washington Post offers an analysis with data visualization of book bans: </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/lgbtq-book-ban-challengers/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Objection to sexual, LGBTQ content propels spike in book challenges</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (18 min). Politifact provides insight on the </span><a href="https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/31/ron-desantis/ron-desantis-said-that-not-a-single-book-was-banne/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">nuances between book challenges, removals and bans</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (11 min). A look back at </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/05/20/book-bans-supreme-court-pico/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">a Supreme Court case</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> that helped establish freedom to read rights for students (Washington Post, 9 min). (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">first amendment</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">censorship</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">)</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Leveraging concerns around education and children, the parental rights movement is at the forefront of book bans. These long read articles offer insights on the movement and the grassroot groups pushing back: </span><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/how-to-fight-the-rights-moral-panic-over-parental-rights/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">How to Fight the Right's Moral Panic Over Parental Rights</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (The Nation, 25 min),  </span><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7ezek/moms-for-liberty-book-banning-lgbtq" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">A Far Right Moms Group Is Targeting Students. These Women Are Fighting Back</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Vice, 23 min) and </span><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/05/florida-ground-zero-far-right-education-blitz" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">How One Florida County Has Become Ground Zero</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Vanity Fair, 45 min). Of note, Southern Poverty Law Center identified</span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/06/southern-poverty-law-center-moms-liberty-extremist" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"> Moms for Liberty as an anti-government extremism group</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (The Guardian, 6 min). (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">censorship)</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Broward County Public Library System </span><a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/05/24/republican-lawmaker-warns-broward-libraries-i-read-banned-books-effort-could-prompt-retaliation/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">receives warnings of retaliation</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> for being outspoken against book censorship (Sun Sentinel, 10 min). More on how </span><a href="https://news.wfsu.org/state-news/2023-06-05/groups-challenging-books-are-organized-but-florida-readers-are-pushing-back" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Florida readers are pushing back</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> against the organized book challengers (WFSU, 8 min). In response to censorship and legislation, banned book </span><a href="https://elpasomatters.org/2023/05/21/banned-books-texas-legislature-el-paso-libraries-benjamin-alire-saenz/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">displays highlight the relevance and impact of those books</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (El Paso Matters, 14 min). A school librarian notes </span><a href="https://www.nj.com/opinion/2023/05/librarians-are-suffering-because-of-book-bans-i-know-because-ive-received-attacks-death-threats-opinion.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">the toll of book censorship</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> and the gap the banned books fill (NJ.com, 8 min). The </span><a href="https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2023/05/31/attorney-bills-crawford-county-thousands-for-dealing-with-fois-public-on-library-controversy" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">cost of book challenges</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> is seen with attorney fees (Arkansas Times, 4 min). (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">censorship</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">access</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">)</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">News on laws impacting libraries: </span><a href="https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/news/2023/03/09/missouri-library-rule-to-take-effect-may-30" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Missouri library rule to take effect May 30</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Spectrum News, 2 min). </span><a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/montana-becomes-first-state-to-ban-drag-reading-for-kids-in-schools-and-libraries/3353972/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Montana Becomes First State to Ban Drag Reading for Kids in Schools and Libraries</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (NBC Washington, 6 min). </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/03/tennessee-drag-law-unconstitutional/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Tennessee drag ban is unconstitutional, federal judge rules</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Washington Post, 7 min). </span><a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/92421-librarians-publishers-bookstores-join-lawsuit-over-arkansas-library-obscenity-law.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Librarians, Publishers, Bookstores Join Lawsuit Over Arkansas Library ‘Obscenity’ Law</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Publishers Weekly, 6 min). The Houston Chronicle reports on how a </span><a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/article/independent-texas-bookstores-school-ratings-18118779.php#" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Texas book rating bill l may have an impact on booksellers</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (8 min). In California </span><a href="https://www.kget.com/news/local-news/we-will-uphold-and-defend-the-law-and-we-will-protect-our-students-ca-officials-seek-legislation-to-protect-diversity-in-literature-curriculums/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">a bill proposed to combat book bans in schools</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (KGET, 3 min). </span><a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/book-banned-new-jersey-legislation-funding-schools-libraries-20230609.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">A N.J. bill would strip funding from public schools or libraries for banning books</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Philadelphia Inquirer, 6 min). A brief look at how </span><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/06/montana-anti-drag-ban-library-transgender/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">legislation aimed at drag storytimes end up targeting trans individuals</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Mother Jones, 4 min). (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">legislation</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">)</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">A call for going beyond fighting censorship towards justice and uplifting diversity: </span><a href="https://scheerpost.com/2023/05/29/our-fight-against-censorship-must-go-beyond-resisting-book-bans/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Our Fight Against Censorship Must Go Beyond Resisting Book Bans</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (ScheerPost, 8 min). Fighting the racism underlying book bans is essential: </span><a href="https://www.writersandeditorsofcolor.com/why-we-must-do-more-than-buy-banned-books-to-challenge-racism-1ad09dff317f" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Why We Must Do More Than Buy Banned Books to Challenge Racism</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Writers and Editors of Color Magazine, 7 min). (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">diversity</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">advocacy</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">censorship</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">).   </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Author Jane Smiley asks: </span><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/books-banned-censorship-libraries/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">What Are the Book Banners Afraid Of?</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (The Nation, 11 min). This opinion piece weaves together various challenges and centers libraries as a place for intellectual freedom: </span><a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/05/23/the-attack-on-our-libraries/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">The Attack on Our Libraries</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (CounterPunch, 9 min). (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">censorship</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">access</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">)</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><a href="https://www.librariesforthepeople.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">For the People</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> encourages library defenders to talk up what libraries offer for everyone: </span><a href="https://www.librariesforthepeople.org/lemonade" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Libraries & Lemonade Toolkit</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. Check out this zine on advocates fighting to save a library: </span><a href="https://justseeds.org/wp-content/uploads/ThePeopleandtheLibraryFINAL1.pdf" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">The People and the Library</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, which also includes a conversation with library workers on "What is a library for?" and a short essay from Emily Dabrinski on collective-power and public good. (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">censorship</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">advocacy</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">)  </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">A look at government censorship outside the United States: </span><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2023/06/01/the-books-hong-kong-is-purging-from-public-libraries/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">The books Hong Kong is purging from public libraries</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Global Voices, 12 min). This opinion piece links the current wave of censorship to similar bans in countries around the world: </span><a href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/history-schools-teaching-woke-censorship-20230530.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">School censorship is not democratic. Speaking up is the solution</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (The Philadelphia Inquirer, 6 min). (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">censorship)</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This visual story highlights the benefits and limits of books to prisoners programs: </span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-diary-of-a-rikers-island-library-worker" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">The Diary of a Rikers Island Library Worker</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (New Yorker, 8 min ). This commentary further addresses how access to information may be limited to people who are incarcerated:  </span><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/5/21/23729904/cook-county-jails-paper-ban-infringes-on-intellectual-freedom" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Cook County Jail’s paper ban infringes on intellectual freedom of detainees</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Chicago Sun-Times, 5 min). (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">access</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">)</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">AI Corner:</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> The New York Times offers more </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/technology/ai-chatbot-chatgpt-prompts.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">tips and prompts on engaging with AI Chat interfaces </span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">(New York Times, 9 min). The Washington Post provides a quick guide on </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/22/misinformation-ai-twitter-facebook-guide/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">how to avoid falling for fake AI images on social media</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (6 min). Temple Grandin makes </span><a href="https://slate.com/technology/2023/06/temple-grandin-a-i-chatgpt-experts-visual-thinking.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">the case for information literacy around AI</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">: (Slate, 8 min). (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">information literacy</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">disinformation</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">) </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Rumman Chowdhury, an AI data scientist, </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">sees </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/29/rumman-chowdhury-interview-artificial-intelligence-accountability" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">ethical surveillance of AI as moral outsourcing</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (The Guardian, min) and </span><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/ai-desperately-needs-global-oversight/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">calls for accountability with AI</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">(Wired Opinion, 10 min). (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">privacy</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">disinformation</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">)</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4">Additional Intellectual Freedom Resources</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">ALA Intellectual Freedom Blog: </span><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> A blog dedicated to intellectual freedom issues, and includes the </span><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/category/intellectual-freedom-news/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Intellectual Freedom News</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> –a weekly roundup of IF related articles that are divided into key IF topics. </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Oregon Library Association’s </span><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/iftoolkit/home" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Intellectual Freedom Toolkit</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (published February 8, 2022). A range of tools and resources relating to IF challenges and policies created by the OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee. </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"></p><hr style=""><p style=""></p><font size="4"><span style="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;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">is a monthly roundup of Intellectual Freedom News compiled by the Multnomah County Library Intellectual Freedom Committee. We welcome suggestions of articles to include at </span><a href="mailto:lib.ifc@multco.us" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">lib.ifc@multco.us</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.  </span></font></span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><font size="4"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="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>Monday - Friday</font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="4">971-429-4699<br></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></div>