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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#2F5496">Please pardon the cross-posting.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Hi Folks, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:#2F5496">Banned Books Week is coming up the first week of October. Here</span><span style="color:#2F5496">’s</span><span style="color:#2F5496"> some background information and suggestions
for ways to participate from the </span><span style="color:#2F5496">OLA</span><span style="color:#2F5496"> Intellectual Freedom Committee. Pardon the length of this email. A major portion outlines ideas for activities and displays for various age groups. If
the email you received has wonky formatting, please see the <u><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1258afyWhK_DjbMUjFLRYqRmxUWulVVlm/view?usp=sharing">PDF version</a></u>, which will be linked on the committee’s
<u><a href="https://www.olaweb.org/if-resources">Intellectual Freedom Resources webpage</a></u> next week. Thanks for promoting and celebrating the freedom to read!<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Jen and Miranda<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Ex Officio Rep, State Library of Oregon<br>
Oregon Intellectual Freedom Committee <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:#2F5496">Miranda Doyle<br>
<u><a href="mailto:intellectualfreedom@oasl.olaweb.org">Intellectual Freedom Chair</a></u>, Oregon Association of School Libraries<br>
Oregon Intellectual Freedom Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">Promoting and Celebrating the Freedom to Read</span></b><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;color:black"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">Tuesday Topics: August 2023<br>
</span><b><span style="color:black"><br>
</span></b><i><span style="color:#222222;background:white">Welcome to Tuesday Topics, a monthly series covering topics with intellectual freedom implications for libraries of all types. Each message is prepared by a member of OLA's Intellectual Freedom Committee
(IFC) or a guest writer. <br>
Questions can be directed to the author of the topic or to the IFC.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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Books Week</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#222222;background:white"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white">Fall brings the intellectual freedom celebration known as
</span><u><a href="https://bannedbooksweek.org/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">Banned Books Week</span></a></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white"> (BBW), which some library staff now refer to as Celebrating
the Freedom to Read – a more positive way to frame the event. While the observance usually occurs in late September, this year it runs from October 1-7. However, the</span><a href="https://www.olaweb.org/intellectual-freedom-committee-home"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5496;background:white;text-decoration:none">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">Oregon Intellectual Freedom Committee</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white"> encourages libraries to participate anytime in September or October that works
best for your library.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white">The 2023 theme is Let Freedom Read, and some library staff plan to highlight the “freedom” aspect of freedom to read. As a strategic move, they intend to connect verbiage and
graphics to patriotism, the U.S. flag, and constitutional rights instead of to flames that represent burning and the red slash symbol that represents banning. Do what will work best in your institution and area!</span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#222222;background:white"><br>
<br>
First Amendment & Core Tenets of Librarianship</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white">The purpose of the observance is to highlight and promote intellectual freedom and the freedom to read, core tenets of librarianship. The American Library Association (ALA)
“actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedom—the rights of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment. Intellectual freedom is a core value of the library profession, and a basic right
in our democratic society. A publicly supported library provides free, equitable, and confidential access to information for all people of its community” (</span><u><a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">source</span></a></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white">). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white">In response to an increase in challenges to library materials in our state, the Oregon Library Association and the Intellectual Freedom Committee recently adopted the statement
below. The ultimate intention is to consolidate and unify our message statewide and give library staff a go-to answer when asked for responses about intellectual freedom-related tensions within libraries.
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</span><span class="apple-tab-span"><span style="color:#222222;background:white">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white">First Amendment Rights Statement:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white">The Oregon Library Association adheres to the guiding principles of the American Library Association’s
</span><u><a href="https://www.ala.org/tools/ethics"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">Code of Ethics</span></a></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white"> and
</span><u><a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC;background:white">Library Bill of Rights</span></a></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white">. As such, we fully support
the First Amendment rights of every individual to the intellectual freedoms to explore ideas, opinions, concepts, topics, and thoughts. Not every library resource is right for every patron, but the rights of every patron to make their own personal choices
should be honored. We support the right of parents and guardians to guide their child’s reading and viewing choices, but that right does not extend to removing choices for others. The work of libraries and librarians is to serve everyone in their community
and provide resources that are reflective of the world around us.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#222222;background:white">Programming, Displays, and Social Media…Oh, My!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white">So, how do libraries participate in Banned Books Week/Freedom to Read Week? It’s common to schedule related programming, displays, social media posts, and the like.
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Programming</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">: Programming could include inviting a guest speaker or panel to speak
about a related topic, organizing a book club to encourage reading books that are often or recently challenged, or touching on the concepts of book access or representation in books in a storytime for older children or a teen event. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Displays</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">: ALA has a
</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/display"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">page</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
of display ideas that primarily focus on banned books, while in a </span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://bookriot.com/banned-books-displays/"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">post</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
for Book Riot, Kelly Jensen, a librarian in New York, shared great suggestions and tips about incorporating advocacy and the freedom to read. There’s also a
</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/BannedBooksWeek/banned-books-week-displays/"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">Pinterest collection</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
featuring pictures of displays. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Social Media</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">: Another option is to schedule a series of social media posts to highlight
diverse authors, share quotes about the freedom to read, etc. (</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/freedownloads"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">ALA
templates</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">). Or, repost what others have shared. For example, author
</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/kellyyanghk/"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">Kelly Yang</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
is vocal for representation and against censoring books, as seen in this </span>
<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CuxJkRzsOJr/"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">reel</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">.
Remember to tie the posts together by using a hashtag such as #FreedomToRead or #BooksForAll. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Promotional Tools</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">: Additionally, the organizers of BBW offer
</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://bannedbooksweek.org/promotional-tools/"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">promotional tools</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
to download and merchandise to purchase. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Your Ideas</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">: If your library participates, we’d love to know what you did! Please
send a description, links, and/or pictures to </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:ifc.chair@olaweb.org"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">ifc.chair@olaweb.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">.
Take a look at what Oregon library staff </span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.olaweb.org/assets/IntellectualFreedom/IF_Resources/Tuesday%20Topic%20October%202022%20-%20Banned%20Books%20Recap.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">shared</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
last year. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#222222;background:white">Easy-to-Prepare Displays and Activities</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Here are some ideas for displays and activities that are aimed at specific audiences and that should not take much effort to implement. Some could be easily adapted for other age levels.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Older Elementary/Children’s Services</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">: What Do These Books Have in Common?</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Activity: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in;padding-inline-start:48px" start="1" type="1">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Choose 3 to 5 elementary-aged books from the
</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/oifc/reports"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">Oregon Title Index to Materials Challenges</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
or</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10"><span style="color:#2F5496;background:white">
</span><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">ALA’s 100 Most Challenged Books of the Past Decades</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"> (scroll to the bottom of the page). </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Make sure the books are all different, such as a “scary” story (ex: a Goosebumps title), one with a main character that represents diversity (ex:
<i>Melissa</i>, formerly <i>George</i>, by Alex Gino), and something silly (ex: a Captain Underpants title). </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Gather the books from your library, or print the covers of each in color and glue each cover to the front of a file folder. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Locate a blurb or write a very short, high-level summary of each book. (Use the blurb on the book; or print each blurb or summary, and glue each to the inside or back cover of the relevant file
folder.) </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">During a storytime or lesson, ask the children to listen to the summaries of each book and to think about what they have in common. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Read the blurbs while showing the book or printed cover image. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Ask students to guess what all of the books have in common. Entertain all answers for several minutes – yes, all were written by an author, but that’s not what I’m looking for; yes, all were…</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Let students know the answer – that all books were challenged, meaning some people thought the books should not be available to children in the library. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Ask students what they think about the fact that the books were challenged, discuss a basic definition of the concept of the freedom to read, and ask about other ways that people who may not
appreciate a book could handle that (ex: they could ask their own child not to read the book). </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Display: Modify the activity by creating a bulletin board or similar display.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in;padding-inline-start:48px" start="1" type="1">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Use cut-out letters for the title at the top: What Do These Books Have in Common?</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Purchase the </span>
<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/let-freedom-read-poster"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">Let Freedom Read poster</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
or create something similar to affix in the center of the board or surface.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Affix the book cover images with their corresponding blurbs, from the activity above. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Add a folded piece of thick paper, such as part of a file folder, centered near the bottom. On the top, add this: Answer. On the side that shows when the top is flipped up, add what you want
the children/students to know about the fact that all of the books were challenged (asked to be removed from a library). Maybe end with this question: What do you think about challenging books? </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Consider adding a translation of all text in the most common language/s spoken in your library. You could print the translations in smaller font on colored paper and affix them below the title
and each blurb. Or, print the blurbs in more than one language from the start. </span>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Teens/Youth Services</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">: Censorship by the Numbers (STEM connection)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Activity: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in;padding-inline-start:48px" start="2" type="1">
<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Digitally display, or download and print, the 4 individual
</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/freedownloads"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">ALA Censorship by the Numbers posters</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
(not the poster that combines all 4 into 1). (For printed posters, affix them to a flat surface. Or, lightly tape each to a separate page on a flip chart.)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">During a teen time or a lesson, discuss the concepts of intellectual freedom, censorship, and book challenges. Perhaps have basic definitions prepared that participants can refer back to during
the activity. (You could use a half-sheet handout with all definitions plus the URL or QR code for the ALA posters, or print individual definitions in large font and post them nearby, or…) </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Then introduce one poster at a time, and “read” the information by reinforcing how to interpret and understand the charts and graphs. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Ask participants questions, such as these, and discuss as time and attention spans allow:<br>
What surprised you about this data? (Possibility: It’s surprising to know that sometimes teachers or librarians challenge books.)
<br>
What more do you want to know? (Possibilities: What books have been challenged in my school or library? The data represents 2022; is the 2022 total number of challenges less, about the same, or more than previous years?) </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Extension: Ahead of time, gather a few books about charts and graphs, data, infographics, and related topics, and display them during and after the activity/lesson. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Middle and high school extension: Collaborate with a math teacher on this lesson. Library staff can cover the intellectual freedom concepts, and the math teacher can teach about interpreting
and understanding the charts and graphs. You could follow up with an assignment, such as using the
</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/oifc/reports"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">Oregon Title Index to Materials Challenges</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
spreadsheet to create a graph indicating the number of recorded challenges in Oregon by year or a chart indicating the percentage of total challenged books that were retained, reclassed, or removed. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Display:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Modify the activity by creating a bulletin board or decorating a door.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in;padding-inline-start:48px" start="2" type="1">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">On the display surface,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">affix cut-out letters for the title at the top: Censorship by the Numbers.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Print the word/phrase and definition for each of the 3 concepts listed above, and affix them under the title or along the sides of the surface. You could use the flip-up format as described
in the elementary display section above. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Print each of the 4 posters used above, and affix them to the surface. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Print any points you may want to make (in lieu of the activity discussion), and affix those where appropriate. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Alternative, especially for public or academic libraries: Share the 4 posters on social media with a concise message/point plus the hashtag #FreedomToRead or #BooksForAll – 1 per day and/or
per platform.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Adults/College-Age</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">: IF the First: Intellectual Freedom and the First Amendment</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Activity:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in;padding-inline-start:48px" start="3" type="1">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Find a guest speaker who is knowledgeable about the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution – lawyer, professor, history teacher, etc. Can’t find a speaker or don’t want to take the time? Show
relevant portions of a video instead, such as </span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v85bJu173Zo"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">this one</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
with the director of the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">The guest speaker should collaborate with library staff as co-presenter/s to design a presentation and discussion about the intersection of intellectual freedom and the First Amendment.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">The presentation could be an interview in which the librarian asks the guest speaker questions. Format the questions so they tie into the presentation title: If the First Amendment is/says/addresses/etc.
X, then…? Example: If the First Amendment protects the freedom of speech, what should a library do about a book that contains references that are now considered racist? If you show video clips instead of co-presenting with a guest speaker, ask an “If” question,
show a relevant portion of the video, discuss the information with participants, and repeat. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Extension for high school and academic librarians: Work with a history teacher or professor, and turn this into a lesson related to
</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/annual-observances/constitution-day-and-citizenship-day"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">Constitution Day</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">.
The observance is on September 17, the day the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1787. That day falls on a Sunday this year, but you could do the lesson before or after that date. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Display: Create a slideshow.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in;padding-inline-start:48px" start="3" type="1">
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<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Add a </span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://bannedbooksweek.org/promotional-tools/"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">BBW or ALA graphic</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
and the presentation title on the first slide: IF the First: Intellectual Freedom and the First Amendment.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Add one of the “If” questions from the activity above to a slide. Follow that with a brief answer or response. Repeat for each question. Repeat in other languages as needed. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">End with a list of online resources and/or related books (cover images and QR codes that lead to catalog links).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Set the slideshow on a loop to continually advance through the slides. It can be displayed on one or more monitors (such as wall-mounted “announcement” monitors) in the library or institution. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white">Thanks for promoting and celebrating the freedom to read. Let’s flip the narrative!
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