<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"><span id="m_6746817339355720323m_-1878472891121726638gmail-docs-internal-guid-ada41e34-7fff-627a-0f30-020547f48fe8">Dear Oregon LIbrary Community,</span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span id="m_6746817339355720323m_-1878472891121726638gmail-docs-internal-guid-ada41e34-7fff-627a-0f30-020547f48fe8"><br></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">The August edition of Multnomah County Library's Intellectual Freedom 
Newsletter is now available -see below and attached as a pdf. <br><span style="font-size:18pt;color:rgb(11,83,148);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:large;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">Also Multnomah County Library is hosting the following event for Banned Books Week:</span></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span id="m_6746817339355720323m_-1878472891121726638gmail-docs-internal-guid-ada41e34-7fff-627a-0f30-020547f48fe8"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.2"><font size="4"><span style="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"><a href="https://multcolib.org/events-classes/censor-banned-books-week-presentation" style="font-weight:400;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Censor (THIS): A Banned Books Week presentation</span></a><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-weight:400;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"> with Hand2Mouth Theatre’s Youth Devising Ensemble<br></span></span></font> <font size="4"><span style="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"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-weight:400;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">September 21st, from 2-3:30pm at Holgate Library. <br>Check out the </span><a href="https://multcolib.bibliocommons.com/list/share/114633184/2603427269" style="font-weight:400;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">booklist that goes with the event</span></a>. </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Flier attached.</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span></font></p></span></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span id="m_6746817339355720323m_-1878472891121726638gmail-docs-internal-guid-ada41e34-7fff-627a-0f30-020547f48fe8"></span></blockquote>
Thanks for all you do to support intellectual freedom! <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><span id="m_6746817339355720323m_-1878472891121726638gmail-docs-internal-guid-ada41e34-7fff-627a-0f30-020547f48fe8"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.2"><span style="font-size:18pt;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:18pt;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:18pt;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:18pt;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:18pt;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">August 2024</span></p><hr style="font-size:large"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:large;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">A little library in Oregon won national recognition: </span><a href="https://www.wweek.com/culture/2024/07/23/wendy-shih-brings-little-free-diverse-library-to-rock-creek-community/" style="font-size:large;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">Wendy Shih brings Little Free Diverse Library to Rock Creek community</span></a><span style="font-size:large;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"> (Willamette Week, 3 min). (</span><span style="font-size:large;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">access</span><span style="font-size:large;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">)</span><br></p><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;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 U.S. Department of Education weighs in on legislation promoting censorship of library materials: </span><a href="https://blog.ed.gov/2024/07/book-bans-are-not-just-bad-policy-they-can-raise-civil-rights-issues/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">Book bans are not just bad policy; They can raise civil rights issues</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"> (4 min). Read more about recent legislation: </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/29/books/book-banning-south-carolina-tennesse-idaho-utah.html" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">More states are passing book banning rules. Here’s what they say</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, 5 min) and </span><a href="https://pen.org/local-no-longer-4-new-laws-and-policies-bring-book-banning-to-the-state-level/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">Local no longer: 4 new laws and policies bring book banning to the state level</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"> (PEN America, 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"> 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><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;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">In Utah, legislation targets specific titles, see </span><a href="https://pen.org/press-release/popular-and-critically-acclaimed-book-titles-banned-statewide-in-utah-schools/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">Popular and critically acclaimed book titles banned statewide in Utah schools</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (PEN America, 3 min),  </span><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/184672/utah-republicans-enact-extreme-school-book-ban" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">Republicans officially enact their most extreme school book ban</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 Republic, 3 min) and </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/08/11/nx-s1-5069668/more-than-a-dozen-books-are-removed-from-schools-statewide-in-utah" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">discussed on NPR</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). The Guardian reports on how </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/09/utah-book-removal-schools-libraries" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">advocates react to Utah ban</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). See also, how</span><a href="https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk-of-iowa/2024-08-14/how-schools-are-responding-to-iowas-new-book-ban" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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"> Iowa schools are responding to a new 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"> banning books (IPR, 15 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"> 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><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;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">Emily Dabrinski contextualizes the impact of new legislation in Idaho: </span><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/idaho-law-criminalizes-librarians-who-allow-lgbtq-books-to-stay-on-their-shelves/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">Idaho law criminalizes librarians who Allow LGBTQ books to stay on their shelves</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"> (Truthout, 5 min). Related, </span><a href="https://idahocapitalsun.com/2024/07/25/new-lawsuit-seeks-to-stop-enforcement-of-idaho-library-materials-bill/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">New lawsuit seeks to stop enforcement of Idaho library materials bill</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"> (Idaho Capital Sun, 7 min). Also, the Boise Public Library </span><a href="https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-government/2024-08-15/boise-library-bible-idaho-legislature-harmful-minors" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">rejected the first challenge</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"> under the new law (Boise State Public Radio, 1 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"> 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><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;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">In contrast, California aims to support freedom to read for all: </span><a href="https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2024/08/book-bans-california-libraries/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">As LGBTQ library material comes under fire, California may ban 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"> (Cal Matters, 17 min). New York Public Library continues to highlight and provide access to banned books: </span><a href="https://abc7ny.com/videoClip/book-ban-american-library-association-teen-banned-club/15146973/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">No censorship zone: New York Public Library celebrates books targeted by 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"> (ABC 7, 2 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></font></p><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;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">Closer to home, a city councilor in Seaside, Oregon proposed patron age restrictions at the Seaside Public Library. He now faces removal from office after a 63-37 recall vote, expected to be certified by the end of August. </span><a href="https://www.dailyastorian.com/news/local/recall-holds-against-seaside-city-councilor-over-potential-age-restrictions-at-library/article_8a5419ba-567e-11ef-adca-c7f405474f11.html" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">Recall holds against Seaside city councilor over potential age restrictions at 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"> (The Astorian, 3 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, 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><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;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">NPR’s Code Switch looks at the impact of book bans on Indigenous literature: </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/07/31/1197958279/not-a-badge-of-honor-how-book-bans-affect-indigenous-literature" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">'Not a badge of honor'</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"> (34 min). Authors and publishers at San Diego Comic Con discussed </span><a href="https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-24-the-terrorism-of-book-bans-in-dividing-communities/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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 terrorism of book bans in dividing 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"> (Comics Beat, 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">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">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></font></p><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;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 new </span><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/its-okay-documentary-drag-story-hour-david-france-rcna166017" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">short documentary explores Drag Story Hour</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"> through the eyes of kids (NBC News, 5 min) - watch the </span><a href="https://youtu.be/l_KUNmMUVYc" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">'It's Okay' trailer</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"> (YouTube, 2 min). Related, after the Reno Library cancelled drag queen storytime, a partner organization found other venues to host the popular program: </span><a href="https://www.rgj.com/story/news/local/2024/08/06/drag-queen-story-hour-reno-nevada/74695498007/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">Drag queen story hour is back on — but not through Washoe County 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"> (Reno Gazette Journal, 2 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></font></p><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;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">Advocacy against censorship continues, see: </span><a href="https://19thnews.org/2024/07/book-bans-students-parents-advocates/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">Students join educators and advocates in effort to reverse 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"> (19th, 5 min) and </span><a href="https://people.com/jodi-picoult-signs-anti-censorship-letter-to-ron-desantis-8687065" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">Author Jodi Picoult signs letter urging Ron DeSantis to end 'Dark Night of Censorship' in Florida 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"> (People, 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">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><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;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 reminder of how libraries strive to connect people with information and resources: </span><a href="https://inthesetimes.com/article/public-libraries-are-commons-in-america" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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 library is a commons</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"> (In These Times, 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">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><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;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">Publishing continues to struggle to diversify its workforce: </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/21/books/publishing-diversity-lisa-lucas.html" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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 Lot of Us Are Gone’: How the Push to Diversify Publishing Fell Short</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, 12 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></font></p><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;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 article on a removal of an essay highlights the complexities of freedom of speech and censorship and the power dynamics underlying access to platforms: </span><a href="https://lithub.com/the-cofounder-of-guernica-on-free-speech-and-the-retraction-of-the-israel-gaza-essay/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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 cofounder of Guernica on free speech and the retraction of the Israel-Gaza essay</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"> (LitHub, 9 min). Related, </span><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-state-library-of-victoria-controversy-shows-what-can-happen-when-institutions-cling-to-neutrality-235004" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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 State Library of Victoria controversy shows what can happen when institutions cling to ‘neutrality’</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"> (Conversation, 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">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><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">neutrality</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><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/bill-aimed-at-protecting-children-online-sparks-debate-over-censorship-and-privacy" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">Bill aimed at protecting children online sparks debate over censorship and privacy</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"> (PBS News, 8 min). The Washington Post highlights </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/07/face-scanning-kids-online-privacy/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">privacy issues with AI tech aimed at protecting kids</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"> online (13 min). More on </span><a href="https://www.insideprivacy.com/childrens-privacy/state-and-federal-developments-in-minors-privacy-in-2024/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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 focused on privacy protections for minors</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"> (Covington, 5 min). For a deeper look at privacy concerns, check out </span><a href="https://hls.harvard.edu/today/dojs-lawsuit-against-tiktok-signals-more-aggressive-policing-of-childrens-privacy-online-says-harvard-law-expert/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">Candy Crushed: Harvard Law expert on children’s data safety</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">(Harvard Law Today, 14 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></font></p><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;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 </span><a href="https://www.wabe.org/new-report-reveals-how-disinformation-targets-black-communities/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">new report looks at how disinformation targets Black 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"> (WABE, 2 min). Read the full report: </span><a href="https://www.onyximpact.org/landscape.html" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">Landscape - Onyx Impact</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">. (</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><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;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">Tech Policy unpacks </span><a href="https://www.techpolicy.press/dont-let-generative-ai-distract-us-from-the-real-election-risks-in-tech/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">common disinformation issues with election information</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"> in light of tech and AI, including tips for the general public (7 min). Related: </span><a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-trump-biden-harris-china-election-disinformation-54d7e44de370f016e87ab7df33fd11c8" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">Russia is relying on Americans to spread election disinformation, officials say</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"> (AP News, 6 min). The National Education Association offers insights on </span><a href="https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/how-stop-disinformation" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">responding to disinformation</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">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><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;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 look back at </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/07/movies/blair-witch-project-reality-anniversary.html" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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 a movie exploited limited access to information</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">, sheds some light on the current climate of uncertainty about information. (New York Times, 11 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">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><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></font></p><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/senators-expose-car-companies-terrible-data-privacy-practices" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">Senators expose car companies’ terrible data privacy practices</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"> (Electronic Frontier Foundation, 6 min). This long read from The Conversation unpacks</span><a href="https://theconversation.com/gift-card-scams-generate-billions-for-fraudsters-and-industry-as-regulators-fail-to-protect-consumers-and-how-one-83-year-old-fell-into-the-fear-bubble-236439" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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"> gift card scams and lack of consumer protections</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"> (33 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">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></font></p><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;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 Spotlight</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"><br></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">Explainer of the ubiquitous CAPTCHA and impact of AI on them: </span><a href="https://theconversation.com/captchas-the-struggle-to-tell-real-humans-from-fake-232369" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">CAPTCHAs: The struggle to tell real humans from fake</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"> (Conversation, 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">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">cybersecurity</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><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;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">AI needs data to learn and be more dynamic and publishers are being tapped as resources for that data: </span><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/academic-authors-shocked-after-taylor--francis-sells-access-to-their-research-to-microsoft-ai" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">Academic authors 'shocked' after Taylor & Francis sells access to their research to Microsoft 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"> (Bookseller, 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">copyright</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><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;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">There are concerns about AI proliferating disinformation, but it also has the</span><a href="https://www.techpolicy.press/using-ai-to-engage-people-about-conspiracy-beliefs/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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"> potential to dispel conspiracies</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">. (Tech Policy, 35 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">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><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/07/x-is-training-grok-ai-on-your-data-heres-how-to-stop-it/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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">X is training Grok AI on your data—here’s how to stop it</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"> (Ars Technica, 3 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></font></p><hr><span style="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"><font size="4">Additional Resources</font></span><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);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" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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/category/intellectual-freedom-news/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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</span></font></p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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:"Open Sans",sans-serif;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. <br></span></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span id="m_6746817339355720323m_-1878472891121726638gmail-docs-internal-guid-ada41e34-7fff-627a-0f30-020547f48fe8"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
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