<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:black;letter-spacing:-0.15pt">In case you missed it, S3, Ep.8 of the OVERDUE Podcast launched on 11/27! Learn more about this episode, and link to the recording below:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="color:black;letter-spacing:-0.15pt"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="color:black;letter-spacing:-0.15pt">OVERDUE: Weeding Out Oppression in Libraries</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1948067/episodes/16173025-s3-e9-book-bans-and-intellectual-freedom-w-dr-emily-knox" target="_blank">S3, E8: Book Bans and Intellectual Freedom w/ Dr. Emily Knox</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(21,30,27);letter-spacing:-0.1pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">In this episode, Dr. Emily Knox, a professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, explores the intersection of intellectual freedom, freedom of expression, and social justice, as well as power, neutrality, and the rise in book challenges and bans in the United States.</span><span style="color:rgb(21,30,27);letter-spacing:-0.1pt"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><b style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Hosts: </span></b><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Ericka Brunson-Rochette and Gene Iparraguirre</span></span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><b style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Record Date: </span></b><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">October 9, 2024*</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">*Please note episode was recorded prior to the 2024 election</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><b>Mentioned in this episode:</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><i><span style="color:rgb(21,30,27);letter-spacing:-0.1pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">‘The creed of a librarian: no politics, no religion, no morals’ </span></i><span style="color:rgb(21,30,27);letter-spacing:-0.1pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">by D.J. Foskett<i></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(21,30,27);letter-spacing:-0.1pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill" target="_blank">ALA Library Bill of Rights</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse<a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/ld.php?content_id=78174433"> 2024 Report</a><span style="color:rgb(21,30,27);letter-spacing:-0.1pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(21,30,27);letter-spacing:-0.1pt">Book Riot article on <a href="https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/94fee7ff93eff9609f141433e41f8ae1/krausebooklist.pdf?_ga=2.11573559.2091958781.1635513476-272773625.1635513476" target="_blank">Krause’s 850 “Banned Books”</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(21,30,27);letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#151e1b"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.133333px">Listen, follow and share! </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(21,30,27);letter-spacing:-0.133333px"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(21,30,27);letter-spacing:-0.133333px">Be on the lookout for our next episode, which will launch on Tuesday, December 31st :)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#151e1b"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.133333px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#151e1b"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.133333px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#151e1b"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.133333px">Best, <br></span></font></p></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font color="#7f6000">OVERDUE Podcast </font></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div dir="ltr"><div><b style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">OLA EDI Antiracism Committee</b></div><div><img width="200" height="72" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yRlBxK2T5ZuK8qdHz72Wl0bcR_Cv-ZWzMWLYvKRskJknVfwsNYrWNrNnQb2WNzLYjiOVAADM8" style="color:rgb(32,33,36)"><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(32,33,36)"><a href="https://www.olaweb.org/ola-edi-antiracism-committee---HOME" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font face="times new roman, serif">EDIA Committee Webpage</font></a></div><div style="color:rgb(32,33,36)"><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1948067" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">EDIA </a><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1948067" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">OVERDUE Podcast</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>