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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2" id="m_-2026313217860813041gmail-docs-internal-guid-af397496-7fff-35c8-4dbd-f3f0a819c11e">
<span id="m_-488313258826272202m_-4493781151108090738gmail-docs-internal-guid-59566686-7fff-3262-75f0-38af394a1e62"></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2"><font size="4"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000">Dear Oregon Library Community,</font></span><b style="color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></b></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.2"><font size="4"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail_default"><span>The </span>February edition of Multnomah County Library's Intellectual Freedom Newsletter<span> is
 now available (PDF version attached). T</span></span></span>he newsletter covers a wide range of intellectual freedom issues that 
have been emerging around access to data and disinformation as well as 
to changes in the publishing industry. Lots of new reports and studies 
have been released covering digital censorship, perceptions and use of 
AI and copyright issues with AI. <br></font></p><p></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2" id="m_-2026313217860813041gmail-docs-internal-guid-af397496-7fff-35c8-4dbd-f3f0a819c11e"><span id="m_-488313258826272202m_-4493781151108090738gmail-docs-internal-guid-59566686-7fff-3262-75f0-38af394a1e62"></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div><font size="4">Thanks for reading and all your work in supporting intellectual freedom!<br><br></font><font size="4">-Multnomah County Library's Intellectual Freedom Committee</font></div></div>

<br><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="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-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><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-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">February 2025</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"></p><hr><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Information and resources from ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom on privacy issues related to immigration enforcement:  </span><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/libraries-and-immigration-enforcement/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Libraries and Immigration Enforcement</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">privacy</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span><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);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><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);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A book challenge in Oregon makes the news: </span><a href="https://www.dailyastorian.com/school-board-votes-to-continue-use-of-challenged-book/article_7709f694-ee8c-11ef-9d7f-b744f2f03d1c.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">School board votes to continue use of challenged book</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Daily Astorian, 1 min). (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">censorship</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</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);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As government data is scrubbed, deleted or access is limited, Data Rescue Project and </span><a href="https://www.datarescueproject.org/libraries-supporting-data-rescue/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">libraries at universities and colleges are stepping up to rescue that data</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (2 min) -check out their </span><a href="https://www.datarescueproject.org/resources/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">resource page</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for alternatives to government databases. Free Government Information similarly highlights work to </span><a href="https://freegovinfo.info/node/14744/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">save government data and websites that are being removed</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (4 min) that goes beyond the </span><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/video/how-the-wayback-machine-is-preserving-outdated-government-websites/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Internet Archive’s efforts with the Wayback Machine</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (4 min). Related, The Conversation highlights the importance of </span><a href="https://theconversation.com/how-to-find-climate-data-and-science-the-trump-administration-doesnt-want-you-to-see-249321" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">government climate data and how to access info</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> the current administration doesn’t want you to see (6 min) and IEEE discusses what goes into </span><a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/internet-archive-saving-us-data" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">saving public data</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (9 min). (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">access</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">information literacy)</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);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Recent changes and issues emerging in the publishing field: The New York Times touches on </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/books/what-are-blurbs-books.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">book blurbs, and whether they matter</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (6 min) and the  transformation and impact of </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/books/tilted-axis-books-translation.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">translated literature in the publishing world</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (10 min). The Conversation examines the </span><a href="https://theconversation.com/fake-papers-are-contaminating-the-worlds-scientific-literature-fueling-a-corrupt-industry-and-slowing-legitimate-lifesaving-medical-research-246224" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">proliferation of fake papers in science and the impact</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> on lifesaving medical research (30 min). Related, Publishers Weekly reports on the latest push towards subscription-only access from </span><a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/97170-library-database-providers-clash-over-subscription-models.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">library database providers</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and Oregon Senator Wyden’s </span><a href="https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-to-ftc-stop-companies-from-offering-bait-and-switch-sales-of-digital-tv-e-book-music-and-video-game-purchases" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">fight against bait and switch sales</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with digital content. (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">information literacy</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">access</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">diversity</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</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);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Library Futures released a </span><a href="https://www.libraryfutures.net/censorship" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">report on digital censorship</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (2 min). Read the </span><a href="https://www.libraryfutures.net/neocensorship-report" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">full report</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Related, Tech Policy addresses </span><a href="https://www.techpolicy.press/some-facts-about-fact-checking-defending-the-imperfect-search-for-truth-in-an-era-of-institutionalized-lying/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">fact-checking myths</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (15 min).(</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">censorship</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">access</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">first amendment</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</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);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists discusses disinformation and ways to combat conspiracies: </span><a href="https://thebulletin.org/2025/02/how-to-inoculate-yourself-and-others-against-viral-misinformation/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How to inoculate yourself (and others) against misinformation</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (23 min). (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">disinformation</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</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.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/style/hillmantok-tiktok-hbcu.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A Professor Put Her Class on TikTok. Thousands Enrolled in a Digital H.B.C.U.</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (New York Times, 7 min). (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">diversity</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">access</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</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);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">An opinion piece that reflects on the many merits of public libraries: </span><a href="https://www.nj.com/opinion/2025/01/count-this-blessing-the-public-library-open-to-all-for-free-opinion.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Count this blessing: The public library, open to all, for free</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (<a href="http://nj.com" target="_blank">nj.com</a>, 4 min). In contrast the Huntington Beach Public Library is in the middle of political debates, see reports from </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/us/huntington-beach-maga-plaque.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">New York Times</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (8 min) and </span><a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2025-02-27/huntington-beach-library-chris-kluwe-essential-california" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Los Angeles Times</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (12 min). (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">access</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">information literacy</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">first amendment</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">censorship</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</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);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AI Spotlight</span></font></p><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);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The U.S. Copyright Office </span><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2025/02/inside-the-copyright-offices-report-copyright-and-artificial-intelligence-part-2-copyrightability/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">announced the release of part 2 of their report</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (3 min) on Copyright and artificial intelligence: </span><a href="https://www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-2-Copyrightability-Report.pdf" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Copyrightability</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">copyright</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</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);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">404 Media reported on </span><a href="https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-slop-is-already-in-your-public-library-3/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AI-generated slop at public libraries</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Hoopla quickly responded to the investigation, stating they would </span><a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2025/02/20/report-hoopla-to-cull-ai-slop-after-404-media-investigation/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">cull AI slop</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Library Journal, 1 min). 404 Media  goes deeper into the issue on their </span><a href="https://www.404media.co/podcast-the-rise-of-ai-book-ripoffs/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">podcast</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (40 min). Related, TechCrunch reports on </span><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/16/openai-tries-to-uncensor-chatgpt/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bias control and censorship with ChatGPT</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (9 min). (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">information literacy</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">disinformation</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</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);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">New research on the use of AI: </span><a href="https://theconversation.com/knowing-less-about-ai-makes-people-more-open-to-having-it-in-their-lives-new-research-247372" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Knowing less about AI makes people more open to  it</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Conversation, 4 min), </span><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2025/01/lee_2025_ai_critical_thinking_survey.pdf" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Microsoft Research, 60 min), and </span><a href="https://theconversation.com/ai-datasets-have-human-values-blind-spots-new-research-246479" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AI datasets have human values blind spots</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Conversation, 3 min). 404 Media discusses the Microsoft study: </span><a href="https://www.404media.co/podcast-ai-is-breaking-our-brains/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AI Is Breaking Our Brains</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (50 min). Related, Tech Policy notes</span><a href="https://www.techpolicy.press/ai-at-work-maximizing-human-potential-by-understanding-techs-limitations/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> understanding the limitations of AI</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (9 min) can be key to successful use of the tool and The Conversation argues that </span><a href="https://theconversation.com/generative-ai-is-most-useful-for-the-things-we-care-about-the-least-249329" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AI is best for unimportant tasks</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (8 min). (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">information literacy</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)  </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);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wired calls out issues with DeepSeek, the new Chinese AI app, and includes tips on protecting your data: </span><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/deepseek-ai-china-privacy-data/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">DeepSeek is explicitly sending US data to China</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (11 min). (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">privacy</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</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);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">An animated look at limitations of using AI to replicate human speech: </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/04/opinion/simpsons-hank-azaria-voice-acting-AI.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hank Azaria’s ‘Simpsons’  voices and A.I.</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (New York Times’ Opinion, 9 min). Related, </span><a href="https://www.wweek.com/culture/2025/02/06/kboofm-show-uses-host-voice-generated-by-artificial-intelligence/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">KBOO.FM show uses host voice generated by AI</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Willamette Week, 3 min). (</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">information literacy</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)  </span></font></p><hr><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);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Additional Resources</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ALA Intellectual Freedom Blog: </span><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.oif.ala.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> A blog dedicated to intellectual freedom issues, and includes the </span><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/category/intellectual-freedom-news/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Intellectual Freedom News</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> –a weekly roundup of IF related articles</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Oregon Library Association’s </span><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/iftoolkit/home" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Open San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 a monthly roundup of Intellectual Freedom News compiled by the 
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