<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default"><font size="4">Dear Oregon Library Community,</font><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4">The October edition of the Intellectual Freedom Newsletter from Multnomah County Library is now available (PDF 
version attached). If you crave more news, there is always the <a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/" target="_blank">ALA IF Blog</a> that rounds up a variety of articles. </font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4">Thanks for all you do to support intellectual freedom!</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-774c2347-7fff-9d75-e1ca-3e6aa1fdeea2"><font size="4"><span style="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="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="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="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="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">October 2025</span></font></p><hr><font size="4"><span style="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">Banned Books Week and </span><span style="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="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">articles:</span></font><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;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"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font size="4"><span style="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 the People captures insights on </span><a href="https://librariesforthepeople.substack.com/p/banned-books-week-2025-i-did-it-you" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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 and why it matters to advocate for libraries</span></a><span style="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 offers </span><a href="https://www.librariesforthepeople.org/resources?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#good-library-zine" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">history of public libraries</span></a><span style="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"> is available as a zine </span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;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"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font size="4"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/10/07/by-the-numbers-banned-books-week-2025/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">By the Numbers: Banned Books Week 2025 </span></a><span style="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"> (American Libraries, 6 min)</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;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"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font size="4"><span style="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">Judging books </span><a href="https://theconversation.com/many-book-bans-could-be-judging-titles-mainly-by-their-covers-255807" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">by their covers</span></a><span style="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"> results in book bans  (Conversation, 6 min)</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;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"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font size="4"><span style="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">Banned Books Week displays gets </span><a href="https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/hawaii-state-library-bans-displays-for-banned-books-week/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">banned in Hawaii</span></a><span style="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"> (Civil Beat, 7 min)</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;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"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font size="4"><span style="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">Forbes highlights the controversy behind </span><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/entertainment/article/banned-books/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">21 Banned Books</span></a><span style="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"> (22 min) </span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;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"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font size="4"><span style="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 look at the </span><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-of-mind/202510/how-book-bans-control-information-and-why-they-backfire" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">psychology behind book bans and censorship</span></a><span style="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"> (Psychology Today, 9 min) </span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;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"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font size="4"><span style="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">After a A librarian in Wyoming who fought against censorship and lost her job was </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/wyoming-library-settlement-book-bans-terri-lesley.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">awarded a settlement</span></a><span style="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, 5 min)</span></font></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="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">ALA looks at the case that upheld </span><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/what-emmahmoud-v-taylor-em-means-for-your-library/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">parental rights and the impacts on libraries</span></a><span style="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"> (5 min). </span><span style="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="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><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><font size="4"><span style="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 legislation in California is focused on protecting online </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/10/easy-privacy-protections-california-ab566/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">privacy with one click</span></a><span style="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"> (Washington Post, 5 min). Related, </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/03/amazon-ring-doorbell-facial-recognition-pricacy/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">Amazon’s Ring plans to scan faces</span></a><span style="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"> (Washington Post, 5 min). Go deeper with this </span><a href="https://blog.chayn.co/encryption-is-necessary-for-gender-based-violence-support-f4da9b4adafa" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">think piece</span></a><span style="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 gender based violence, privacy, encryption, minors and feminist rights (Medium, 18 min). </span><span style="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="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><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><font size="4"><span style="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">Google has added </span><a href="https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/how-google-protects-against-scams-2025/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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 features</span></a><span style="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"> that protect user privacy and keep scams away (3 min). Wired looks at the </span><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/browser-password-managers/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">password managers in browsers</span></a><span style="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 offers tips (10 min). </span><span style="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></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><font size="4"><span style="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">In this recent </span><a href="https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/preserving-government-information" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">episode of Future Knowledge</span></a><span style="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 Internet Archive delves into how they preserve government information (36 min). </span><span style="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></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><font size="4"><span style="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">JSTOR provides a look at </span><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/how-libraries-stand-the-test-of-time/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">why libraries persist</span></a><span style="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 how they transform (7 min). </span><span style="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></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><font size="4"><span style="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 Conversation looks at how </span><a href="https://theconversation.com/winning-with-misinformation-new-research-identifies-link-between-endorsing-easily-disproven-claims-and-prioritizing-symbolic-strength-265652" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">misinformation gets endorsed and accepted</span></a><span style="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"> (5 min). </span><span style="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">disinformation</span></font></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><hr></h2><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="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">AI Spotlight</span></font></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38"><font size="4"><span style="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">Libraries and AI: In partnership with the New York Public Library, Data & Society has created a four-part series that looks at the social impact of AI: </span><a href="https://datasociety.net/events/understanding-ai/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">Understanding AI</span></a><span style="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">. 404 Media reports on requests at libraries for </span><a href="https://www.404media.co/librarians-are-being-asked-to-find-ai-hallucinated-books/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">AI-hallucinated books</span></a><span style="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"> (404 Media, 5 min). </span><span style="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">information literacy</span><span style="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">, </span><span style="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">disinformation</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38"><font size="4"><span style="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">Authors continue to fight against the use of their work by AI companies: A thriller writer </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/books/review/andrea-bartz-anthropic-lawsuit.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">won against a tech giant</span></a><span style="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">. (New York Times, 7 min) and OpenAI is</span><a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/copyright/article/98961-authors-class-action-lawsuit-against-openai-moves-forward.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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"> faced with class action lawsuit</span></a><span style="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"> from authors (Publishers Weekly, 3 min). </span><span style="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">copyright</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38"><font size="4"><span style="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">Concerns continue to grow about the ethical use of AI, especially by minors and with regards to mental health (warning: articles mention suicide): </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/02/chatgpt-parental-controls-teens-openai/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">ChatGPT’s new parental controls leave kids at risk</span></a><span style="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"> (Washington Post, 8 min), </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2025/oct/02/ai-children-parenting-creativity" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">kids playing with AI</span></a><span style="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"> think it is real (Guardian, 18 min), and a historian on how</span><a href="https://www.startribune.com/adam-raine-chatgpt-lawsuit-teen-mental-health-education/601498318" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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"> ethical use of AI</span></a><span style="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"> is not up to the user (7 min). For a deeper dive, listen to this podcast from the NY Times: </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/podcasts/the-daily/chatgpt-ai-delusions.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">Trapped in a ChatGPT Spiral</span></a><span style="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"> (44 min). Also, N+1 makes the case for eschewing AI: </span><a href="https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the-intellectual-situation/large-language-muddle/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">Large Language Muddle</span></a><span style="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"> (15 min) and Blood in the Machine argues for </span><a href="https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/cognitive-scientists-and-ai-researchers" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">not readily embracing AI</span></a><span style="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"> (8 min). </span><span style="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">ethics</span><span style="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">, </span><span style="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">information literacy </span><span style="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">   </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38"><font size="4"><span style="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 look at productivity and AI: </span><a href="https://hbr.org/2025/09/ai-generated-workslop-is-destroying-productivity" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">AI-Generated “Workslop” </span></a><span style="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">(Harvard Business Review, 11 min) and companies are </span><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/e93e56df-dd9b-40c1-b77a-dba1ca01e473" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">not able to explain positives</span></a><span style="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"> of AI (Financial Times, 5 min).. Another perspective from Conversation </span><a href="https://theconversation.com/generative-ai-might-end-up-being-worthless-and-that-could-be-a-good-thing-266046" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">Generative AI may be worthless</span></a><span style="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"> and that is fine (6 min). Plus a look at the </span><a href="https://theconversation.com/kids-need-soft-skills-in-the-age-of-ai-but-what-does-this-mean-for-schools-261518" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">need for soft skills</span></a><span style="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"> and what that means for education (Conversation, 6 min). </span><span style="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">information literacy</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38"><font size="4"><span style="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 new study from BBC demonstrates that </span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/new-ebu-research-ai-assistants-news-content" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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 assistants misrepresent news content</span></a><span style="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"> (4 min). </span><span style="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="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="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></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38"><font size="4"><span style="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">Authors Alliance explores an </span><a href="https://www.authorsalliance.org/2025/10/29/open-when-site-restrictions-and-clauses-undermine-open-access/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">unexpected consequence of AI</span></a><span style="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"> on open access publishing. (5 min). </span><span style="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">access</span><span style="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"><br></span><span style="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><span style="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">Data centers supporting AI present a variety of issues, see </span><a href="https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-data-centers-finances" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">Futurism’s report</span></a><span style="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"> (5 min). Related Business Insider offers an </span><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/data-center-locations-us-map-ai-boom-2025-9" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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">interactive map</span></a><span style="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"> of data centers.</span></font></p></div></div>

<div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Additional Resources</span></font></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="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="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="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="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="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="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="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="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">
 (published February 8, 2022). A range of tools and resources relating 
to IF challenges and policies created by the OLA Intellectual Freedom 
Committee.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><div><font size="4"><span id="m_8494327987211258856m_774011909312531002m_-1576198326482036661m_-1238061122936169054m_7908710506335925025m_-7207328749994501369m_-488313258826272202m_-8335526652910237212m_8395231603279944725m_-8884533637531713993m_5372279810539813677m_-2279574766056354841gmail-docs-internal-guid-24cd310f-7fff-7dd2-45af-aa21461177d9" style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">is a monthly roundup of Intellectual Freedom News compiled by the Multnomah County Library Intellectual Freedom Committee. </span></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></font></div></div></div>

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