<div dir="ltr">Thanks, Ross. That blog hosts some interesting content, including this recent piece about a poll showing what Americans would like to see banned from libraries - very sobering. <a href="http://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=11574" target="_blank">http://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=<wbr>11574</a></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 8:35 AM, Ross Betzer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rossbk@multcolib.org" target="_blank">rossbk@multcolib.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">See the message below for an opportunity to blog on the national level with the American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom.<div><br></div><div>-Ross</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-9179615060615033226gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font style="color:rgb(51,51,51)" face="arial, sans-serif"><div style="border-collapse:collapse"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:arial"><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:arial"><div><span id="m_-9179615060615033226gmail-docs-internal-guid-4b181383-c5ae-beaa-7c83-2c7f0deaf45d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ross Betzer</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Chair - </span><a href="http://www.olaweb.org/if-home" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Oregon Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Local Resource/Catalog Librarian - Multnomah County Library</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:ifc.chair@olaweb.org" target="_blank">ifc.chair@olaweb.org</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="tel:(503)%20988-5728" value="+15039885728" target="_blank">503.988.5728</a> (Sun, Mon, Wed) / <a href="tel:(503)%20988-5466" value="+15039885466" target="_blank">503.988.5466</a> (Tue, Thu)</span></p><div style="font-size:x-small"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Kristin Pekoll</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kpekoll@ala.org" target="_blank">kpekoll@ala.org</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 7:08 AM<br>Subject: [stateifc] Seeking Intellectual Freedom Bloggers<br><br>
Are you interested in censorship? Freedom to read? Privacy? Are you a good writer? Creative? Engaging? Do you know how to balance text with graphics and hyperlinks? Then we're looking for YOU!<br>
The Office for Intellectual Freedom<<a href="http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/oif" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/abo<wbr>utala/offices/oif</a>> is seeking bloggers! We've had a year of top notch, quality writers<<a href="http://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?page_id=5649" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.oif.ala.org<wbr>/oif/?page_id=5649</a>> and we'd like to continue the tradition. Our volunteer group consists of several members that alternate responsibility for creating blog content. We are striving for volunteers from a wide variety of backgrounds and professions. Check the blog<<a href="http://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=11395" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.oif.ala.org/oi<wbr>f/?p=11395</a>> for information on expectations and volunteer submission form. Deadline to submit is November 30th, 2017.<br>
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