<div dir="ltr">The American Library Association and the Oregon Library Association submitted a joint letter yesterday to the Beaverton School Board regarding that school district's restriction of access for the book <i>Stick</i> by Andrew Smith.<div><br></div><div>You can read <a href="http://www.oif.ala.org/oif/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ALA.Beaverton.OR_.pdf"><b>the letter</b></a> that was sent, as well as an Office for Intellectual Freedom <a href="http://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=13181"><b>blog post</b></a> about the situation.</div><div><br></div><div>-Ross</div><div><br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><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"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><div style="border-collapse:collapse"><span style="border-collapse:separate"><span style="border-collapse:separate"><div>

<b style="font-weight:normal" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-c3bd83b1-d967-9e62-6e51-c3fec8b23a3f"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;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;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;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(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Chair - Oregon Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee</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;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:ifc.chair@olaweb.org">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;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">503.988.5728 (Sun, Mon, Wed) / 503.988.5466 (Tue, Thu)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">My preferred pronouns are he/him/his</span></p></b></div></span></span></div></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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