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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>MUST READ: Here is an excellent breakdown and rebuttal of the Colorado EBSCO lawsuit by James LaRue, Director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=16002">https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=16002</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>"...In short, this is a staggering successful censorship effort directed against the public sector. Just a handful of parents, armed with the utterly spurious research and outrageous accusations of a national faith-based pressure group, accomplishes something that does present a threat to our children: It deprives them of a current tool for research that guides them to curated materials from authoritative sources evaluated by educators and subject matter experts."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'>Perry Stokes | Library Director <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'>Baker County Library District</span><span style='color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> OLA-IF-News <ola-if-news-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Perry Stokes<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 12, 2018 10:57 AM<br><b>To:</b> ola-if-news@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<br><b>Subject:</b> [OLA-IF-News] EBSCO porn lawsuit in CO<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This week, a Colorado parent group announced it is suing the state library consortium with allegations that EBSCO databases in schools provide access to “<span class=m-5260695570321974711size><span style='background:white'>substantial amounts of easily accessible, hardcore pornography”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=m-5260695570321974711size><span style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Denver Post has an article here<span style='color:#1F497D'>: <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2018/10/10/pornography-is-not-education-sues-colorado-library-consortium/">https://www.denverpost.com/2018/10/10/pornography-is-not-education-sues-colorado-library-consortium/</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Most libraries subscribe to databases that enable access to thousands of scholarly and popular news, magazine, and journal articles and e-books for research projects. The State Library of Oregon currently has a statewide service contract with Gale for statewide database services.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It will be interesting to see if the Colorado case has any merit, and if so, how content providers respond.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>-----------------------------------------</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Perry Stokes | Library Director</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Baker County Library District | 2400 Resort St | Baker City, OR 97814</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>o: </span><a href="tel:866-297-1239" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>866-297-1239</span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> | m: </span><a href="tel:541.403.0450" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>541.403.0450</span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> | f: </span><a href="tel:541-523-9088" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>541-523-9088</span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> | e: </span><a href="mailto:director@bakerlib.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>director@bakerlib.org</span></a><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>