<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">During ALA Midwinter, YALSA adopted a new</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> position paper, "The Library's Role in Protecting Teens' Privacy", written by Mary K. Chelton</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">. I thought this might be of interest to everyone. </span><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">As the abstract states, </span>"the FBI has proposed as set of guidelines for surveilling Internet use by at-risk students in secondary schools, in an attempt to prevent recruitment of youth in the United States by terrorist organizations on the Internet... the guidelines contradict the role of school librarians and staff in supporting the critical thinking and inquiry activities of 21st century learners."</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">The paper highlights some actions that we can take to help protect teens' privacy:</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36)">"In order protect the privacy rights of teens, library staff should</span></p></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Refresh their knowledge of key documents, like the <i>Intellectual Freedom Manual and 21st Century Learner Standards</i></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Report challenges or violations of teens’ privacy to ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom via this online form: <a href="http://www.ala.org/tools/challengesupport/report" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/tools/<wbr>challengesupport/report</a> </li><li style="margin-left:15px">Embed educating teens and their parents and caregivers about their rights into library services and programming</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Keep up to date on privacy and surveillance issues through resources such as ALA’s District Dispatch and the YALSAblog</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Seek out training on topics including but not limited to: privacy, students’ rights, libraries’ role in intellectual freedom, and how to leverage technology tools that protect privacy</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Participate in events such as the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom’s Choose Privacy Week, <a href="https://chooseprivacyweek.org/" target="_blank">https://chooseprivacyweek.org/</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Take advantage of technology that protects library patrons’ privacy</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Make a commitment to reach out to and serve at-risk youth in the community and address their needs, whatever they may be</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Identify and work with community partners who are also committed to protecting teens’ rights"</li></ul><p class="gmail-m_-6157636330122357768gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">All the best,</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Danielle</span></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1">Danielle Jones</font><div><font size="1"><i>Oregon Library Association ALA Chapter Councilor</i></font><br></div><div><font size="1"><i>Teen and youth librarian at Multnomah County Library</i></font></div><div><font size="1"><i>My pronouns are she, her, hers</i></font></div></div></div></span></div></div>
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