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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear Public and Academic Library Directors,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Every year the Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse
(OIFC) publishes a report on challenges to all types of library materials in
Oregon. This report provides a landscape of censorship activity in
Oregon, and is submitted to ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom to be included
in their report on censorship activity in the United States. The Annual
Report is also used by librarians, professors, and teachers to help them
develop activities for Banned Books Week.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The Annual Report is based on challenge reports OIFC
receives from all types of Oregon libraries (school, academic, and
public). All libraries are encouraged to report challenges to materials
on a voluntary basis. OIFC does not publish names of people,
organizations, libraries, schools, colleges/universities, <span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><span
style='color:black'>or</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'> </span>towns identified in challenge reports. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Please submit all challenge reports by <b><span
style='color:red'>July 26, 2010</span></b>. <span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span>Submit a separate
challenge report for each formal challenge to library materials that occurred
at your library between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>This information is complied to assist Oregon libraries
currently facing a challenge as well as providing information that will help
you plan Banned Books Week activities. The Annual Report will tell you
what books were challenged in Oregon libraries the previous year. The
more libraries reporting challenges to OIFC the better OIFC can help you! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Please take time to report challenges to OIFC. The
accuracy of OIFC's Annual Report and Title Index to Challenges is directly
related to the number of Oregon libraries reporting challenges. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>To report challenges to materials at your library:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'>Print the attached
challenge report form or download and print the form at <span
style='color:#365F91'><a
href="http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml#Report_Challenges_to_the_State_Library">http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml#Report_Challenges_to_the_State_Library</a></span>.
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'>Fill out a challenge
report form for each item that went through your library's formal process
for dealing with challenges to library material. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'>Mail your completed
form(s) to:<o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Oregon State Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>c/o Oregon Intellectual Freedom
Clearinghouse<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>250 Winter St. NE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>For more information about OIFC visit our website (<a
href="http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml"
title="http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml">http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml</a>)
or contact the coordinator of OIFC, Katie Anderson, 503-378-2528. <span
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Katie Anderson<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> Katie Anderson,
Library Development Services<br>
* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<br>
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<br>
<a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>,
503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></p>
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