In this era of “Big Data,” we know that our location, our phone calls, our purchases, our Facebook posts and our web site visits are being monitored, recorded, collected, and stored. But too often we can’t tell who’s collecting our data, or how they’re making use of our personal information. During Choose Privacy Week, May [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Special Events’
April 9, 2013
Ethics Matters! Join OIF for a half-day preconference in Chicago
The ALA Committee on Professional Ethics invites you to join a half-day preconference offered during the 2013 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago this summer! “Ethics Matters: Ethical Decision-Making for Librarians and Information Professionals” will provide attendees with practical tools for resolving the daily ethical issues librarians face. Dr. Nancy Zimmerman will lead this highly interactive [...]
January 27, 2013
Happy Sweater Vest Sunday!
Check out the #sweatervestsunday feed on Twitter for some fantastic photos. Visit the Q&A we posted last week. And most importantly, remember to let us know about challenges to library materials!
January 16, 2013
Sweater Vest Sunday Q&A
By popular demand, below are the answers to all of your Sweater Vest Sunday questions – including the burning question, “Why sweater vests???” Q. What exactly is the point of Sweater Vest Sunday? To raise awareness – specifically among librarians, library workers, library trustees & Friends, and library supporters– about the importance of reporting challenges [...]
January 10, 2013
Wear a sweater vest on Sunday, Jan. 27, in support of intellectual freedom!
“Sweater Vest Sunday” encourages reporting of challenges to library materials ALA Midwinter 2013 attendees – and all fans of intellectual freedom – can take a stand for the freedom to read (and for fashion!) by participating in Sweater Vest Sunday! All day on Sunday, January 27, 2013, help spread the word about the importance of [...]
January 9, 2013
Get your tickets for FTRF’s Jan. 26 Jamaica Kincaid event in Seattle
The Freedom to Read Foundation is pleased to present author Jamaica Kincaid as the featured speaker at its annual banned/challenged author event in conjunction with the 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. Kincaid is an award-winning writer originally from Antigua. Her books include At the Bottom of the River, Annie John, The Autobiography of My Mother, My Brother, and Mr. Potter. Her 1990 [...]
October 30, 2012
Glass to Make The Case for Controversial Literature at Chicago Humanities Fest
Loren Glass, University of Iowa associate professor of 19th- and 20th-century American literature and cultural studies, will make “The Case for Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer“ at the Chicago Humanities Festival on Sunday, November 8, at 2:00 p.m. Glass will recount how Chicagoan Barney Rosset and his fledgling Grove Press led the charge in the 1960s against government [...]
October 12, 2012
50 State Salute to Banned Books Week: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia
Before we usher in a great weekend, why not check out more videos from the states as part of the 50 State Salute to Banned Books Week? Today’s featured videos are from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia! North Carolina Library Association produced a video featuring books that have been banned/challenged from May [...]
October 11, 2012
50 State Salute to Banned Books Week: New Jersey, New Mexico, and New York
We have several more states to feature for the 50 State Salute to Banned Books Week. Today’s featured states are New Jersey, New Mexico, and New York! The Friends of the Metuchen Library in Metuchen, New Jersey, read, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird: Instructor Matthew Valdiviez reads a passage from William Shakespeare’s Richard II [...]
October 5, 2012
50 State Salute to Banned Books Week: Indiana, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin
We’ve featured 25 states so far for the 50 State Salute to Banned Books Week, and will continue to feature more over the next week. Today’s featured videos come from Indiana, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin. Indiana’s Mooresville Public Library created a trailer for Banned Books Week 2012. Check out their playlist of Banned [...]
