Author: Jonathan Kelley
Zoia Horn, library icon, dies at 96
Zoia Horn, who was chair of the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee in the mid-70s and who spent 20 days in jail rather than testify in a trial involving anti-Vietnam War activists, died […]
Monday intellectual freedom meetings & programs @ #ALAAC14
Here’s your daily list of must-do events at the 2014 ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas! Monday, June 30 Now Showing @ ALA: The Speaker…A Film About Freedom When: 8:00-10:00 a.m. Where: LVCC-N242 […]
Sunday intellectual freedom meetings & programs @ #ALAAC14
Here’s your daily list of must-do events at the 2014 ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas! Sunday, June 29 Read A Banned Book at the Banned Books Virtual Read-Out (Day […]
Saturday intellectual freedom meetings & programs @ #ALAAC14
Here’s your daily list of must-do events at the 2014 ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas! Saturday, June 28 Read A Banned Book at the Banned Books Virtual Read-Out When: […]
Happy 75th anniversary of the Library Bill of Rights!
Today we are pleased to commemorate the 75th anniversary of ALA’s adoption of the Library Bill of Rights on June 19, 1939 at the ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco. The […]
Black Caucus of the ALA statement on “The Speaker” sponsorship
In response to several requests to elaborate on the Black Caucus of the ALA’s (BCALA) decision to cosponsor the upcoming ALA Conference program, “Speaking about the Speaker,” BCALA president Jerome Offord, Jr. […]
Zoia Horn and Dorothy Broderick on “The Speaker”
Continuing our look at the 1977 film The Speaker and the controversy surrounding it, we call your attention to opinions from two key players: Dorothy Broderick and Zoia Horn. The two women, both […]
Barbara Jones article on “The Speaker” program
American Libraries magazine blog The Scoop has uploaded the article penned by OIF Executive Director Barbara Jones announcing the conference program on The Speaker. I was a student at Columbia […]
Resources for “The Speaker” program
The ALA Library has very helpfully put together a pathfinder of resources relevant to the ongoing discussion around “Speaking About ‘The Speaker,’” the upcoming IFC/AAP program at ALA Annual Conference. […]
LHRT statement on “Speaking About ‘The Speaker'” co-sponsorship
In response to some questions about the upcoming “Speaking About The Speaker“ at the 2014 ALA Annual Conference, the Library History Round Table Executive Committee has made this statement about their […]