Intellectual Freedom News 6/11/2021
Highlights
- Explore Intellectual Freedom in these #ALAAC21 Sessions!
- ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition (Virtual) poised to be one of the largest virtual library conferences currently available
Censorship
- Lycoming County Commissioners at odds over library Pride Month display | Williamsport Sun-Gazette
- NH library director removes planned ‘drag story time’ event | WCAX3 (NH)
- Columbia County parent circulates petition against sexual content in school libraries | Augusta Chronicle (GA)
- Yearbook sales paused at Florida school over Black Lives Matter pages | ABC7 (FL)
- A Wisconsin School District Initiative Aimed At Addressing Inclusivity Sparks Uproar From Parents | Wisconsin Public Radio
- New Hampshire lawmakers ponder ban on teaching ‘divisive concepts’ on racism/sexism | Laconia Daily Sun
- Alabama state school board: Keep critical race theory out of classroom | AL.com (Alabama)
Privacy & Cybersecurity
- Justice Dept. says it’ll no longer seize reporters’ records | Associated Press
- Trump administration pursued CNN reporter’s records in months-long secret court battle | CNN
- Public-records requesting my own library records [Dorothea Salo] | Dorothea Salo
- Trump DOJ seized data from House Democrats in leaks probe | Associated Press
- Baltimore Latest City to Consider Banning Facial Recognition Technology | NextGov
First Amendment, Free Speech, & Civil Liberties
- Another official resigns over censored Memorial Day speech | Associated Press
- Censored veteran will get another chance to give speech | ABC News
- Gannett Fights Subpoena Requiring It To Identify Readers Of ‘USA Today’ Story | MediaPost
- People Want Free Speech – for Themselves | Foreign Policy
Access
- Maryland Passes Law Requiring Publishers to License Ebooks to Libraries Under “Reasonable Terms” | Library Journal
Academic Freedom & Campus Speech
- Critical race theory ban leads Oklahoma college to cancel class that taught ‘white privilege’ | Washington Post
- Does ‘Academic Freedom’ Shield Teachers as States Take Aim at Critical Race Theory? | Education Week
Net Neutrality & Broadband
- Emergency Connectivity Fund – Information for Libraries | American Library Association
Copyright
- Literally Stealing the Show: A Brief (and Recent) History of Dance Copyright | Intellectual Freedom Blog
Social Media
International News
- Arresting Art: Repression, Censorship, and Artistic Freedom in Asia | PEN America
- How social media companies help authoritarian governments censor the internet | The New Statesman
Around the Web
- Tom Hanks: You Should Learn the Truth About the Tulsa Race Massacre | New York Times
- When Weeding Books, Librarians Are Attending to Inclusion and Diversity, SLJ Survey Shows | School Library Journal
- Public libraries continue to adapt, enriching communities across America | Brookings Institute
- The Importance of Teaching Dred Scott | The New Yorker
- St. Paul Schools Normally Get $66,000 a Year for Library Books. This Year — $500,000. | Route Fifty
- Banned Author Highlight: Jamaica Kincaid | Intellectual Freedom Blog
- IFRT Member Spotlight – Katie Chamberlain | Intellectual Freedom Blog
ALA News
- ALA President-elect Patricia “Patty” Wong invites members to attend free Virtual Inauguration
- Library service through a post-COVID lens at ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition (Virtual)
- United for Libraries to host five author events for at ALA 2021 Annual Conference Virtual Event
- Announcing Our 2021 Core Forum Opening and Closing Speakers!
- Tuliao swims again to raise funds for Spectrum and honor BCALA President Burns-Simpson
ALA Publishing
- Library worker engagement for positive, diverse institutions
- Engaging your community through active strategic marketing
- An updated guide to cataloging correctly for kids
Awards and Grants
- Julia Wood receives the 2021 – 2022 Pat Carterette Professional Development Grant
- 2021 Schneider Book Award Virtual Celebration registration open
- Three manuscripts awarded AASL Research Grants
eCourses and Webinars
- Decolonizing the Catalog : Addressing Problematic Language
- It’s an Equity Issue-Collaborating to Provide Assigned eTexts at Illinois State University
- Information Literacy Webinar from RUSA
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