Intellectual Freedom News 6/18/2021
Highlights
- ALA Takes a Stance on Social and Racial Justice with Proposed Ninth Principle of the Code of Ethics
- Explore Intellectual Freedom in these #ALAAC21 Sessions!
Censorship
- Montville School District Announces Summer Reading List After Petition Signed by Over 1,000 | TAPIntoMontville
- Commack School District removes novel from required high school reading list | Newsday
- Freedom to read essential to democracy as library display comes under attack | Williamsport Sun-Gazette
- Parents sue over Black Lives Matter lessons in Lehigh Valley school district | Pittsburgh-Post Gazette
- Collier County School Board approves use of controversial textbooks | WINK (FL)
- Teachers come under pressure as politicians, parents battle over ‘critical race theory’ | Colorado Newsline
- As More States Consider Legislation to Restrict Teaching About Racism, Educators Are Fighting Back | School Library Journal
- Why are states lining up to ban critical race theory? | University World News
- Critical race theory battle invades school boards — with help from conservative groups | NBC News
- Scholarly Groups Condemn Laws Limiting Teaching on Race | The New York Times
- Joint Statement on Legislative Efforts to Restrict Education about Racism in American History (June 2021) (ALA and FTRF are signatories to the the statement.)
- How a Conservative Activist Invented the Conflict Over Critical Race Theory | The New Yorker
Privacy & Cybersecurity
- The Surveilled Student | Chronicle of Higher Education
- Tech giants have to hand over your data when federal investigators ask. Here’s why. | Washington Post
- What Data About You Can the Government Get From Big Tech? | The New York Times
- Nine out of 10 health apps harvest user data, global study shows | The Guardian
First Amendment, Free Speech, & Civil Liberties
- How a YouTuber prompted a Danbury police investigation, a possible lawsuit and opened a First Amendment debate | News Times (CT)
- South Dakota Seeks to Reinstate Prison Porn Ban | Courthouse News Service
Access
- New York Legislature Passes Library E-book Bill | Publishers Weekly
Academic Freedom & Campus Speech
- Academic Freedom and the Critical Race Theory Legislation | Volokh Conspiracy
- How to Truly Protect Academic Freedom | The Chronicle of Higher Education
Net Neutrality & Broadband
- Gearing Up to Connect Minority Communities | Benton Foundation
- Some North Carolina residents still fight for internet access | NBC News
- NTIA Creates First Interactive Map to Help Public See the Digital Divide Across the Country | NTIA
Journalism and Disinformation
- How Some Americans Are Breaking Out of Political Echo Chambers | Wired
- Anti-Black racism and the press | Columbia Journalism Review
International News
Around the Web
- A Media Empire for the (Public) Library? OverDrive Acquires Kanopy | The Scholarly Kitchen
- Freedom of information during Tham Luang Nang Non rescue | Intellectual Freedom Blog
ALA News
- ALA Committee on Education seeks feedback on newly revised ALA Core Competences
- Kevin D. Strowder to lead ALA’s Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services
- ALA Conference Services accepting LibLearnX program proposals
- ALA launches resources for libraries to apply for $7.1 billion Emergency Connectivity Fund
- 2022-23 ALA President Lessa Pelayo-Lozada to moderate United for Libraries Gala Author Tea, sponsored by Data Axle Reference Solutions, at ALA Annual
- United for Libraries’ June 29 Learning Live session to be presented during ALA Annual Virtual Conference
- ALA receives National Endowment for the Humanities grant to support Let’s Talk About It: Women’s Suffrage
- AASL National Conference closing session will inspire school librarians to look to the future
- New customer service and fulfillment address for ALA Store beginning July 1, 2021
Awards and Grants
- Thirty AASL members receive Bound to Stay Bound grants to attend first national conference
- Dr. Trevor Owens Wins 2021 Core/OCLC Kilgour Research Award
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