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Month: April 2013

Observing Choose Privacy Week 2013

Reposted from chooseprivacyweek.com Tomorrow, May 1, begins our annual observance of Choose Privacy Week. It’s an event that invites everyone to visit their local library and learn more about the […]

April 30, 2013 Jonathan Kelley Choose Privacy Week, Privacy

Recording of “Reporting Challenges” webinar now available

If you missed Tuesday’s OIF webinar, “Defend the Freedom to Read: Reporting Challenges,” featuring OIF Assistant Director Angela Maycock, you’ll be glad to know that the session was recorded and […]

April 25, 2013April 25, 2013 Jonathan Kelley Banned Books Week, Censorship, Challenge Reporting, Online learning

IFRT announces new “Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award” – nominations open now

In memory of our great friend, Gerald Hodges… The deadline for nominations is Monday, May 13, 2013.  The nomination form can be found at http://www.ala.org/ifrt/awardsfinal/hodges/hodges. The Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter […]

April 24, 2013 Jonathan Kelley Uncategorized

Free webinar on reporting and responding to challenges to library materials

Register now for “Defend the Freedom to Read: Reporting Challenges” Challenges to library materials take place in schools and libraries across this country every day. One of the ALA Office for […]

April 18, 2013April 18, 2013 Angela Maycock Censorship, Challenge Reporting, Intellectual Freedom Issues, Office for Intellectual Freedom, Online learning

Countdown to Choose Privacy Week, May 1-7

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 […]

April 17, 2013 Deborah Caldwell-Stone Choose Privacy Week, Privacy

Dav Pilkey’s Captain Underpants tops the frequently challenged books list of 2012

The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom released the top ten most frequently challenged books list of 2012 as part of the State of America’s Library Report on Monday, April 15. […]

April 17, 2013April 17, 2013 Nanette Perez Banned Books Week, Censorship

Amnesty International USA receives the 2013 John Philip Immroth Memorial Award

The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) of the American Library Association (ALA) announces that Amnesty International USA is the recipient of the 2013 John Philip Immroth Memorial Award. Amnesty International […]

April 16, 2013April 16, 2013 Shumeca Pickett Intellectual Freedom Round Table, Office for Intellectual Freedom

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 […]

April 9, 2013April 9, 2013 Angela Maycock Committee on Professional Ethics (COPE), Midwinter Meeting/Annual Conference, Professional Ethics

Planning for Choose Privacy Week? Free April 9 Webinar Offers Ideas for Programming and Outreach

Are you preparing for Choose Privacy Week? Join ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom and librarians across the country next week for a free webinar to discuss how your library can […]

April 2, 2013 Deborah Caldwell-Stone Choose Privacy Week, Office for Intellectual Freedom, Online learning, Privacy
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