Month: May 2014
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. […]
Read A Banned Book at the Banned Books Virtual Read-Out at ALA’s Annual Conference in Las Vegas, NV
What do To Kill a Mockingbird, The Call of the Wild, and The Grapes of Wrath, have in common? Though they are all critical literary representations of our history, each […]
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 […]
IFAction News Roundup, May 18-24, 2014
The Office for Intellectual Freedom sponsors IFAction, an email list for those who would like updated information on news affecting intellectual freedom, censorship, privacy, access to information, and more. Click here to […]
Viewing and speaking about “The Speaker” at ALA Annual Conference
How can understanding past conflicts inform our ability to understand current issues? How should libraries and librarians grapple with uncomfortable history, unpopular ideas, and inflammatory speakers and programs in […]
IFAction News Roundup, May 11-17, 2014
The Office for Intellectual Freedom sponsors IFAction, an email list for those who would like updated information on news affecting intellectual freedom, censorship, privacy, access to information, and more. Click here to […]
Choose Privacy Week 2014: Privacy Issues for Incarcerated Youth
by Kelly Czarnecki Teen Librarian Charlotte Mecklenburg Library We might not think too often about privacy issues in regards to the incarcerated. Why should they be online anyway? In most […]
Choose Privacy Week 2014: Just Another Hysterical Librarian for Freedom
by Nancy Kranich Rutgers School of Communication and Information Past President, American Library Association Are librarians hysterical about protecting user privacy, as Attorney General John Ashcroft contended in 2003? That […]
Choose Privacy Week 2014: How to Host Programs about Online Privacy in Your Library
by Mike Robinson Associate Professor Consortium Library University of Alaska – Anchorage Choose Privacy Week is here and if you are like me, you are just now thinking of ways […]