Sunday IF activities @ Conference
Here are some intellectual freedom-related activities happening on Sunday, July 12, 2009 at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. Check out the conference wiki for more:
8:00 – 10: 00 a.m.
IFC/COL
Hyatt Regency Chicago (on Wacker — not McCormick Place)
Columbus Hall K/L
Combined meeting of the Intellectual Freedom Committee and the Committee on Legislation. All conference attendees are welcome to observe.
10:30 a.m. – Noon
RUSA-MARS program
Sheraton Chicago BR II/III
“Who Cares About Privacy? Boundaries, Millennials and the MySpace Mindset” — Join the Privacy Revolution
Speakers: Siva Vaidhyanathan, Francis Jacobson Harris
10:30 a.m. – Noon
LITA program
McCormick Place West W184
“Net Neutrality and its Implications for Libraries” – speakers Alan Inouye, Gregory Jackson, Clifford Lynch
1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Committee on Professional Ethics program
McCormick Place West W185
“Alice Down the YouTube: Ethical Training in the Online Wonderland” – Have you watched a good video lately? Join us as we view YouTube videos that deal with everyday ethical issues in the library.
1:30 – 5:30 p.m.
GLBTRT program
McCormick Place West W194a
“What Makes Tango So Scary? Serving Your Whole Library Population, Intellectual Freedom, and Censorship of LGBT Books” – speakers Victor Schill, Jamie LaRue, Nancy Silverrod, Carolyn Caywood
3:30 – 5:30 p.m.
ALA President’s Program
McCormick Place West W184
Speaker: Tom Blanton, director of the National Security Archive at George Washington University. “After the 9-11 attacks the federal government’s desire for secrecy grew dramatically. Blanton will discuss limits imposed on access to government information.”