Tag: Intellectual Freedom Round Table
IFRT Election 2025 Meet the Candidates: Director at Large
The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) is excited to introduce the candidates running for Director at Large in the upcoming ALA elections. In this post, you’ll find their responses to key questions about their vision, experience, and plans for IFRT. This is your opportunity to learn more about the individuals who seek to lead IFRT in advancing intellectual freedom.
IFRT Election 2025 Meet the Candidates: Treasurer
The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) is excited to introduce the candidates running for Treasurer in the upcoming ALA elections. In this post, you’ll find their responses to key questions about their vision, experience, and plans for IFRT. This is your opportunity to learn more about the individuals who seek to lead IFRT in advancing intellectual freedom.
IFRT Election 2025 Meet the Candidates: Chair-Elect
The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) is excited to introduce the candidates running for Chair-Elect in the upcoming ALA elections. In this post, you’ll find their responses to key questions about their vision, experience, and plans for IFRT. This is your opportunity to learn more about the individuals who seek to lead IFRT in advancing intellectual freedom.
Acclaimed Poet, Essayist, and Cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib to Headline Second Annual Rally for the Right to Read
ALA and Unite Against Book Bans will host a second annual Rally for the Right to Read: Voters Unite Against Book Bans at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront on Friday, June 28, 2024. Nationally renowned writer, cultural critic and MacArthur Genius Grant recipient Hanif Abdurraqib will deliver the keynote address.
IFRT Member Spotlight — Roxanne Pico-Lenz
Roxanne Pico-Lenz has dedicated her career to serving her community through programs, exhibits, and services catering to diverse groups within her community while giving her community a window into different perspectives.
Don’t Miss these Intellectual Freedom Events at ALA Annual!
Are you attending the American Library Association’s Annual Conference & Exhibition this year in Washington D.C.? Keep reading for the intellectual freedom & censorship highlights at this year’s Annual.
Get Active: New IFRT Chair Rhonda Evans Shares Her Plans, Priorities, and Passion
Rhonda Evans rose from ALA Emerging Leader to Chair of the Intellectual Freedom Round Table in just one year – and shows no signs of slowing down. She brings expertise, energy, and encouragement to her new IFRT leadership role, and invites all library workers to get involved in intellectual freedom issues. Keep reading to learn about Evans’s journey, perspectives on intellectual freedom, and priorities as IFRT Chair for 2021-22.
The First Joint Intellectual Freedom Awards
For the first time, the Intellectual Freedom Awards were presented in a joint awards ceremony. The awards given are: Robert P. Downs Award, the Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award, the Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award, the John Philip Immroth Award, and the Freedom to Read Foundation Honor Roll. Learn more about this past year’s intellectual freedom powerhouses here.
Seeking to Award Personal Courage, Dedication, and Contributions to the Defense of Freedom of Expression with $500
The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) is accepting nominations for the 2021 John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award. The award consists of a citation and $500.
Escape The Dead End Of Censorship! A Virtual Escape Room Adventure… Plus More Banned Books Week Activities
Someone is trying to save the world from dangerous ideas by censoring popular comics – but who will save our freedom to read from the censors? The ALA Intellectual Freedom Round Table and Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table are teaming up to bring you a very ‘graphic’ Banned Books Week! Use your intellectual freedom knowledge to join a team of heroes in Escape The Dead End Of Censorship!, a virtual escape room adventure (available in image-enhanced and text-only versions). Also, learn more about our Banned Books Week 2020 programming, including daily webinars hosted by GNCRT and the #BannedBooksWeek in Action social media campaign.