- Upcoming WLA Intellectual Freedom Meeting
WLA's Intellectual Freedom SIG (Special Interest Group) is holding their second meeting Monday February 28 from 11 am- noon.
Youth librarians are often on the front line of censorship attempts. As such, becoming involved in this WLA unit can help you take immediate action and help set the course of the SIG. There is no registration needed to attend this meeting.
The weekly WLA Bulletin (2/4/22) posted:
SAVE THE DATE! INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP MEETING
Monday, Feb 28
11:00 A.M. - Noon
No registration required. Meeting link is below:
https://zoom.us/j/93914868388?
- Are You Receiving the ALA Intellectual Freedom Newsletter?
If you want to access up-to-date news on the IF front, you can subscribe to the ALA Intellectual Freedom News. The newsletter includes a wide range of news on censorship attempts, first amendment issues, legislation updates, copyright and much more. To sign up to receive future issues of Intellectual Freedom News, click here.
- CCBC Resources on Intellectual Freedom to Assist You
And as a reminder, here are resources recently shared by Leah Langby at IFLS of helpful resources from the CCBC:
- The Cooperative Children’s Book Center, one of Wisconsin’s greatest treasures, has some excellent resources to help think about, prepare, and respond to concerns and challenges.’
- Intellectual Freedom Service for Wisconsin public and school libraries, provides confidential and professional assistance to librarians who are facing a challenge or concern about a book for children or teens.
- I love this poster: Be Prepared: What to Do Before, During, and After a Materials Challenge
- I also love this one: Materials Concern Check-List: Tips and Talking Points
- Steps to Take When Materials Are Challenged has a lot of great suggestions AND additional resources and places to turn for help
- The What IF Forum is a place where you can submit questions to the CCBC librarians and their partners and they’ll answer for the wider library community. Here’s a recent example all about being prepared for a challenge.
- Finally, Megan Schliesman of the CCBC shared the following with the Friends of the CCBC:
Timely Intellectual Freedom Information
If you work in libraries or classrooms, or have been following the news, you know about the public attacks and challenges to books for children and teens happening across the country at an unprecedented level. The CCBC continues to provide confidential information and referral to Wisconsin librarians and teachers through our intellectual freedom information services. In addition, we’ve also been compiling resources from the American Library Association and others, including relevant questions and responses from our What IF: Questions and Answers on Intellectual Freedom forum.
One of our What IF questions and responses addresses what community members can do to be proactive and support diverse materials, librarians and educators, because challenges are local: Your voice matters in your community.
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