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Help with Challenges
ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom provides tools such as checklists, strategies, and tips for dealing with challenges to materials. You will find suggestions for conducting a challenge hearing, working with community leaders, and much more. Please contact Katie Anderson (503-378-2528) if you would like to request more information.
Policy Development Tools
ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom provides guidelines and workbooks to help you develop policies for selection, internet use, and confidentiality. Please contact Katie Anderson (503-378-2528) if you would like to request more information.
Intellectual Freedom for Young People
ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom carefully put together this list of websites for young people and their families. These websites explore first amendment basics and intellectual freedom issues related to the lives of young people.
Office of Intellectual Freedom (OIF) of the American Library Association (ALA)
The goal of OIF is to educate librarians and the general public about the nature and importance of intellectual freedom in libraries. The office strives to support librarians dealing with challenges by providing links to guidelines, policies, and other materials.
Intellectual Freedom Committee of the Oregon Library Association (OLA)
The Committee informs librarians of pending legislation, provides resources for developing selection policies, determines facts in cases of public controversy over censorship, and strives to develop liaison with other statewide organizations interested in intellectual freedom.
American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon
The Oregon Affiliate of the ACLU is a non-partisan organization dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of civil liberties and civil rights. Their website has valuable resources for people and organizations that strive to preserve and enhance civil liberties and civil rights. Check out their new database, identifying books that have been challenged in Oregon from 1979 to the present, remains available online.
Library Bill of Rights
The American Library Association’s basic policy on free access to libraries and library materials. Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights are valuable resources for policy development and in dealing with challenges to library materials.
The Freedom to Read Statement
The freedom to read is essential to democracy and is protected by the constitution yet it is continuously under attack. This statement will help you develop strong policies and in dealing with challenges to library materials.
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The following titles are available at the Oregon State Library.
Intellectual Freedom Manual, 7th Edition compiled by the Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association (2006)
The Intellectual Freedom Manual will help answer practical questions librarians face in their libraries when applying the principles of intellectual freedom to library services.
Libraries & Democracy: The Cornerstones of Liberty by Nancy Kranish (2001)
Libraries & Democracy thoroughly examines the complex, critical issue of democracy. It is designed to help librarians, advocates, and policymakers find answers to difficult questions on issues including filtering and copyright protection.
The Library's Legal Answer Book by Mary Minow and Tomas Lipinski (2003)
The Legal Answer Book is an excellent resource for making wise policy decisions and for protecting your organization from legal challenges.
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