Tuesday Topics "Tuesday Topics" is a monthly series of listserv posts organized by the Oregon Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Committee and covering topics with intellectual freedom implications for libraries of all types. New posts are shared on the Libs-Or and OASL listservs.
February 2023 - Academic Freedom and Intellectual Freedom November 2022 - Bias and Librarian Censorship October 2022 - Banned Books Week 2022 "Show and Tell November 2021 - September 2022 [Forthcoming] October 2021 - Beyond Banned Books Week: Preparing for Challenges to Library Services September 2021 - Libraries, Censorship, and Critical Race Theory June 2021 - Artificial Intelligence and Libraries May 2021 - The Impact of Police Presence on Intellectual Freedom March 2021 - Dr. Seuss, Library Policies, Censorship, “Cancel Culture” & Choosing Books to Read Aloud, Display and Promote February 2021 - Collection development and harmful literature January 2021 - Booksellers, the First Amendment, and controversial texts December 2020 - Bias and librarian censorship November 2020 - Distance learning with video and audio - privacy considerations February 2020 - Protecting privacy at the self-service holds shelf January 2020 - What is the Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse? December 2019 - Equity, diversity, inclusion and intellectual freedom November 2019 - Safeguarding student privacy in schools October 2019 - Macmillan ebook embargo September 2019 - Banned Books Week is September 22-28, 2019 June 2019 - Intellectual freedom beach reads for 2019 May 2019 - School libraries and state obscenity laws April 2019 - Eliminating library fines to provide better access March 2019 - When it's not your (library's) book being banned February 2019 - Intellectual freedom staff training resources December 2018 - DNA kits, genealogy, and privacy November 2018 - Programming policies and intellectual freedom October 2018 - Federal privacy law September 2018 - Banned Books Week & Oregon Battle of the Books July 2018 - Meeting rooms, intellectual freedom, and responsible spaces June 2018 - Intellectual freedom beach reads for 2018 May 2018 - When good authors (or any authors) do bad things April 2018 - Let's Encrypt and Choose Privacy Week March 2018 - Free speech, disagreeable ideas, and meeting room policies February 2018 - Fire and Fury: finding the balance in collection development January 2018 - Surveillance as censorship December 2017 - Net neutrality and intellectual freedom September 2017 - Banned Books Week 2017 June 2017 - Intellectual freedom beach reads for 2017 May 2017 - Library policies and intellectual freedom April 2017 - Privacy and Net Neutrality: An Update March 2017 - Trigger Warnings and Safe Spaces in Higher Education February 2017 - Vetting Information Sources for Credibility November 2016 - Copyright Reform and Libraries October 2016 - New ALA Privacy Guidelines September 2016 - Celebrate the Freedom to Read
Oregon Resources
After-Hours Wi-Fi Survey Report , April 2017 (.pdf, 1.1 MB): reports on an OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee survey of public libraries across the state of Oregon about their experiences with providing Wi-Fi access after library open hours.
Surveys of Internet Policies and Practices in Oregon Public Libraries
National Resources Conference Materials
2017 OLA Conference 2016 OASL Fall Conference session - Challenges and Choices: Intellectual Freedom in School Libraries
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