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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">In anticipation of a new edition of <i>The Intellectual Freedom Manual</i>, the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee is in the process
of updating intellectual freedom-related documents.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">The IFC would appreciate feedback on the following two revisions of <i>Library Bill of Rights</i> interpretations <b>by Friday, December
28</b>. Please feel free to share this message widely.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">"</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XdgnErgR2pQ-ZQO_W1HWMQI2ocy-WvJDRjWspXxOjGA/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#ac0000">Prisoners'
Right to Read: An Interpretation of the <i>Library Bill of Rights</i></span></b></a><b>"</b>: This interpretation was adopted in 2010 by ALA Council and was amended in 2014. The 2014 version can be found <a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations/prisonersrightoread" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ac0000">here</span></a>.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">"</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tDBqRwHl1gIL74awWl-TutVsr_z9_JSS1k-jF8DgevU/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#ac0000">Diversity
in Collection Development: An Interpretation of the <i>Library Bill of Rights</i></span></b></a><b>"</b>: This interpretation was adopted by ALA Council in 1982 and amended in 1990, 2008 and 2014. The 2014 version can be found <a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations/diversitycollection" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ac0000">here</span></a>.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Feedback can be posted in the following two ways:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Use the links above to post feedback to Google Doc drafts. The IFC requests that you post comments on these documents, rather than edit the documents directly. To post a comment, select "Insert"
in the top menu, and then click "Comment." Comments may be posted anonymously (if you're not signed into a Google account) or publicly (if you're signed into your Google account).<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Using "track changes," add comments and edits to the attached Word doc drafts. You can email them to me (<a href="mailto:glynnj@kenyon.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ac0000">glynnj@kenyon.edu</span></a>)
or post them as a comment <a href="https://connect.ala.org/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?GroupId=102898&MessageKey=f394bfe3-b258-4977-84ad-856e413763ca&CommunityKey=927d02c1-673b-4e91-9911-8fdf8dc3407f&tab=digestviewer&ReturnUrl=%2fcommunities%2fcommunity-home%2fdigestviewer%3fcommunitykey%3d927d02c1-673b-4e91-9911-8fdf8dc3407f%26tab%3ddigestviewer%26SuccessMsg%3dThank%2byou%2bfor%2bsubmitting%2byour%2bmessage.&SuccessMsg=Thank%20you%20for%20submitting%20your%20message.#bmf394bfe3-b258-4977-84ad-856e413763ca" target="_blank">
to this ALA Connect post,</a> and I'll forward it to working group members.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">The Intellectual Freedom Committee will make revisions to the drafts in light of your suggestions and plans to distribute the documents
to ALA Council prior to the Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. The committee also plans to present them at ALA Council Forum for further feedback.<br>
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Thank you in advance for your suggestions, and please let me know if you have any questions,<br>
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Julia Warga, Chair<br>
Intellectual Freedom Committee<br>
<a href="mailto:glynnj@kenyon.edu" target="_blank">glynnj@kenyon.edu</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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