<div><div dir="auto">Feedback is requested. Please see below.</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Eleanor Diaz</strong> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ediaz@ala.org">ediaz@ala.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, May 16, 2019 at 2:22 PM<br>Subject: [stateifc] Seeking Library Community Feedback: Four Revisions of LBOR Interpretations<br>To: <a href="mailto:stateifc@lists.ala.org">stateifc@lists.ala.org</a> <<a href="mailto:stateifc@lists.ala.org">stateifc@lists.ala.org</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Below is a message from ALA IFC Chair Julia Warga, seeking feedback on four
<i>Library Bill of Rights</i> interpretation revisions. Please feel free to share this message widely.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">Office for Intellectual Freedom<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">This is the fourth request for feedback from the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) after the Midwinter Meeting. In anticipation
of a new edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual, the IFC is continuing to update intellectual freedom-related documents.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">The IFC would appreciate feedback on two interpretation drafts <b>by Wednesday, May 29</b>: "<a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations/rating-systems" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ac0000">Rating
Systems</span></a>" (adopted in 2015), "<a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations/access-library-resources-for-minors" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ac0000">Access to Library Resources and Services for Minors</span></a>" (adopted in
1972, amended in 1981, 1991, 2004, 2008 under previous name "Free Access to Libraries for Minors", and 2014), "<a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations/usergenerated" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ac0000">User-Generated Content in
Library Discovery Systems</span></a>" (adopted in 2016), and "<a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations/privacy" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ac0000">Privacy</span></a>" (adopted in 2002, amended in 2014).<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">Please feel free to share this message widely. Feedback can be posted in the following two ways:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Post feedback on the Google Docs, linked below. The IFC requests that you post comments on the 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><ul type="square">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">"<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fd1yKwXtlDF07tDvF29tItz-tSrg2ssKXFubQKbVNiA/edit#heading=h.9hnuqbnf9b3p" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ac0000">Rating Systems: An Interpretation of the <i>Library
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">"<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iH9xItXWrkPf2k5Cx9CHIi36Cn2uieBhbClp-yJSKsw/edit" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ac0000">Access to Library Resources and Services for Minors: An Interpretation
of the <i>Library Bill of Rights</i></span></a>"<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">"<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I-VxBwOpe5K4TRaeeOKWZYFKuVICGLIgUYlqH-eLkDY/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ac0000">User-Generated Content in Library Discovery Systems: An
Interpretation of the <i>Library Bill of Rights</i></span></a>"<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">"<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zm91KWYp50j9KaU5L3txBSQnGH5F_pv-vHYcc59ii6M/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ac0000">Privacy: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights</span></a>"<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Using "track changes," add comments and edits to the attached Word 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 to this <a href="https://connect.ala.org/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?MessageKey=4289ee49-64a7-4cbd-8775-f9b03b419b24&CommunityKey=927d02c1-673b-4e91-9911-8fdf8dc3407f&tab=digestviewer#bm4289ee49-64a7-4cbd-8775-f9b03b419b24" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#0563c1">ALA Connect post</span></a>, and I'll forward them 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 ALA Annual Conference in Washington DC. The committee also plans to present them at ALA Council Forum for further feedback.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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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">Thank you in advance for your suggestions, and please let me know if you have any questions,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Intellectual Freedom Committee<br>
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