Be an intellectual freedom fighter! Responding to challenges @ your school library
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Be an Intellectual Freedom Fighter! Responding to Challenges @ Your School Library Kimberly Hirsh Managing Editor [email protected] Will Cross Director, Copyright & Digital Scholarship [email protected]
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Learn how to prepare for and respond to a challenge to library materials. Explore tools for justifying the inclusion of materials in your collection and the legal issues involved. A toolkit for ensuring your students have access to a relevant, balanced, and diverse school library collection.
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Be an Intellectual Freedom Fighter!
Responding to Challenges @ Your School Library
Kimberly HirshManaging [email protected]
Will CrossDirector, Copyright & Digital Scholarship
http://intellectualfreedom.web.unc.edu
Kimberly’s Story
BE PREPARED
Libraries = Intellectual Freedom
Know your policies.
Reconsideration
Policy Selection PolicyEducational
Program
LEA Policies
Building Policies
Who talks to the
complainant first? What does informal resolution look like?What’s your
role?
Importance of Policies
Trust Your Expertise - The Law Does
Tools for Justifying Inclusion
Age Appropriateness Reviews
Tools for Justifying Inclusion
Core Collections, Booklists and
Awards
Other Holdings
The Paperwork
For the Complainant For the Committee● Letter● Request for Reconsideration Form● Copy of Relevant Policies● Copy of Library Bill of Rights
“ALA Workbook for Selection Policy Writing”
● Instructions● Completed Request for
Reconsideration Form● Copy of Relevant Policies● Copy of Library Bill of Rights● Copy of Report to Principal● Full Text of Reviews● Information about Inclusion in
Selection Aids● Information about Holdings in
Other Libraries● Information Provided by the
Publisher
LIBRARY AVENGERS
ASSEMBLE!
Where To Go For Help
Going to Court
Kimberly [email protected]
Will [email protected]
http://intellectualfreedom.web.unc.edu
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