[Libs-Or] Fwd: [alacoun] New Director, Office for Intellectual Freedom

[Diedre Conkling]

I think this has gone out to a lot of lists today but maybe you haven't seen
it yet.



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From: Keith Michael Fiels <kfiels at ala.org>
Date: Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 7:26 AM
Subject: [alacoun] New Director, Office for Intellectual Freedom
To: ALA Council <alacoun at ala.org>




Please join me in welcoming Barbara M. Jones, Director, ALA Office for
Intellectual Freedom, and Executive Director, Freedom to Read Foundation,
effective December 14, 2009.  In her letter of application, Barbara noted:
“Twenty-first century IF issues are evolving quickly from those of the
twentieth, due to the following: globalization of intellectual freedom
issues; technology and privacy concerns; and an increasingly contentious
civic discourse as witnessed in the recent health care Town Meetings…New
intellectual freedom issues will need to be articulated in terms of our
unchanging IF ideals – to the ALA membership, the general public, and to the
organizations with which ALA collaborates.”



Barbara Jones brings a rich background in library administration,
scholarship and intellectual freedom advocacy to this position.  From
2003-2009 she was the Caleb T. Winchester University Librarian and Deans’
Council Member at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT.   She held previous
library directorships at Union College, the University of Northern Iowa, and
the Fashion Institute of Technology (SUNY), as well as administrative
positions at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), Minnesota
Historical Society, New York University and Teachers College Library,
Columbia University.



In 1995, Barbara Jones received a Ph.D, in U.S. Legal History, from the
University of Minnesota/Twin Cities.  She also holds an M.A. in History,
Archival Management, and Historical Editing from New York University; an
M.L.S. from the Columbia University School of Library Service; an M.A.T. in
English from Northwestern University; and, a B.A. in English from University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.



Barbara brings twenty-five years of active engagement on intellectual
freedom issues to her new position.  She currently serves as Treasurer,
Freedom to Read Foundation.  She served on the FAIFE (Freedom of Access to
Information and Freedom of Expression) IFLA Standing Committee, serving as
Secretary to FAIFE from 2007-2009.  She was a member of the ALA Intellectual
Freedom Committee (1990-1994, 2001-2003) and currently serves on the IFC
Privacy Subcommittee (2009). In 2004-05 (and 1986-87) she served as Chair of
the Intellectual Freedom Round Table.  She is currently an ACRL Legislative
Advocate and has also served on state Intellectual Freedom Committees in
Iowa and Minnesota.  As a FAIFE trainer and expert advisor, Barbara has
developed curricula and training programs, and conducted workshops
internationally.



In addition, Barbara has consulted, spoken and written extensively in the
area of intellectual freedom.  In 2009, she published *Intellectual Freedom
in Academic Libraries* with ALA Editions.  Earlier writing includes *Libraries,
Access, and Intellectual Freedom: Developing Policies for Public and
Academic Libraries* (ALA Editions, 1999) and a number of articles and
chapters, including “Libel Tourism: What Librarians Need to Know,” for
*American
Libraries* (2009-2010).



Barbara Jones received the Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award from
the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information
Science in 2008.  She was named to the Freedom to Read Foundation Honor Roll
at their 30th anniversary gala in 1999.



Thanks go to the members of the search committee for a successful effort:
Kenton L. Oliver, president, Freedom to Read Foundation; Martin L. Garnar,
2009-2010 chair, ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee; Mario Ascencio,
2009-2010 chair, ALA Committee on Legislation; J. Douglas Archer, 2008-2009
chair, ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee; Mary Taylor, executive director,
Library and Information Technology Association; Karen O’Brien, director, ALA
Office for Accreditation; Cynthia Vivian, director, ALA Human Resources;
and, Mary Ghikas, senior associate executive director, ALA.





Keith Michael Fiels

Executive Director

American Library Association

50 East Huron Street

Chicago, Illinois 60611

(312) 280-1392

*kfiels at ala.org*











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Diedre Conkling
Lincoln County Library District
P.O. Box 2027
Newport, OR  97365
Work phone & fax:  541-265-3066
Work email:  diedre at beachbooks.org
Home email:  diedre08 at gmail.com
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