[Libs-Or] Libs-Or Digest, Vol 102, Issue 13
Molly Raphael
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Wed Aug 10 14:05:54 PDT 2011
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Today's Topics:
1. 2011 Annual Report on challenges to library material in
Oregon is now available (Katie Anderson)
2. Correct link: 2011 Annual Report on challenges to library
material in Oregon is now available (Katie Anderson)
3. Job Opportunity with Multnomah County Library (Johnette Easter)
4. CSD Election results! (KRIST OBRIST)
5. Oregon Libraries and Oregon Humanities' Conversation Project
(Annie (Dubinsky) Kaffen)
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Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 19:02:39 +0000
From: "Katie Anderson" <katie.anderson at state.or.us>
To: "(libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us)"
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Subject: [Libs-Or] 2011 Annual Report on challenges to library
material in Oregon is now available
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2011 Annual Report of the
Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse
is now available!
http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/aboutlit.shtml
Last year 17 attempts to ban books, videos, and online resources in Oregon
libraries were reported to the Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse
(OIFC). All 17 challenged items were retained. However, 2 of them were
reclassified to different sections. Of interest this year is that an mp3
audio book was challenged and retained, and one challenge led to
reorganizing a library's collection to move adult graphic novels next to
adult fiction rather than young adult graphic novels.
I encourage you to incorporate this information and/or the titles of the
challenged materials in your Banned Books Week displays and activities.
Many people may not realize that book banning is not a thing from the past
or that attempts to ban books are made every year right here in Oregon.
This is a valuable educational opportunity to discuss the nature of the
First Amendment-just as we have a right to access these materials in our
libraries, we have a right to question whether they are appropriate to
include in public collections.
* Why might someone find these materials inappropriate?
* Why should they remain in the collection?
* Is labeling a book an effective way to inform people about content
that may not be appropriate for everyone or is it a form of censorship?
* What would you do if someone came up to you in your library and
said they want you to remove a book from the collection?
* Why is a collection development policy the most important line of
defense when library materials are challenged?
* Does your library have a policy or established procedure for
patrons to challenge material?
You can find resources that may help you answer these questions at:
http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml<https://oslmail.osl.state.or
.us/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd69d2aa4e614055a9183763775f850e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.o
regon.gov%2fOSL%2fLD%2fintellectual.shtml>
Katie Anderson, Library Development Services
* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
katie.anderson at state.or.us<https://oslmail.osl.state.or.us/owa/redir.aspx?C=
dd69d2aa4e614055a9183763775f850e&URL=mailto%3akatie.anderson%40state.or.us>,
503-378-2528
More About the OIFC Annual Report
Every year the Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse (OIFC) publishes a
report on challenges to all types of library materials in Oregon. This
report provides a landscape of censorship activity in Oregon, and is
submitted to ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom to be included in their
report on censorship activity in the United States. The Annual Report is
also used by librarians and teachers to help them develop activities for
Banned Books Week.
The Annual Report is based on challenge reports OIFC receives from all types
of Oregon libraries (school, academic, and public). All local libraries are
encouraged to report challenges to materials on a voluntary basis. OIFC
does not publish names of people, organizations, libraries, and towns
identified in challenge reports confidential.
I will be compiling the 2012 Annual Report in August 2012. Please submit a
separate challenge report for each formal challenge to library materials
that occur at your library between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012. Reports
may be submitted as they are resolved or altogether in July 2012.
This information is complied to assist Oregon libraries currently facing a
challenge as well as providing information that will help you plan Banned
Books Week activities. The Annual Report will tell you what books were
challenged in Oregon libraries the previous year. The more libraries
reporting challenges to OIFC the better OIFC can help you!
Please take time to report challenges to OIFC. The accuracy of OIFC's
Annual Report and Title Index to Challenges is directly related to the
number of Oregon libraries reporting challenges.
To report challenges to materials at your library:
* Download and print the form at
http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml#Report_Challenges_to_the_Sta
te_Library<https://oslmail.osl.state.or.us/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd69d2aa4e614055
a9183763775f850e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.oregon.gov%2fOSL%2fLD%2fintellectual.s
html%23Report_Challenges_to_the_State_Library>
* Fill out a challenge report form for each item that went through
your library's formal process for dealing with challenges to library
material.
* Mail your completed form(s) to:
Oregon State Library
c/o Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse
250 Winter St. NE
Salem, OR 97301
For more information about OIFC visit our website
(http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml<https://oslmail.osl.state.o
r.us/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd69d2aa4e614055a9183763775f850e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.
oregon.gov%2fOSL%2fLD%2fintellectual.shtml>) or contact the coordinator of
OIFC, Katie Anderson, 503-378-2528.
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Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 21:03:29 +0000
From: "Katie Anderson" <katie.anderson at state.or.us>
To: "(libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us)"
<libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Subject: [Libs-Or] Correct link: 2011 Annual Report on challenges to
library material in Oregon is now available
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Sorry, I sent the wrong link earlier.
Here is the correct link:
http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml#Annual_Reports_on_Challenges
_in_Oregon
Katie Anderson, Library Development Services
* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
katie.anderson at state.or.us<mailto:katie.anderson at state.or.us>, 503-378-2528
From: Katie Anderson
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 12:03 PM
To: (libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us)
Subject: 2011 Annual Report on challenges to library material in Oregon is
now available
2011 Annual Report of the
Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse
is now available!
http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/aboutlit.shtml
Last year 17 attempts to ban books, videos, and online resources in Oregon
libraries were reported to the Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse
(OIFC). All 17 challenged items were retained. However, 2 of them were
reclassified to different sections. Of interest this year is that an mp3
audio book was challenged and retained, and one challenge led to
reorganizing a library's collection to move adult graphic novels next to
adult fiction rather than young adult graphic novels.
I encourage you to incorporate this information and/or the titles of the
challenged materials in your Banned Books Week displays and activities.
Many people may not realize that book banning is not a thing from the past
or that attempts to ban books are made every year right here in Oregon.
This is a valuable educational opportunity to discuss the nature of the
First Amendment-just as we have a right to access these materials in our
libraries, we have a right to question whether they are appropriate to
include in public collections.
* Why might someone find these materials inappropriate?
* Why should they remain in the collection?
* Is labeling a book an effective way to inform people about content
that may not be appropriate for everyone or is it a form of censorship?
* What would you do if someone came up to you in your library and
said they want you to remove a book from the collection?
* Why is a collection development policy the most important line of
defense when library materials are challenged?
* Does your library have a policy or established procedure for
patrons to challenge material?
You can find resources that may help you answer these questions at:
http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml<https://oslmail.osl.state.or
.us/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd69d2aa4e614055a9183763775f850e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.o
regon.gov%2fOSL%2fLD%2fintellectual.shtml>
Katie Anderson, Library Development Services
* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
katie.anderson at state.or.us<https://oslmail.osl.state.or.us/owa/redir.aspx?C=
dd69d2aa4e614055a9183763775f850e&URL=mailto%3akatie.anderson%40state.or.us>,
503-378-2528
More About the OIFC Annual Report
Every year the Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse (OIFC) publishes a
report on challenges to all types of library materials in Oregon. This
report provides a landscape of censorship activity in Oregon, and is
submitted to ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom to be included in their
report on censorship activity in the United States. The Annual Report is
also used by librarians and teachers to help them develop activities for
Banned Books Week.
The Annual Report is based on challenge reports OIFC receives from all types
of Oregon libraries (school, academic, and public). All local libraries are
encouraged to report challenges to materials on a voluntary basis. OIFC
does not publish names of people, organizations, libraries, and towns
identified in challenge reports confidential.
I will be compiling the 2012 Annual Report in August 2012. Please submit a
separate challenge report for each formal challenge to library materials
that occur at your library between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012. Reports
may be submitted as they are resolved or altogether in July 2012.
This information is complied to assist Oregon libraries currently facing a
challenge as well as providing information that will help you plan Banned
Books Week activities. The Annual Report will tell you what books were
challenged in Oregon libraries the previous year. The more libraries
reporting challenges to OIFC the better OIFC can help you!
Please take time to report challenges to OIFC. The accuracy of OIFC's
Annual Report and Title Index to Challenges is directly related to the
number of Oregon libraries reporting challenges.
To report challenges to materials at your library:
* Download and print the form at
http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml#Report_Challenges_to_the_Sta
te_Library<https://oslmail.osl.state.or.us/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd69d2aa4e614055
a9183763775f850e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.oregon.gov%2fOSL%2fLD%2fintellectual.s
html%23Report_Challenges_to_the_State_Library>
* Fill out a challenge report form for each item that went through
your library's formal process for dealing with challenges to library
material.
* Mail your completed form(s) to:
Oregon State Library
c/o Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse
250 Winter St. NE
Salem, OR 97301
For more information about OIFC visit our website
(http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml<https://oslmail.osl.state.o
r.us/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd69d2aa4e614055a9183763775f850e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.
oregon.gov%2fOSL%2fLD%2fintellectual.shtml>) or contact the coordinator of
OIFC, Katie Anderson, 503-378-2528.
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Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 14:57:51 -0700
From: Johnette Easter <johnette at multcolib.org>
To: Libs-OR <libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Subject: [Libs-Or] Job Opportunity with Multnomah County Library
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* *
*Neighborhood Libraries Assistant Director*
*Multnomah County Library; Portland, Oregon*
*Salary: $58,661 to $90,554 annually*
*Closing Date: August 19, 2011*
*Recruitment #: 9615-57*
Multnomah County Library (MCL) in Portland, Oregon is seeking applicants for
a Neighborhood Libraries Assistant Director (NLAD) position.
This position works with supervisory and frontline staff to provide library
services to the citizens of Multnomah County through the neighborhood
branches. The Neighborhood Libraries Assistant Director (NLAD) directly
supervises branch administrators in 12 branches and exercises indirect
supervision over approximately 150 front-line staff in those branches. The
person in this position oversees budget, personnel and quality management,
as well as program operations. This individual is expected to be visible,
accessible and approachable to both patrons and staff and to work
collaboratively with staff and stakeholders for optimal customer service,
both internal and external.
Qualified applicants must have demonstrated leadership and management
experience in librarianship typically gained through at least 3 years of
supervisory or management experience in a multi-branch library system, a
central library, and/or experience in managing a major division within a
large library system. Experience supervising management staff is desirable.
Experience working in a unionized environment is preferred. Budgetary
experience is required. In addition, a Master?s Degree from an American
Library Association (ALA) accredited college or university with major course
work in library and information science is preferred.
Phone interviews will be conducted in late August. In-person hiring
activities will tentatively be conducted in mid-September, with a job offer
made at the end of September.
If you are interested in this position and would like to read more about it,
please visit our website at www.multcojobs.org.
For questions, feel free to contact Johnette Easter, Library Recruiter at
(503) 988-5046 or johnette at multcolib.org.
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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:19:08 -0700
From: "KRIST OBRIST" <KOBRIST at ci.monmouth.or.us>
To: "Kids-Lib" <kids-lib at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>, "Libs-or"
<libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Subject: [Libs-Or] CSD Election results!
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>>Please excuse cross-posting<<
The election results are in, the CSD membership has elected new officers!
Drumroll....................
Our new CSD Chair-Elect is Jane Corry from Multnomah County Library
Our new Summer Reading Chair-Elect is Jessica Marie from Salem Public
Library
Our new Summer Reading Chair (special 1-yr term) is Gayle Waiss from Siuslaw
Public Library
Congratulations to our new officers and a huge thank you to all the
candidates who stepped up and offered their services in guiding the
Children's Services Division forward!
Krist
Krist Obrist, Youth Services Librarian
Chair - Children's Services Division of OLA
Monmouth Public Library
168 Ecols St. S.
Monmouth, OR 97361
kobrist at ci.monmouth.or.us
503.751.0182
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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:29:35 -0700
From: "Annie (Dubinsky) Kaffen" <a.kaffen at oregonhumanities.org>
To: "libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us"
<libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Subject: [Libs-Or] Oregon Libraries and Oregon Humanities'
Conversation Project
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Dear Oregon libraries,
I had the joy of meeting many library staff members from around the state
earlier this year at the annual conference in Salem when I led a session
talking about Oregon Humanities? Conversation Project program. I also
recently read OLA?s Vision 2020 statement and especially tuned into the
portion under the ?Community? heading that said that Oregon libraries
support lifelong learning in its many variations.
Here at Oregon Humanities, our mission is to connect Oregonians to ideas
that change lives and transform communities and our Conversation Project
program is one of many options in the state for lifelong learning.
Just in case you?re not familiar with the Conversation Project, briefly: The
Conversation Project offers Oregon nonprofits programs that engage community
members in thoughtful, inspiring conversations about important issues and
ideas. Programs are not free-form discussions or town hall-style
debates?they are structured opportunities to bring people together to learn
from an expert, to share ideas, and to understand differing perspectives on
a given subject. Conversations are free to host, last between sixty and
ninety minutes, and are led by humanities experts who have undergone
training in facilitating public dialogue.
Libraries have always been one of Oregon Humanities? main program partners.
Libraries receive funding for Everybody Reads programs, as well as other
public programming, through Oregon Humanities? grant initiatives. But they
have also been regular hosts of Conversation Project programs in the past
two years - in fact, libraries represent more than 50% of our program
partners!
In July, Oregon Humanities published a new (and bigger!) catalog of free
Conversation Project programs about provocative issues and ideas. We've seen
the program grow so much in the first two years and the new catalog features
26 programs about some really fascinating topics. We?re accepting
applications now, for conversations taking place between November 2011 and
February 2012. To check out the complete catalog and to download an
application, please visit:
http://oregonhumanities.org/programs/section/conversation-project/
There are Spanish-language programs available, as well as suggested, themed
program series featuring between two and four programs each. Examples of
themed series include ?Race and Change,? ?Democracy in Action,? ?Civil War
150,? ?Picturing History,? and, perhaps of particular interest to libraries,
?The New World of Words,? which features conversations that explore reading,
literature, and the power of information. (As an aside: I?ve noticed a lot
of discussion on the listserv recently about the shift to e-books and we
have a new program called ?From Print to Pixels: The Act of Reading in the
Digital Age.")
If you have any questions about the Conversation Project or Oregon
Humanities, please get in touch!
Thanks so much,
Annie
--
Annie Kaffen (formerly Dubinsky)
Program Coordinator
Oregon Humanities
813 SW Alder, Suite 702
Portland, OR 97205
(503) 241-0543 ext. 116
(800) 735-0543
fax: (503) 241-0024
a.kaffen at oregonhumanities.org
O. Hm. The sound of hearing a new idea.
oregonhumanities.org
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