[Libs-Or] Fwd: [srrtac-l] Fwd: [alacoun] Library worker arrested in library after defending patron's free speech

Mon Oct 17 09:48:20 PDT 2016

Article from the NY Review of Books
<http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/10/14/kansas-city-librarian-arrest-for-defending-free-speech/>
on the issues at Kansas City Public Libraries and around the nation.

Kate Rubick, Instruction Services Librarian
<http://library.lclark.edu/lib/staff/kate_rubick/>
Aubrey R. Watzek Library
Lewis & Clark College
503-768-7338

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Matthew Baiocchi <
mbaiocchi at lincolncity.org> wrote:

> Seems like the article is true. I contacted Steve to verify the
> information. Our brief discussion follows:
>
> You could indicate you have spoken to me and confirmed that the story was
> true.
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> It's out now and getting a lot of interest from more mainstream media.
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Sep 29, 2016, at 1:34 PM, Matthew Baiocchi <mbaiocchi at lincolncity.org>
> wrote:
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> My apologies! I wanted to pass on your response to the ListServ but given
> your desire to keep it under wraps I will not do so now.
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> Many of us are very proud of you for trying to do the right thing (both
> for the individual in the article and discourse in public forums in public
> libraries) and distraught over your injuries.
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> FYI - the following just came through on the ListServ. I believe you will
> soon be inundated with inquiries. I wish you the best of luck!
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> ALA staff are gathering information according to Julie Todaro, ALA
> President.
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Julie Todaro <jtodaro at austincc.edu>
> Date: Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 9:28 AM
> Subject: [alacoun] Todaro comment... Library worker arrested in library
> after defending patron's free speech
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> We are gathering information on this and will get back to Council. I can
> only speak for myself..but I had not heard of this until yesterday.
>
> Julie
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> Matthew Baiocchi
> Reference Librarian
> Driftwood Public Library
> 801 SW Hwy 101, #201
> Lincoln City, OR 97367
> 541-557-1116 (Desk)
> mbaiocchi at lincolncity.org
> *www.driftwoodlib.org <http://www.driftwoodlib.org/>*
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> Matthew Baiocchi
> Reference Librarian
> Driftwood Public Library
> 801 SW Hwy 101, #201
> Lincoln City, OR 97367
> 541-557-1116 (Desk)
> mbaiocchi at lincolncity.org
> *www.driftwoodlib.org <http://www.driftwoodlib.org>*
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> >>> Steve Woolfolk <stevewoolfolk at kclibrary.org> 09/29/16 11:24 AM >>>
> Good afternoon. It's accurate. We had been trying to keep it under the
> radar in hopes that all parties would realize how absurd this is. But as
> you can see it's starting to get out.
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Sep 29, 2016, at 1:20 PM, Matthew Baiocchi <mbaiocchi at lincolncity.org>
> wrote:
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> Steven,
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> Hello, my name is Matthew Baiocchi. I am a reference librarian at the
> Driftwood Public Library in Lincoln City, OR. An article has made the
> rounds on a ListServ I subscribe to - http://bordc.org/news/
> library-worker-heroically-defends-patrons-free-speech-
> brutally-arrested-library-works/ - and I was wondering if the article is
> legitimate? I could find no other source for the incident.
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> Might you be willing to confirm or deny the article?
>
> Thank you very much for your time.
>
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> Matthew Baiocchi
> Reference Librarian
> Driftwood Public Library
> 801 SW Hwy 101, #201
> Lincoln City, OR 97367
> 541-557-1116 (Desk)
> mbaiocchi at lincolncity.org
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> >>> Diedre Conkling <diedre08 at gmail.com> 09/29/16 11:33 AM >>>
> This is from another discussion list.  Also ALA staff are gathering
> information according to Julie Todaro, ALA President.  I'm sure when they
> have more information that will be posted.
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Karl Siewert <karlgsiewert at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 10:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [srrtac-l] Fwd: [alacoun] Library worker arrested in library
> after defending patron's free speech
>  SRRTAC-L <srrtac-l at lists.ala.org>
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> I posted this story on my facebook page today, and there has been much
> discussion about how much veracity to give the story. The event occurred in
> May, and is just being reported now. It appears in no other news sources,
> and the site in question only gives us quotes from Woolfolk.
>
> Supporting evidence we have found:
> A tweet from Rothe-Kushel: https://twitter.com/jeremywrk/status/
> 740698070338441216
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> In the regional newspaper *The Examiner*: 'There was an incident after
> the speech by Ross. He took a few questions, and the first person to ask a
> question asserted that the United States and Israel have used terrorism for
> their own purposes and that, among other things, Israel was involved in the
> Sept. 11 attacks. Ross said flatly that's not true, but the man persisted.
> This reporter was in the back of the room, unable to see the confrontation,
> but at one point the man told someone else to “take your hands off me.” The
> man and others apparently moved to the hallway, where more shouting was
> heard. Police took two people into custody.' http://www.examiner.net/news/
> 20160511/envoy-cites-trumans-historic-role
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> A post on Woolfolk's facebook page (set to public): https://www.facebook.
> com/photo.php?fbid=10154216652654826
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> I attempted to search Missouri court documents with several name
> combinations and was unable to find anything that indicates a current case
> against either person. That doesn't mean they don't exist. I may not be
> using the tool correctly, or it may not cover open cases:
> https://www.courts.mo.gov/casenet/cases/nameSearch.do
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> Tulsa, OK
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