[Libs-Or] Crook County Library - Think Out Loud today

[April Witteveen]

Thanks all for the support!
It’s been a wild ride to handle an intellectual freedom challenge here in Crook County, but there is tremendous support from the LGBTQ+ and allied community, intellectual freedom fighters, and other fans of the public library. It feels good to be grounded in best practices established by ALA and intellectual freedom offices. To that end I want to thank Emily O’Neal and the rest of OIFC for assisting me while I was in the thick of it (and they continue to keep eyes on the Crook County School District as their school libraries are next up under the microscope of these concerned parents.) Big kudos to the entire CCL staff as we learned together and continue to provide a united front for unrestricted access to information.
Keep fighting the good fight!
April

April Witteveen | awitteveen at crooklib.org<mailto:awitteveen at crooklib.org> | 541.447.7978 x314

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Thank you for your work April!

Max

On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 9:02 AM Jane Corry via Libs-Or <libs-or at omls.oregon.gov<mailto:libs-or at omls.oregon.gov>> wrote:
Aye.


On May 24, 2022, at 7:18 PM, Matthew Baiocchi via Libs-Or <libs-or at omls.oregon.gov<mailto:libs-or at omls.oregon.gov>> wrote:


Seconded. That was wonderfully done, April!



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Yes! April represented herself, community, and our profession just brilliantly – courageous, thoughtful, articulate, and knowledgeable.
Excellent work, April!

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Perry Stokes
Co-Chair, OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee

Director, Baker County Library District
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(541) 523-6419



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Subject: [Libs-Or] Crook County Library - Think Out Loud today

Kudos to April Witteveen, Director for Crook County Library, for her thoughtful responses today on OPB Radio's "Think Out Loud" program -

"Central Oregon elementary changes policy after parents raise concerns over books about gender and race"

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~Perri Parise


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