[Libs-Or] FW: Register now! Intellectual Freedom Speaker Series

[director bakerlib.org]

Intellectual Freedom Fighting Friends,

Here are an excellent couple of free webinars just announced, courtesy of MCLS. Register now to reserve a space. If you can’t attend, recordings will be posted but it’s unclear if those will be free.

With literacy and justice for all,

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Perry Stokes, OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee (2017 – current)
Library Director, Baker County Library District<https://www.bakerlib.org/>
2400 Resort St | Baker City, OR 97814
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Intellectual Freedom Speaker Series

MCLS is proud to co-sponsor a winter speaker/workshop series designed to help libraries better understand and respond to modern forms of mis-/disinformation, book banning, censorship, and intellectual freedom.
[Kristin Fontichiaro]<https://mcls.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=70f5d96e1d549a56752300142&id=80e23db1f2&e=d950b0f0c8>
When Misinformation Shows Up at Your Door:
Pink Slime Journalism, Manipulative Algorithms, and Your Library

KRISTIN FONTICHIARO,
University of Michigan School of Information

Monday, Jan. 30 at 12-1pm Eastern
ZOOM


Sponsored by MCLS<https://mcls.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=70f5d96e1d549a56752300142&id=bbffeda4c3&e=d950b0f0c8> and Michigan Cooperative Directors Association<https://mcls.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=70f5d96e1d549a56752300142&id=ea73cbc221&e=d950b0f0c8>.
FREE Registration<https://mcls.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=70f5d96e1d549a56752300142&id=9619287094&e=d950b0f0c8>
Event Description
Kristin Fontichiaro, Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information, will cover "pink slime" journalism and partisan narratives in online newspapers, social media's use of algorithms to fill our feeds with emotionally manipulative "realities", and much more.


This is a virtual event. A recording will be made available on MCLS’s website<https://mcls.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=70f5d96e1d549a56752300142&id=c7cbb8f30b&e=d950b0f0c8>.
About Kristin Fontichiaro
Kristin speaks across the United States and internationally on various topics including makerspaces, and inquiry, information and literacy. She has authored dozens of professional books and books for children, contributed chapters to numerous textbooks, and written over 100 published articles.

As a professor, she teaches courses in contextual inquiry and user needs assessment, makerspace culture and tools, information literacy, and library and information science.
[Dr. Emily Knox]
Intellectual Freedom and the Rise of Banned Books

DR. EMILY KNOX,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Community Lecture
Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 7-8:30pm Eastern
WMU Fetzer Center and streaming online

Workshop for Librarians ($25)
Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 9am-3pm Eastern
WMU Fetzer Center


Sponsored by MCLS<https://mcls.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=70f5d96e1d549a56752300142&id=06590b9ce9&e=d950b0f0c8> and Western Michigan University Libraries<https://mcls.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=70f5d96e1d549a56752300142&id=ffeb664998&e=d950b0f0c8>.
Dr. Knox Lecture: “Intellectual Freedom and the Rise of Banned Books”
Tuesday, Feb. 7
7-8:30 pm Eastern
Kirsch Auditorium, Fetzer Center, Western Michigan University
FREE
Register to attend in person<https://mcls.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=70f5d96e1d549a56752300142&id=cc30286f55&e=d950b0f0c8> or watch the livestream<https://mcls.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=70f5d96e1d549a56752300142&id=b28aa69286&e=d950b0f0c8>.

Book bans are on the rise in schools and libraries across the U.S., including in our West Michigan communities. While the effectiveness of these campaigns is unclear, the attempts continue. Why do people ban books? What are they trying to accomplish? What are the effects, and how should we respond? Dr. Emily Knox from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will explore the answer to these questions in a lecture on the rise of banned books and what it means for communities. A brief reception follows.


A recording will be made available on MCLS’s website<https://mcls.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=70f5d96e1d549a56752300142&id=4e0731eaa1&e=d950b0f0c8>.

Intellectual Freedom Workshop for Librarians with Dr. Knox
Wednesday, Feb. 8
9am-3pm Eastern
Fetzer Center, Western Michigan University
$25/person. Lunch included.
Register by January 24<https://mcls.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=70f5d96e1d549a56752300142&id=92f1c9b0e0&e=d950b0f0c8>
A full itinerary is available at the registration link above.

AM Session: Understanding Intellectual Freedom and Censorship
Dr. Knox will provide an overview of one of the core values of librarianship, intellectual freedom, including the history of the right to access information, the right to freedom of expression, and how censorship intersects with these values.

PM Session: Thinking Through Wicked Problems: Misinformation, Disinformation & Media Literacy
Misinformation and disinformation in the social media age are difficult to navigate. Dr. Knox will cover what makes addressing media literacy such a “wicked” problem and how librarians can respond.


The workshop is in-person only and will not be recorded.
About Emily Knox

Emily is an associate professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her book, Book Banning in 21st Century America (Rowman & Littlefield) is the first monograph in the Beta Phi Mu Scholars’ Series. She also recently edited Trigger Warnings: History, Theory Context (Rowman & Littlefield) and co-edited Foundations of Information Ethics (ALA Neal-Schuman). Her most recent book is Foundations of Intellectual Freedom (ALA Neal-Schuman). Emily’s articles have been published in The Library Quarterly, Library and Information Science Research, Open Information Science, and Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy.
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