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From: Santangelo, Michael <M.Santangelo_at_BrooklynPublicLibrary.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:29:09 -0400
Good Afternoon Everyone,
I hope you don't mind, but I thought I would take advantage of the lull in our conversation to ask a favor of my colleagues. The Association for Library Service to Children's (ALSC) Intellectual Freedom Committee is having a program at the ALA Annual Conference called "Finding the Balance: Kids' Rights, Parental Demands, and Librarians Role." It will be on Saturday, June 26th from 1:30 to 3:30 in the Washington Conference Center, Room 208 A/B. Here is the description: How do librarians achieve harmony between their commitment to strongly advocate for a young person's intellectual freedom rights and their duty to address parental concerns over what a young person reads, view, or checks out? How does this attempt at balance influence a librarian's role in the community? Come hear a panel discussion from those who have grappled with these questions and who have struggled to make different forces in their communities understand the librarian's role in these issues. Our speakers will include Carol Phillips of Eas t Brunswick Public Library, Holly Anderton of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, and Helen Adams, retired school librarian and member of ALA's Intellectual Freedom Committee. The committee would like your help. Here are some questions we have for you: 1) How have you found the balance when working with children, their parents/guardians, and intellectual freedom issues? Do you have any thoughts or ideas, programs, or ancedotes you would like to share? 2) Do you have any questions for our speakers concerning this topic? Any questions for our audience members? Also, please note that while this is obviously directed towards librarians, I would appreciate any comments, anecdotes, and questions from teachers, writers, publishers, professors, etc. Please remember to send your answers to me directly and not back to the list (I am already infringing a bit and don't want to add any additional chaos). We would like to include all submissions in our program. Thank you, Michael Santangelo
Michael Santangelo Electronic Resources Analyst Brooklyn Public Library Office of Materials Selection Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY 11238 (718) 230-2746 m.santangelo_at_brooklynpubliclibrary.org Looking for what to read next? Sign up for booklist emails or subscribe to booklist RSS feeds today!
Received on Thu 17 Jun 2010 04:29:09 PM CDT
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:29:09 -0400
Good Afternoon Everyone,
I hope you don't mind, but I thought I would take advantage of the lull in our conversation to ask a favor of my colleagues. The Association for Library Service to Children's (ALSC) Intellectual Freedom Committee is having a program at the ALA Annual Conference called "Finding the Balance: Kids' Rights, Parental Demands, and Librarians Role." It will be on Saturday, June 26th from 1:30 to 3:30 in the Washington Conference Center, Room 208 A/B. Here is the description: How do librarians achieve harmony between their commitment to strongly advocate for a young person's intellectual freedom rights and their duty to address parental concerns over what a young person reads, view, or checks out? How does this attempt at balance influence a librarian's role in the community? Come hear a panel discussion from those who have grappled with these questions and who have struggled to make different forces in their communities understand the librarian's role in these issues. Our speakers will include Carol Phillips of Eas t Brunswick Public Library, Holly Anderton of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, and Helen Adams, retired school librarian and member of ALA's Intellectual Freedom Committee. The committee would like your help. Here are some questions we have for you: 1) How have you found the balance when working with children, their parents/guardians, and intellectual freedom issues? Do you have any thoughts or ideas, programs, or ancedotes you would like to share? 2) Do you have any questions for our speakers concerning this topic? Any questions for our audience members? Also, please note that while this is obviously directed towards librarians, I would appreciate any comments, anecdotes, and questions from teachers, writers, publishers, professors, etc. Please remember to send your answers to me directly and not back to the list (I am already infringing a bit and don't want to add any additional chaos). We would like to include all submissions in our program. Thank you, Michael Santangelo
Michael Santangelo Electronic Resources Analyst Brooklyn Public Library Office of Materials Selection Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY 11238 (718) 230-2746 m.santangelo_at_brooklynpubliclibrary.org Looking for what to read next? Sign up for booklist emails or subscribe to booklist RSS feeds today!
Received on Thu 17 Jun 2010 04:29:09 PM CDT
