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Tell Me What Democracy Looks Like

From: Jennifer Sue Thiele <jhaase_at_uwm.edu>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:52:19 -0500 (CDT)

2011 WLA Pre-Conference Tell Me What Democracy Looks Like

The UW-Milwaukee Center for Information Policy Research, UW-Milwaukee Schoo l of Information Studies and the WLA Intellectual Freedom Round Table invit e you to attend the 2011 WLA Pre-Conference, Tell Me What Democracy Looks L ike!

When a library confronts an intellectual freedom challenge, who are the pla yers involved, what are their interests and where do we stand? This pre-con ference will explore the motivations of such groups as Family Friendly Libr arians, local politicians and the American Library Association.

Perspectives on intellectual freedom issues will be offered by:

• Barbara Deter , Past president, Board of Directors, West Bend Community Memorial Library • Barbara Jones , Director, Office of Intellectual Freedom, ALA , Chicago • Sandra Braman , Professor, Department of Communications, UW-M ilwaukee • Loretta Gaffney , PhD candidate in Library & Information Scie nce, Univ. of Illinois • Joyce M. Latham , Assistant Professor, UW-Milwaukee

November 1, 2011 | 9:30 - 3:30 PM

Hilton Milwaukee City Center 509 W. Wisconsin Ave Milwaukee, WI

Registration Fee: $25 PLEASE Register online

http://sois.uwm.edu/democracy2011
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