Intellectual Freedom and Materials Challenges

Materials challenges and incidents of attempted censorship have greatly increased across the country last year, with the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom, as well as the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and the National Coalition Against Censorship all facing exponential increases in requests for assistance in matters relating to complaints about school and public library books and programs. This session will discuss materials challenges and how libraries can prepare and respond .  Deborah Caldwell-Stone from the American Library Association, Office of Intellectual Freedom, will be presenting the session.

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Define Intellectual Freedom in the context of Public Libraries
• Identify the components of a good reconsideration policy
• Describe tips and steps for addressing challenges at their library
   

The webinar link will be emailed to registrants the day before the webinar begins.