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RE: Freedom to Read Statement

Posted By Alec McFarlane Sep 26, 2023 11:43 AM
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Senaida Velazquez Actually that is the point I am making, The Freedom to Read Statement is not about pushing one idea or the other or giving voice to one identity or another. Rather the statement is about understanding the ideas and beliefs being made. If you are against censorship then you will be ...

RE: Freedom to Read Statement

Posted By Alec McFarlane Sep 26, 2023 02:25 AM
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Deborah Caldwell-Stone & The Membership It would have been better if there was something like an outline about how a member-based resolution can be changed and how it operates within the existing system. The idea of "signatories" is a interesting characterization. Presuming that the Freedom to Read ...

RE: Freedom to Read Statement

Posted By Alec McFarlane Sep 25, 2023 11:01 PM
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Tracey Thompson Thank you for taking time to answer. I can understand different means but my question is more about the overlapping dates. Why would different segments overlap one another if they are intended as a cohesive whole? The isolated nature of each segment is understood but without a transferrable ...

RE: Freedom to Read Statement

Posted By Alec McFarlane Sep 22, 2023 12:41 AM
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I am not understanding the differences given between this post and another: https://connect.ala.org/discussion/review-of-freedom-to-read-statement-discussion-topic-first-amendment-question-6 Why are the dates different? Why are the questions different, or otherwise framed differently if we are speaking ...

RE: Core Library Consulting Directory _June 23

Posted By Alec McFarlane Jul 17, 2023 10:33 AM
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Carolyn Norman So, what was the challenge and what was the solution? I presume the challenge had to do with advertising on ALA Connect but please do tell... ------------------------------ Alec McFarlane President New Image Associates - Construction Consultants ------------------------------

Academic Freedom (The lack thereof)

Posted By Alec McFarlane Nov 28, 2022 01:14 AM
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This is what is happening at the ALA and the OIF, verbatim. https://www.deseret.com/2022/11/27/23471569/woke-universities-academic-freedom-chicago-trifecta Quoted: (1) Crisis of leadership Many universities and professional organizations now qualify their support for freedom: free speech, ...

RE: Update: Missouri Library Association Response to Ashcroft's "Age Appropriate" Administrative Rule Proposal

Posted By Alec McFarlane Nov 27, 2022 10:13 PM
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Deborah Caldwell-Stone The unblocking of my response here means that it's time to deliver the unadulterated truth: Age inappropriate is a misnomer when the youngest child ever admitted to college was 6 years of age [https://www.oldest.org/people/youngest-kids-to-go-to-college/]. We are focusing on ...

RE: Selective Censorship within IFRT

Posted By Alec McFarlane Nov 27, 2022 09:44 PM
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You are talking to a 10+ year member of the American Library Association Alec C. McFarlane

Selective Censorship within IFRT

Posted By Alec McFarlane Nov 25, 2022 07:29 PM
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Folks We have a matter of selective censorship within IFRT and, by extension, ALA Connect whereas selective denial, selective exposure, and selective options of reply exist within this Round Table. Anything that Deborah Caldwell-Stone posts I cannot answer. Selective posts regarding the C&B or Constitution ...

RE: Keynote Speeches on Confronting Disinformation & Book Bans

Posted By Alec McFarlane Nov 25, 2022 07:21 PM
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Frieda Afary If you look at the conversations posted you will find Deborah Caldwell-Stone's post before mine. I cannot answer to hers because "I am not a subscribed member" but to your post and my own, I can answer. What this means is that IFRT and by extension the ALA Connect system is one that is ...

RE: Update: Missouri Library Association Response to Ashcroft's "Age Appropriate" Administrative Rule Proposal

Posted By Alec McFarlane Nov 25, 2022 06:09 PM
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The idea that only people from Missouri should be able to comment on this issue is nonsensical and I tell you this as a seasoned lobbyist who works on a national level. Legislators from various states will tell you that outside communications are a plus to the process. This is true even where the technicality ...

RE: IFLA

Posted By Alec McFarlane Nov 24, 2022 11:30 PM
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The Challenge As you will find in my recent posts on IFRT, this is not some isolated incident. We are truly confused about terms and meanings and more... and it should not be. This is a challenge we did not expect to have but yet here we are: The challenge of terms and meanings starts with our favorite ...

RE: IFLA

Posted By Alec McFarlane Nov 24, 2022 09:23 PM
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Why don't you tell us about it? The idea that people at the ALA exist without repercussions is laughable when I am it but we cannot go about propagating this façade and expect to solve problems. Quoted: One of IFLA's core values is based on Article 19 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human ...

RE: Disturbing development in Missouri

Posted By Alec McFarlane Oct 25, 2022 12:59 AM
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Ayana Looney Sometimes I am not quite clear and sometimes I come from afar but I am not thinking as a lobbyist as much as I am as a social critic trying to delve into the subjects of meaning. What, really, do these terms mean? We are making judgements as to what is good and what is bad, what is right ...

RE: Disturbing development in Missouri

Posted By Alec McFarlane Oct 21, 2022 10:12 PM
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What does he know? What do you know? What is the difference between a "School official" and "government"? The question is so broad as to be meaningless, a school official is a government created entity. Government, in your use, appears to be about the mandate given. -- Alec C. McFarlane

RE: Disturbing development in Missouri

Posted By Alec McFarlane Oct 21, 2022 07:11 PM
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My point exactly, this stuff does NOT exist in a vacuum. Your quote:"This whole bit of nonsense is arguably a transparent attempt to equate "age-appropriate" with "desexualized" and/or "lacking any mention of LGBTQ+ or racism issues." I would suggest tweaking your statement slightly to say "school/government ...

RE: Disturbing development in Missouri

Posted By Alec McFarlane Oct 19, 2022 01:52 PM
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Right, I was begging the question. My illustration of the CRPD was of entrenchment and of how the deciding line is drawn. What is "age appropriate" for sexual matters is not going to be the same as what is "age appropriate" for other matters. The "Who Decides" part I was illustrating was not so much ...

RE: Disturbing development in Missouri

Posted By Alec McFarlane Oct 19, 2022 11:05 AM
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What is age appropriate? Define it. That is the question. -- Alec C. McFarlane

RE: Disturbing development in Missouri

Posted By Alec McFarlane Oct 18, 2022 10:12 PM
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Michael Blackwell I have two observations to share, the first is that "age appropriate" is the essence of their claim and it is a value judgement. The value judgment of what is appropriate to a given "age" is a value judgement that presumes , for instance, that all children of "5 years of age" are  ...

RE: How to respond to an administrative ban on banned books

Posted By Alec McFarlane Oct 11, 2022 03:32 PM
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Kelly Hart What nobody is telling you here, but is being propagated everywhere else, is that the Freedom to Read Statement (1953) remains a bedrock principle of the ALA. The question that follows is just this, what can you do to change the principles of the original statement? Moreover, what principles ...