Our Intellectual Freedom Committee is exploring what our role should be in the community. This is outside our material evaluation policy and process. We are also working with our learning department on staff education. For the community, we have talked about the following:
- An educational role with presentations to our various Friends groups, local groups, and to the public
- Promoting intellectual freedom values through displays, events, and communication
- Sponsoring programs such as a year of Celebrate Freedom to Read
We are still discussing what role we should fulfill when schools in our service area face an IF challenge. We'd like to hear about what other libraries are doing.
Thanks!
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Tracey Thompson
Director of Collection Management Services
King County Library System
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