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  • 1.  "Unshelving Voices: Empowering Libraries Against Censorship" A Symposium from various IFLA Groups

    Posted Feb 22, 2024 02:01 PM

    Call for Presentations:

    "Unshelving Voices: Empowering Libraries Against Censorship"

    Two-Day Symposium on Library Censorship

    Sponsored by:

    • IFLA LGBTQ+ Special Interest Group
    • The Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE)

    Co sponsors:

    • School Library Section
    • Management of Library Associations (MLAS)

    Mexico City – 6 to 7 August 2024

    The IFLA LGBTQ+ Special Interest Group, the Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE), and the School Library Section, and the Management of Library Associations (MLAS) in collaboration with the National Autonomous University of Mexico are pleased to announce the upcoming international symposium on censorship and libraries. The symposium is also held as part of a week of IFLA groups meeting in Mexico City from 5 to 9 August 2024 sponsored by the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

    follow this link for the full call for presentations



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    Raymond Pun
    Academic and Research Librarian
    Alder Graduate School of Education
    He/Him/His
    https://www.raypun.info/
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  • 2.  RE: "Unshelving Voices: Empowering Libraries Against Censorship" A Symposium from various IFLA Groups

    Posted Feb 23, 2024 06:44 PM

    Will any U.S. member present at this Symposium? If a U.S. presenter would find it useful to include an update all pending U.S. litigation, I may be able to help (though I can't attend). Please feel welcome to contact me.

    (I represent just myself, and not my employer.)



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    Michael Ginsborg
    Supervising Librarian
    California Department of Justice
    He/Him/His
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    Original Message


  • 3.  RE: "Unshelving Voices: Empowering Libraries Against Censorship" A Symposium from various IFLA Groups

    Posted Feb 23, 2024 08:10 PM

    Thanks for offering, Michael! If I hear or know of others in the US who will be presenting, I'll be sure to refer them to you as FYI. 



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    Raymond Pun
    Academic and Research Librarian
    Alder Graduate School of Education
    He/Him/His
    https://www.raypun.info/
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    Original Message