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Interested in writing a book chapter about the ongoing book bans/challenges?

Posted By Shannon Oltmann May 23, 2022 03:53 PM
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[cross-posted] Hello! I'm editing a book called The Fight Against Book Bans: Perspectives from the Field. I am seeking potential authors to contribute chapters. The chapters could be on a range of topics related to the recent increase in book challenges/bans across North America. Potential topics include: ...

Call for essays/book chapters: Due in 6 weeks!

Posted By Shannon Oltmann Apr 09, 2022 12:09 PM
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Call for Essays Contact: Shannon M. Oltmann shannon.oltmann@uky.edu We are soliciting essays from librarians, library science faculty, and others for the new book: The fight against book bans: Perspectives from the field. In the past six months, there has been a flood of book challenges and ...

Call for essays regarding recent flood of book challenges

Posted By Shannon Oltmann Jan 20, 2022 12:13 PM
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Call for Essays Contact: Shannon M. Oltmann shannon.oltmann@uky.edu (apologies for cross-posting) We are soliciting essays from librarians, library science faculty, and others for the new book: The fight against book bans: Perspectives from the field. In the past six months, there has ...

Special call for papers on COVID, libraries, and privacy concerns

Posted By Shannon Oltmann Sep 20, 2021 09:54 AM
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The Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy announces a special call for papers, focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic, libraries, and privacy concerns: Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy. With this special issue of the Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy, we seek contributions that ...

Call for papers: COVID-19 pandemic, libraries, and privacy concerns

Posted By Shannon Oltmann Aug 12, 2021 02:17 PM
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Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy Special Call for Papers: The COVID-19 Pandemic, Libraries, and Privacy Concerns Submissions Due: December 31, 2021 https://journals.ala.org/index.php/jifp/pages/view/covid-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way that many libraries do ...

Call for guest editors: Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy

Posted By Shannon Oltmann Feb 18, 2021 12:17 PM
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Soliciting guest editors for 2021 and 2022 The Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy (JIFP) seeks individuals interested in serving as a guest editor of an upcoming issue. Guest editors oversee the selection of manuscripts and development of an issue focused on a particular topic. We interpret ...

FW: [sage 211001]: Free Webinar: COVID-19 & Academic Censorship

Posted By Shannon Oltmann Sep 18, 2020 03:14 PM
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Friends, please see below for a webinar next week in which I'll be participating. We'll talk about censorship and freedom of speech in the contexts of academia, online space, and COVID-19. Shannon M. Oltmann, Ph.D. Pronouns: she/her/hers Associate Professor School of Information Science College of ...

Call for proposals: internet filtering, digital literacy, and information poverty

Posted By Shannon Oltmann Aug 01, 2020 09:59 AM
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Note: proposals and panels from librarians/ practitioners welcomed! Call for Proposals for 2021 Symposium Internet filtering, digital literacy, and information poverty: Intersections and challenges School of Information Science, University of Kentucky Proposals Due: November 30, 2020 Notification of ...

Seeking Book Review Assistant for Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy

Posted By Shannon Oltmann Apr 25, 2020 12:11 PM
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The Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy ( https://journals.ala.org/index.php/jifp ) seeks a volunteer Book Review Assistant Editor , located in the Chicago, IL area. Location is essential as books are sent to and managed out of the American Library Association main office in central Chicago. ...

RE: E.D.D vs. Ph.D. for Library Science Professors

Posted By Shannon Oltmann Apr 17, 2020 08:49 AM
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Hello. I am an associate (tenured) professor of library science at the University of Kentucky, with a Ph.D. in information science from Indiana University. I think the answer to your query depends on your goal: do you want to teach a few courses or do you want to be a tenure-track (leading to tenure) ...

CFP: Internet filtering, digital literacy, and information poverty: Intersections and challenges

Posted By Shannon Oltmann Apr 01, 2020 10:52 AM
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[please excuse cross-posting] Call for Proposals: Internet filtering, digital literacy, and information poverty: Intersections and challenges School of Information Science, University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY) February 12-13 2021 Internet filtering is a crucial issue because it restricts access ...

RE: First publication

Posted By Shannon Oltmann Nov 11, 2019 09:27 AM
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Hello. I am the editor of a new-ish journal, the Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy. We publish online quarterly issues. Our types of publication include peer-reviewed articles, non-peer-reviewed essays/thought pieces, and book reviews. We are happy to work with new authors. Learn more here ...

Invitation to complete survey about drag queen storytimes in public libraries

Posted By Shannon Oltmann Aug 26, 2019 02:06 PM
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Dear Library Staff Member, We are a group of researchers from Rutgers University, the University of South Carolina, and the University of Kentucky conducting a survey about library staff experiences with and attitudes towards drag queen storytimes. Drag queen storytimes are a type of ...

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