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RE: ALA's 150th Celebration-- Outsourced

Posted By Martin Garnar Jul 14, 2025 12:40 AM
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Katharine, This was Courtney's response to Dr. Wiegand's letter. I am out of the country traveling and Courtney has had a death in the family. Martin Good evening Mr. Wiegand, The 150th Commemoration Steering Committee concluded its work in June. Staff at the Association have taken this over and anything ...

“The Universal Right to Free Expression: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights” Attachments

Posted By Martin Garnar May 30, 2025 08:24 AM
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RE: “The Universal Right to Free Expression: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights”

Posted By Martin Garnar May 30, 2025 08:24 AM
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Hi all, 12 of the 14 interpretations passed, but "Economic Barriers to Library Access" and "Access to Resources and Services in the School Library" were sent back to the IFC for further revision. I've attached the IFC report with the (now approved) interpretations in case you haven't seen them. ...

RE: Special Council Meeting to review/approve revised Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights

Posted By Martin Garnar May 22, 2025 02:38 PM
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I've updated the link with the one Kristin shared -- thanks! ------------------------------ Martin Garnar (he/him/his) Director, Amherst College Library ------------------------------

Special Council Meeting to review/approve revised Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights

Posted By Martin Garnar May 21, 2025 08:56 AM
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Hi all, In case you don't follow the ALA Council page, you may have missed the announcement that there's a special virtual Council session next Thursday, May 29th at 5 p.m Eastern to review 14 revised interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights. If you thought they were all coming to Annual Conference ...

Reminder: IFRT Reads session on public education on 4/22

Posted By Martin Garnar Apr 21, 2025 08:20 AM
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Hi all, It's not too late to register for the final installment in the IFRT Reads series on Project 2025: Why Is Public Education Under Assault? What Can Librarians Do to Defend Public Education? Tuesday, April 22, 2025 3 p.m. Eastern / 2 p.m. Central Time / 1 p.m. Mountain / noon Pacific Register ...

Reminder: IFRT Reads session on misinformation and history on April 17th

Posted By Martin Garnar Apr 14, 2025 09:00 AM
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How Can Librarians Promote Uncensored U.S. History? Thursday, April 17, 2025 4 p.m. Eastern / 3 p.m. Central Time / 2 p.m. Mountain / 1 p.m. Pacific Register in advance for this meeting: https://ala-events.zoom.us/meeting/register/s616AzMYTuK4WaR51no3YQ With the claim to Make America Great Again ...

Reminder: IFRT Reads session on gender on April 8th

Posted By Martin Garnar Apr 07, 2025 01:05 PM
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How Can Librarians Talk About Gender? Tuesday, April 8, 2025 3 p.m. Eastern / 2 p.m. Central Time / 1 p.m. Mountain / noon Pacific Register in advance for this meeting: https://ala-events.zoom.us/meeting/register/are_-KiAQ6-c-DvcSb292A At a time when ten percent of U.S. adults identify as LGBTQ+, ...

Reminder: IFRT Reads session on April 1st (no fooling!)

Posted By Martin Garnar Mar 31, 2025 11:38 AM
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How Can Librarians Combat Anti-Immigrant Hatred? Tuesday, April 1, 2025 3 p.m. Eastern / 2 p.m. Central Time / 1 p.m. Mountain / noon Pacific Register in advance for this meeting: https://ala-events.zoom.us/meeting/register/y5nuugebRNSuB4I4qQPeSA In order to combat the current wave of anti-immigrant ...

IFRT Reads Sessions for April 2025

Posted By Martin Garnar Mar 24, 2025 01:57 PM
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Following up on our prior sessions on Project 2025, IFRT Reads is offering a weekly reading and discussion series in April to look at four of the themes in greater depth: How Can Librarians Combat Anti-Immigrant Hatred? Tuesday, April 1, 2025 3 p.m. Eastern / 2 p.m. Central Time / 1 p.m. Mountain ...

RE: IFRT Reads: Project 2025 Follow-up

Posted By Martin Garnar Feb 03, 2025 02:26 PM
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It's not too late to register for tomorrow's IFRT Reads follow-up on Project 2025, which will start at 1 p.m. Eastern / Noon Central / 11 a.m. Mountain / 10 a.m. Pacific. You'll be given the option to join one of four breakout sessions to discuss one of these questions: Project 2025 takes funds away ...

IFRT Reads: The Anatomy of Fascism

Posted By Martin Garnar Feb 03, 2025 08:00 AM
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Join us on Monday, March 3rd at noon Eastern / 11 a.m. Central / 10 a.m. Mountain / 9 a.m. Pacifc for a discussion on The Anatomy of Fascism (2004) by Robert Paxton, an American political scientist and leading historian of fascism. This book is also available in audio format. For a brief summary of the ...

IFRT Reads: Reader Come Home follow-up

Posted By Martin Garnar Jan 27, 2025 03:27 PM
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We have really appreciated the sustained exchange of ideas and questions set off by the IFRT Reads discussion on Maryanne Wolf's Reader Come Home, and her concept of "deep reading." Wolf believes that librarians and educators can play a critical role at the current "hinge moment" in history, and help ...

IFRT Reads: Project 2025 Follow-up

Posted By Martin Garnar Jan 23, 2025 03:58 PM
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Last December, we read several articles about the impact of Project 2025 on libraries, and began discussing ways in which librarians can respond. We invite you to a follow up discussion on Tuesday, February 4th at 1 p.m. Eastern / Noon Central / 11 a.m. Mountain / 10 a.m. Pacific to address these questions: ...

IFRT Reads: Project 2025 -- there's still time to sign up!

Posted By Martin Garnar Dec 09, 2024 12:40 PM
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With a new administration starting in Washington next year, there has been a lot of discussion of Project 2025, a blueprint from the conservative-leaning Heritage Foundation that would reshape the executive branch to achieve policy goals. As libraries are mentioned a few times in the document, it is ...

RE: How Can Librarians Promote Deep Reading?

Posted By Martin Garnar Nov 22, 2024 09:08 AM
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Apologies - it's at 4 pm Eastern (sorry for the time zone translation error). ------------------------------ Martin Garnar (he/him/his) Director, Amherst College Library ------------------------------

How Can Librarians Promote Deep Reading?

Posted By Martin Garnar Nov 21, 2024 01:03 PM
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How Can Librarians Promote Deep Reading?

Posted By Martin Garnar Nov 21, 2024 01:03 PM
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Dear Colleagues: Last month, IFRT Reads hosted a discussion on Maryanne Wolf's Reader Come Home, which led to an inspiring conversation as well as practical ideas on what librarians can do to promote "deep reading" among the general public and all age groups. Although we are living in ominous times, ...

IFRT Reads: Project 2025

Posted By Martin Garnar Nov 19, 2024 03:44 PM
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With a new administration starting in Washington next year, there has been a lot of discussion of Project 2025, a blueprint from the conservative-leaning Heritage Foundation that would reshape the executive branch to achieve policy goals. As libraries are mentioned a few times in the document, it is ...

Still time to register for IFRT Reads: Reader Come Home

Posted By Martin Garnar Oct 21, 2024 07:44 AM
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What does it mean for an author to have free expression if no one is really reading their words? How can libraries support a democratic society through access to information if our users are just skimming all the sources? For the next IFRT Reads selection, we will be reading Maryanne Wolf's Reader Come ...