IFRT's 2024 election results have been announced!

Chair-Elect: Wanda Huffaker
Councilor: Johannah Genett
Secretary: Katherine Berry
Director-at-Large: Otter Bowman
Director-at-Large: Frieda Afary

Bylaw amendments: Adopted

Thank you to all candidates who stood for election!

To kick off #NationalLibraryWeek , ALA OIF released its annual #BannedBooksList . Find out which books were the most challenged in 2023 and help raise awareness about the freedom to read. bit.ly/ALA-Top10
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Want to learn more about the state of book ban legislation in 2024 & how you can get your community to #UniteAgainstBookBans ?

Join us on 4/9 for our free webinar: 2024 Legislative Session: Trends, Tricks, and Tips. Register: ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Missouri Equity Education Partnership The Authors Guild

Next Tuesday, 4/9!

Join #UniteAgainstBookBans for an update on the state of legislation in 2024. Speakers will cover Right to Read bills, legislative efforts to criminalize librarians and educators, age verification laws, & more.

Registration required: ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

#NationalLibraryWeek is jam-packed with events for #booklovers and library lovers. Check out this list of ways to participate! 👇🏽

Public #librarians and #schoollibrarians in Florida and in Texas are equitable #access warriors standing up against book challenges on behalf of youth. #IFRT ALA OIF stands with them in protecting #IntellectualFreedom . #UniteAgainstBookBans #StopCensorship

Read the 3/29/24 @oif #IntellectualFreedom News 4the latest links 2news highlights, censorship (long list), #1stAmendment /free speech/civil liberties, legislation, social media, Around the Web, American Library Association & more #UniteAgainstBookBans #FreedomToRead #IFRT
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Monday, April 8th is the second annual #RightToReadDay . Readers: Let's kick of American Library Association National Library Week (4/7 - 4/13) with a celebration of the #1stAmendment right to read freely. #IFRT #StopCensorship #UniteAgainstBookBans uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-read-…

#UniteAgainstBookBans (UABB) Résumés is a collaborative project between UABB & publishers to “support #librarians , educators/parents/students/& community advocates in efforts to keep frequently challenged books on shelves.' #IntellectualFreedom ALA OIF blog: oif.ala.org/unite-against-…

Read the 3/22/24 @oif #IntellectualFreedomNews 4the latest links to news highlights, censorship (long list), #1stAmendment /free speech/civil liberties, legislation, social media, Around the Web, American Library Association & more #UniteAgainstBookBans #FreedomToRead #IFRT oif.ala.org/intellectual-f…

PEN America today criticized a decision by the Millburn School District in Illinois to pull out of the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award—a statewide program celebrating children’s literature—as “placing ideology over pedagogy or children’s needs.” pen.org/press-release/…

.Marketplace looks into the financial cost of book bans and challenges—the cost to schools and libraries and to the authors whose books are being challenged.
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Read the 3/15/24 @oif #IntellectualFreedom News: latest links 2news highlights, censorship, #1stAmendment /free speech/civil liberties, legislation, social media, Around the Web American Library Association & more #UniteAgainstBookBans #FreedomToRead #StopCensorship #IFRT
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New American Library Association data shows a record high number of book challenges last year.

Statement from NYPL President Anthony W. Marx:

New censorship numbers from ALA OIF are out this morning. The organized campaigns to ban books continue, and the overwhelming swell of censorship attempts that school libraries have been experiencing is increasingly occurring at public libraries.
#UniteAgainstBookBans

Read the 3/8/24 @oif #IntellectualFreedom News for the links 2news highlights, censorship (long list), #1stAmendment /free speech/civil liberties, legislation (long list), social media, Around the Web, American Library Association & more #FreedomToRead #StopCensorship #IFRT
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Thank you President Biden for standing for the freedom to read at tonight's #SOTU ! For resources and opportunities to fight book bans in your community, join the UniteAgainstBookBans campaign: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/

'The Growing Movement to Ban Books'

Listen to the full @redwineblueUSA #podcast episode with Kasey Meehan Becky Albertalli Updates Nic Stone, and Ellen 오 Oh at: buzzsprout.com/2221871/146283… #BannedBooks #FreedomToRead

Read the 3/1/24 @oif #IntellectualFreedom News for the latest links to news highlights, censorship (long list), #1stAmendment /free speech/civil liberties, legislation, social media, Around the Web, American Library Association & more. #FreedomToRead #StopCensorship #IFRT oif.ala.org/intellectual-f…