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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Information on a new ALA challenged books initiative.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Kent<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>Kent Oliver, Executive Director <br>Stark County District Library <br>715 Market Ave., N., Canton, OH 44702 <br>W: 330 458 2710 FAX: 330 455 9596 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>"Inspiring Ideas, Enriching Lives, Creating Community"<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Poor Richard","serif";color:black'><img width=80 height=81 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC8726.61D68EE0" alt="medal_home[1]"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Poor Richard","serif";color:black'>Named as one of 10 recipients of the 2009 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation’s highest honor for museums and libraries.</span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Poor Richard","serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>This communication is a confidential and proprietary communication. It is intended solely for the use of the designated recipient(s). If this communication is received in error, please contact the sender and delete this communication.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'><br><br><br><br></span><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Nanette Perez [mailto:nperez@ala.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 07, 2011 3:49 PM<br><b>To:</b> ifaction@ala.org; ala-ifc@ala.org; ifrt-b@ala.org; ifrt-members@ala.org; stateifc@ala.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [ala-ifc] "It's Everybody's Job" to Report Challenges<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:16.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>On the heels of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/bbooks/" title="Banned Books Week"><span style='color:#990000'>Banned Books Week</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>this year, the Office for Intellectual Freedom is kicking off a new awareness campaign to encourage the reporting of challenges to library materials.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:16.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>“We estimate that only 20 to 25 percent of challenges – formal requests that library materials be removed or restricted – are ever reported,” said Barbara Jones, OIF Director. “As libraries across the country and the world conclude their Banned Books Week celebrations, we’re reaching out to encourage anyone to contact our office when censorship efforts occur.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:16.5pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>Defend the Freedom to Read: It’s Everybody’s Job</span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>is an awareness campaign conceived by librarian and library activist<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/"><span style='color:#990000'>Andy Woodworth*</span></a>. OIF has collaborated with Woodworth and commissioned the creation of original art to help spread the word. Inspired by the artwork and public safety notices of World War II, these images are freely available as digital downloads and come in all different sizes for a variety of uses. Click<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/challengeslibrarymaterials/challengereporting/index.cfm"><span style='color:#990000'>here</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>for more artwork. OIF encourages librarians to use the images as computer wallpaper, hang them in a staff lounge, print them out as bookmarks, post them as a blog banner, or even use one as your icon on your favorite social media website.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>To read more, go to <a href="http://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=2879">http://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=2879</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>*********************<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nanette Perez<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Program Officer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>American Library Association<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Office for Intellectual Freedom<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>50 E Huron Street<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chicago, IL 60611<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(800) 545-2433, ext. 4225<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fax: (312) 280-4227<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Find out more about Banned Books Week at www.ala.org/bbooks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>