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Read more about the article Reflections: 2018 ALA Annual Conference
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Reflections: 2018 ALA Annual Conference

Photo is of five of our very own ALASC board members at the ALA Poster Session: (Left to Right) Janelle Peck (Secretary/Archivist), Stephanie Barnaby (Chair), Rachel Silverstein (Virtual Events Coordinator), Joyce Peng (Social Media Manager), and David Fournier (Treasurer). Post written by Joyce Peng, our Social Media Manager! I attended the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans from June 21…

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July 5, 2018
Events / Opportunities

Intellectual Freedom Panel Accessible Recording

Missed our intellectual freedom panel in April of 2018? We had representatives from the Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC), Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) and the director of both the Office of Intellectual Freedom (OIF) and the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF). Helen Adams is the current chair of the IFC, Mack Freeman is the chair-elect for IFRT and James LaRue…

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June 21, 2018
Read more about the article Musings from a Student on #ALAAC16– by ALASC Regional Events Coordinator Stephanie Barnaby
Descriptor News / Fall 2016 ALA Conference

Musings from a Student on #ALAAC16– by ALASC Regional Events Coordinator Stephanie Barnaby

From the minute I stepped off the plane in Florida, the heat was oppressive. There were palm trees everywhere! I didn’t feel totally prepared for Orlando in the dead center of summer. The picture included here is of a gecko I saw by the hotel pool. I hadn’t seen one before and it took me the whole trip to get…

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September 6, 2016
Descriptor News / Descriptor Spring 2012

The Arizona Ban on Ethnic Studies

by Mira Geffner At the beginning of January, the Tucson Unified School District bowed to a state ban on ethnic studies education, effectively censoring a list of more than 50 books that were part of the city’s Mexican American Studies curriculum. A few weeks later, I learned about the ban when a classmate posted news about it to our open…

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March 26, 2012
Descriptor News / Descriptor September 2010

Pornography: Solving an Ethical Dilemma with CALIX

by Yolanda Ramirez One evening in 2010, in a small family-oriented library where I work as a part-time Reference Librarian, I found myself faced with a dilemma. A parent came to me for assistance. She quietly stepped up to the reference desk, and so as not to be overheard, whispered that a man seated next to her 9-year-old child was…

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September 20, 2010