tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84881703997958122312024-03-28T08:46:05.018-07:00Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion BlogThis blog provides links to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion-related issues and topics.Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.comBlogger1312125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-719376268921815582024-03-28T08:45:00.000-07:002024-03-28T08:45:29.058-07:00Meet Sarah Beth Morgan: An Animation Artist Drawn to Purpose; Library of Congress Blogs, March 28, 2024<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/author/astuck/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0076ad; font-family: arial; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">Ashley Tucker</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> , Library of Congress Blogs; </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(36, 36, 36); color: #242424; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2024/03/meet-sarah-beth-morgan-an-animation-artist-drawn-to-purpose/?loclr=eacop">Meet Sarah Beth Morgan: An Animation Artist Drawn to Purpose</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(36, 36, 36); color: #242424;">Morgan works in the animation field of “motion graphics,” where she brings graphic shapes, typography, and characters to life. She defines her creative style as “playful, quirky, and maybe even a little bit unexpected.” Her most recent animation, </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(36, 36, 36); color: #242424;">Between Lines</em><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(36, 36, 36); color: #242424;">, is a short film about “the scarring experience of schoolgirl bullying—and the recovery that follows.” The film has received several accolades, including the Audience Award for Animation at the Brooklyn Film Festival as well as Official Selection at Pictoplasma Berlin and the SCAD Savannah Film Festival...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(36, 36, 36); color: #242424;">Animation is an example of a motion picture, which is a type of work that can be registered with the U.S. Copyright Office. Motion Pictures are works that contain a series of related images that are intended to be shown with a projector, digital display, or other device. When the images are shown in successive order, they create an impression of movement that is perceptible to the eye. The Copyright Office offers resources on registering a </span><a href="https://www.copyright.gov/registration/motion-pictures/?loclr=blogcop" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0076ad; text-decoration: none;">motion picture</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(36, 36, 36); color: #242424;"> and provides ways to help grow a creative business in </span><a href="https://www.copyright.gov/engage/docs/registration.pdf?loclr=blogcop" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0076ad; text-decoration: none;">Copyright Registration at a Glance</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(36, 36, 36); color: #242424;">.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(36, 36, 36); color: #242424; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Women creators are an essential part of the copyright system, and participating in it allows women artists to benefit economically from their creative works. In 2022, the Copyright Office released a report, <a href="https://www.copyright.gov/policy/women-in-copyright-system/?loclr=blogcop" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0076ad; text-decoration: none;">Women in the Copyright System: An Analysis of Women Authors in Copyright Registrations from 1978 to 2020</a>. It found that women creators are significantly underrepresented in registrations, especially compared to their participation in copyright-intensive industries, despite an overall positive trend over time...</span></p><div class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: auto; max-width: 1000px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Sarah Beth Morgan is one of many women who enhance our nation’s creative landscape. The Copyright Office aims to broaden public awareness of what copyright encompasses and how to participate in it. A cornerstone of the Office’s current <a href="https://www.copyright.gov/reports/strategic-plan/?loclr=blogcop" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0076ad; text-decoration: none;">strategic plan</a> is the advancement of Copyright for All, and the Office is committed to making the copyright system as clear and accessible to as many members of the public as possible, particularly individuals, small businesses, and historically underserved populations."</span></p></div>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-52694517343166238532024-03-14T10:33:00.000-07:002024-03-14T10:33:12.206-07:00Public Libraries Saw 92 Percent Increase In Number of Titles Targeted for Censorship Over The Previous Year; American Library Association (ALA) Press Release, March 14, 2024<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> American Library Association (ALA) Press Release; <span style="color: #111111; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2024/03/american-library-association-reports-record-number-unique-book-titles">Public Libraries Saw 92 Percent Increase In Number of Titles Targeted for Censorship Over The Previous Year</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"<span style="color: #494949;">The number of titles targeted for censorship surged 65 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, reaching the highest levels ever documented by the American Library Association (ALA). The new numbers released today show efforts to censor</span><span style="color: #494949;"> </span><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #494949; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4,240 unique book titles* </strong><span style="color: #494949;">in schools and libraries. This tops the previous high from 2022, when 2,571 unique titles were targeted for censorship. </span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #494949; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 1rem 0rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom documented <strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1,247 demands </strong>to censor library books, materials, and resources in 2023. Four key trends emerged from the data gathered from 2023 censorship reports: </span></p><ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.75; list-style: outside; margin: 1rem 0rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4.8rem; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Pressure groups in 2023 focused on public libraries in addition to targeting school libraries. The number of titles targeted for censorship at public libraries increased by 92 percent over the previous year; school libraries saw an 11 percent increase.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Groups and individuals demanding the censorship of multiple titles, often dozens or hundreds at a time, drove this surge. </span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Titles representing the voices and lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC individuals made up 47 percent of those targeted in censorship attempts. </span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">There were attempts to censor more than 100 titles in each of these 17 states: Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin.</span></li></ul><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #494949; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 1rem 0rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“The reports from librarians and educators in the field make it clear that the organized campaigns to ban books aren’t over, and that we must all stand together to preserve our right to choose what we read,” said Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom. “Each demand to ban a book is a demand to deny each person’s constitutionally protected right to choose and read books that raise important issues and lift up the voices of those who are often silenced. By joining initiatives like Unite Against Book Bans and other organizations that support libraries and schools, we can end this attack on essential community institutions and our civil liberties."</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #494949; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 1rem 0rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">ALA will unveil its highly anticipated list of the top 10 most challenged books in the U.S. on Monday, April 8, which is Right to Read Day of <a data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="604267263e520ca59416d0a9" href="https://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/natlibraryweek" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">National Library Week</a>, along with its full State of America's Libraries Report.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #494949; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 1rem 0rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"Every challenge to a library book is an attack on our freedom to read. The books being targeted again focus on LGBTQ+ and people of color. Our communities and our country are stronger because of diversity. Libraries that reflect their communities' diversity promote learning and empathy that some people want to hide or eliminate,” said ALA President Emily Drabinski. “Libraries are vital institutions to each and every community in this country, and library professionals, who have dedicated their lives to protecting our right to read, are facing threats to their employment and well-being." </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #494949; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 1rem 0rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In response to the surge of book challenges and efforts to restrict access to information, ALA launched <a data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="604267263e520ca59416d0a9" href="https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Unite Against Book Bans</a>, a national initiative to empower readers everywhere to stand together in the fight against censorship. The coalition will mark its second anniversary during National Library Week.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #494949; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 1rem 0rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">For more information about ALA and its intellectual freedom efforts, visit <a data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="604267263e520ca59416d0a9" href="http://www.ala.org/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.ala.org</a>. For a breakdown for censorship challenges by state visit <a data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="604267263e520ca59416d0a9" href="https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/17024101/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">this heat map</a>."</span></p>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-47359596075537028572024-03-12T02:50:00.000-07:002024-03-12T02:51:15.202-07:00Florida settles lawsuit after challenge to ‘don’t say gay’ law; Associated Press via The Guardian, March 11, 2024<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Associated Press via The Guardian ; <span style="caret-color: rgb(18, 18, 18); color: #121212;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/11/florida-dont-say-gay-lawsuit">Florida settles lawsuit after challenge to ‘don’t say gay’ law</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"<span style="caret-color: rgb(18, 18, 18); color: #121212;">Under the terms of the settlement, the Florida board of education will send instructions to every school district saying the Florida law does not prohibit discussing LGBTQ+ people, nor prevent anti-bullying rules on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity or disallow Gay-Straight Alliance groups. The settlement also spells out that the law is neutral – meaning what applies to LGBTQ+ people also applies to heterosexual people – and that it doesn’t apply to library books not being used for instruction in the classroom.</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(18, 18, 18); color: #121212;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The law also doesn’t apply to books with incidental references to LGBTQ+ characters or same-sex couples, “as they are not instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity any more than a math problem asking students to add bushels of apples is instruction on apple farming”, according to the settlement.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(18, 18, 18); color: #121212; font-family: arial;">“What this settlement does, is, it re-establishes the fundamental principal, that I hope all Americans agree with, which is every kid in this country is entitled to an education at a public school where they feel safe, their dignity is respected and where their families and parents are welcomed,”</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(18, 18, 18); color: #121212; font-family: arial;"> </span><a data-link-name="in body link" href="https://apnews.com/hub/roberta-kaplan" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--article-link-border); border-image: none; border-left-color: currentcolor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: currentcolor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: currentcolor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(18, 18, 18); color: #121212; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Roberta Kaplan</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(18, 18, 18); color: #121212; font-family: arial;">, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs, said in an interview."</span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(18, 18, 18); color: #121212;"><br /></span></span></div>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-58602348466560033042024-03-12T02:41:00.000-07:002024-03-12T02:41:37.050-07:00The librarian who couldn’t take it anymore; The Washington Post, November 11, 2023<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> <a class="wpds-c-cqnWhH" data-qa="author-name" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/ruby-cramer/" rel="author" style="border-bottom-color: currentcolor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-image: none !important; border-left-color: currentcolor !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: medium !important; border-right-color: currentcolor !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: medium !important; border-top-color: currentcolor !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: medium !important; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; text-decoration-color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); text-decoration-thickness: 0.0625em; text-underline-offset: 0.125em;">Ruby Cramer</a>, The Washington Post; <span style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2023/florida-book-bans-school-rules/">The librarian who couldn’t take it anymore</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"When she had decided to become a librarian almost 10 years ago, it was for a simple reason: She loved to read. Now she watched as the work she did at a high school in Central Florida became part of a national debate. There were fights going on over democracy and fascism. There were parents and school board members arguing on social media and in meetings. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) wasn’t just passing laws but using them to run for president. To Tania, the pure act of reading was becoming more and more political, and as a result, she had to spend much of her time reviewing the books on her shelves — not to suggest one to a student but to ask herself whether the content was too mature for the teenagers at her school. Then she had moved on to the books in each teacher’s classroom, because as of this year, the state considered those books to be part of the library, too.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">All of this took time. The librarian’s job was expanding even as she felt it was shrinking to a series of rote tasks: She would copy a book’s ISBN number into a peer-review database. She would decide whether to mark it with the thumb-size red sticker, provided to her by the district, that read “M” for “mature.” If a book wasn’t listed in a database, she would review it by hand, and then she would start again with the next book. In those hours, the job became a series of keystrokes, and she began to feel more like a censor than a librarian...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Somewhere else in the school, interviews were going on for her replacement. Three candidates were coming in. The principal had asked Tania to send him interview questions. She emailed her district supervisor for ideas and received a document in her inbox, the list of questions they kept on file.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“What do you see as the role of the librarian in the school setting?”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“What kind of library attracts students, staff and parents?"</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Nothing about the laws, nothing about reviewing books, nothing about book bans at all. Tania scrolled through the questions and added one more. “What is your stance on Censorship?” she wrote, though she had no way of knowing whether it would be asked, or how the next librarian might answer."</span></p>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-34226012307188625012024-03-04T08:13:00.000-08:002024-03-04T08:13:06.028-08:00Beaufort, South Carolina, schools return most books to shelves after attempt to ban 97; CBS News, March 3, 2024<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: arial;">Scott Pelley, CBS; </span><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/beaufort-south-carolina-schools-return-most-books-to-shelves-after-attempt-to-ban-97-60-minutes-transcript/" style="font-family: arial;">Beaufort, South Carolina, schools return most books to shelves after attempt to ban 97</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"<span style="caret-color: rgb(16, 16, 16); color: #101010;">Ruth-Naomi James: I'm a combat veteran, right? There's no way I went to Iraq thinking that when I moved back home, I would have to do this to make sure that the freedom that we fight for in this country is taken out of the hands of students and parents.</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(16, 16, 16); color: #101010;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The final votes came this past December. Five books were judged too graphic in sex or violence. But 92 returned to the schools. Dick Geier says this lesson reaches beyond the classroom.</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(16, 16, 16); color: #101010;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Dick Geier: Diversity brings tolerance. The more you understand what other people think and realize that what they say is important, but who they are, what their story, what their background is. The more you know that, the more you see the power of diversity. And then, be kind, and be understanding. And don't make judgments because you haven't lived their story. They have.</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(16, 16, 16); color: #101010; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In the city that's lived a story of letters and learning, one book that was banned and restored was "The Fixer," a novel of antisemitism that won the Pulitzer prize. In its pages, the book's hero expresses this opinion, "There are no wrong books." "What's wrong is the fear of them."</span></p>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-9454759530204264662023-12-31T05:02:00.000-08:002023-12-31T05:11:45.391-08:00Meet the 2024 I Love My Librarian Award Honorees; American Libraries, December 18, 2023<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/chase-ollis/" style="color: #2175a1; font-family: arial; text-decoration: none;">Chase Ollis</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, American Libraries; </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/2024-i-love-my-librarian-award-honorees/">Meet the 2024 I Love My Librarian Award Honorees</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"<span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">On December 18, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the 10 recipients of the 2024 I Love My Librarian Award, nominated by library users for their expertise, dedication, and impact in their communities. Three academic librarians, four public librarians, and three school librarians were selected this year.</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“While much of the national conversation surrounding libraries has fixated on book censorship, and as library workers across the US continue to face historic levels of intimidation and harassment, librarians’ efforts to empower their patrons and provide vital services for their communities shines a spotlight on the enduring value of libraries in our society,” said ALA President Emily Drabinski in the announcement. “The inspiring stories of this year’s I Love My Librarian Award honorees demonstrate the positive impact librarians have on the lives of those they serve each day.”</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This year, ALA received nearly 1,400 nominations from library users nationwide, which demonstrates the breadth of impact of librarians across the country. Nominations focused on librarians’ outstanding service, including expanding access to literacy and library services, outreach within their communities, and supporting mental health needs.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Each honoree will receive a $5,000 cash prize as well as complimentary registration and a travel stipend to attend</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> </span><a href="https://2024.alaliblearnx.org/" style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-decoration: none;">ALA’s LibLearnX conference</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">in Baltimore. The award ceremony will take place during the LibLearnX welcome reception on January 19, and will stream live on</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/AmLibraryAssociation" style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-decoration: none;">YouTube</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">."</span></span></p>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-11965738216068510172023-12-31T03:55:00.000-08:002023-12-31T03:55:47.570-08:00Federal judge blocks enforcement of Iowa’s book ban law; Iowa Public Radio, December 29, 2023<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <a aria-label="Grant Gerlock" class="Link" data-cms-ai="0" href="https://www.iowapublicradio.org/people/grant-gerlock" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--linkColor); font-family: arial; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;">Grant Gerlock</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, Iowa Public Radio ; </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.iowapublicradio.org/education/2023-12-29/federal-judge-blocks-enforcement-of-iowas-book-ban-law">Federal judge blocks enforcement of Iowa’s book ban law</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"<span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20;">A federal judge has blocked the state of Iowa from enforcing major portions of an education law, SF 496, which has caused school districts to pull hundreds of books from library shelves.</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">The temporary injunction prevents enforcement of a ban on books with sexually explicit content, which the judge in the case said likely violates the First Amendment. It also blocks a section barring instruction relating to sexual orientation and gender identity in elementary school, which he called “void for vagueness.”</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20; font-family: arial;">The decision </span><a class="Link" data-cms-ai="0" href="https://www.iowapublicradio.org/2023-12-22/a-federal-judge-will-write-the-next-chapter-for-iowas-book-ban-law" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: var(--linkColor); font-family: arial; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">follows a hearing last week</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20; font-family: arial;"> that combined arguments from two separate challenges against the law signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds in May. A lawsuit brought by LGBTQ students calls the law discriminatory while another from a group of educators and the publisher Penguin Random House claims it violates their freedom of speech.</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Enforcement provisions in the law that apply to book removals were set to take effect January 1...</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Judge Stephen Locher said in his ruling released late Friday afternoon that the court was unable to find another school library book restriction “even remotely similar to Senate File 496.” Where lawmakers should use a scalpel, he said, SF 496 is a “bulldozer” that has pulled books out of schools that are widely regarded as important works.</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">“The underlying message is that there is no redeeming value to any such book even if it is a work of history, self-help guide, award-winning novel, or other piece of serious literature,” Locher wrote. “In effect, the Legislature has imposed a puritanical ‘pall of orthodoxy’ over school libraries.”"</span></span></p>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-60006511384617646592023-12-26T13:53:00.000-08:002023-12-26T13:53:09.301-08:00In Missouri, years of efforts to ban books take a toll on school librarians: 'It's too painful'; St. Louis Public Radio , NPR, December 26, 2023<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">St. Louis Public Radio , NPR; <span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><a href="https://www.kcur.org/education/2023-12-26/in-missouri-years-of-efforts-to-ban-books-take-a-toll-on-school-librarians-its-too-painful">In Missouri, years of efforts to ban books take a toll on school librarians: 'It's too painful'</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"<span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">Maestas decided to speak out at a recent school board meeting for the first time against the proposed revisions. She is especially worried about the removal of diversity requirements.</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">“We have to have diversity in our libraries,” Maestas said. “We have to. All people have the right to be recognized or appreciated, to see themselves in the collection. And students have the right and the privilege of being able to step into the shoes of someone unlike themselves, to experience their life through 300 pages.”</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">The school board has indefinitely tabled the policy change.</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Looking back at the past two years, Maestas doesn’t know what is behind the focus on libraries, but she thinks it is part of a broader attack on truth, public education and even democracy.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: arial;">“Libraries are at the heart of our democracy,” Maestas said. “People have those First Amendment rights to learn what they want to learn, to hear what they want to hear, to say what they want to say. When you can attack those First Amendment rights and you can remove the sources of valid information and valid education from everyone, then you have the power.”"</span> </span></p>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-2926010193073071392023-12-26T13:39:00.000-08:002023-12-26T13:39:49.296-08:00Book bans are harming LGBTQ people, advocates say. This online library is fighting back.; CNN, December 16, 2023<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span class="byline__name" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); color: #6e6e6e; font-family: arial; line-height: 20px; text-decoration-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); text-decoration-line: var(--theme-paragraph__link-decoration); text-decoration-skip: var(--theme-underline-skip-ink); text-decoration-thickness: var(--theme-paragraph__link-decoration-thickness); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-underline-offset: var(--theme-paragraph__hover-link-offset);"><a class="byline__link" href="https://www.cnn.com/profiles/elizabeth-wolfe" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: #6e6e6e; line-height: 20px; text-decoration-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); text-decoration-line: var(--theme-paragraph__link-decoration); text-decoration-skip: var(--theme-underline-skip-ink); text-decoration-thickness: var(--theme-paragraph__link-decoration-thickness); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-underline-offset: var(--theme-paragraph__hover-link-offset);">Elizabeth Wolfe</a></span><span style="font-family: arial;">, CNN; </span><span color="var(--theme-headline__text-color)" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/16/us/queer-liberation-library-combats-lgbtq-book-bans-reaj/index.html">Book bans are harming LGBTQ people, advocates say. This online library is fighting back.</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"<span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;">The Queer Liberation Library (QLL, pronounced “quill”) is entirely online. Since launching in October, more than 2,300 members have signed up to browse its free collection of hundreds of ebooks and audiobooks featuring LGBTQ stories, Lundstrom said.</span></span></p><p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">After becoming increasingly alarmed at efforts to censor LGBTQ stories in the nation’s public schools, Kieran Hickey, the library’s founder and executive director, said they set out to create a haven for queer literature that can be accessed from anywhere in the country.</span></span></p><p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“Queer people have so many barriers to access queer literature – social, economic, and political,” Hickey said. “(For) anybody who’s on a journey of self-discovery in their sexual orientation or gender identity, finding information and going to queer spaces can be incredibly daunting. So, this is a resource that anybody in the United States can have no matter where they live.”</span></span></p><p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Until recent years, books featuring LGBTQ stories made up a small percentage of titles challenged in schools and public libraries in the US.</span></span></p><p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Between 2010 and 2019, just about 9% of unique titles challenged in libraries contained LGBTQ themes, according to data from the American Library Association, which tracks and opposes book censorship.</span></span></p><p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">But books featuring the voices and experiences of LGBTQ people now make up an overwhelming proportion of books targeted for censorship – part of a broader, conservative-led movement that is limiting the rights and representation of LGBTQ Americans."</span></span></p>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-40329299776288079692023-11-03T11:42:00.005-07:002023-11-03T11:42:35.198-07:00Prison Is a Dangerous Place for LGBTQ+ People. I Made a Safe Space in the Library.; The Marshall Project, November 3, 2023<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: #f6f6f4; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: arial; letter-spacing: -0.2px; text-transform: uppercase;">MICHAEL SHANE HALE</span><span style="font-family: arial;">, The Marshall Project; </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: arial; letter-spacing: -2px;"><a href="https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/11/03/prison-library-design-fighting-homophobia-lgbtq">Prison Is a Dangerous Place for LGBTQ+ People. I Made a Safe Space in the Library.</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"<span style="caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111;">And because queer people have a way of finding spaces that resonate with us, word has spread. Everyone knows that our library has a spot off by itself, waiting to hug the next LGBTQ+ person with stories of acceptance and belonging.</span></span></p><p><em style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Michael Shane Hale has served nearly 30 years of a 50-years-to-life sentence and is working through the trauma he has experienced and created. Inspired by the many kindnesses that people in his life have afforded him, he hopes to continue his education. This includes pursuing a Ph.D. in neuroscience and machine learning."</span></em></p>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-37814440355941508802023-11-03T10:43:00.006-07:002023-11-03T10:44:59.119-07:00Voices of the People: The StoryCorps Archive; Library Journal, October 12, 2023<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> <a class="author" href="https://www.libraryjournal.com/author?query=Elisa%20Shoenberger" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(219, 26, 33); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 10px; text-decoration: none;">Elisa Shoenberger</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"> </span>, Library Journal; <a href="https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/voices-of-the-people-the-storycorps-archive-archives-deep-dive">Voices of the People: The StoryCorps Archive</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"<span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; white-space: break-spaces;">Since founder and president David Isay conceived of </span><a href="https://storycorps.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: break-spaces;" target="_blank"> StoryCorps</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; white-space: break-spaces;"> in 2003, the organization has recorded over 356,000 interviews with over 640,000 people in all 50 states, in over 50 languages, with the </span><a href="https://storycorps.org/discover/archive/" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: break-spaces;" target="_blank"> archive </a><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; white-space: break-spaces;"> housed at the </span><a href="https://www.loc.gov/research-centers/american-folklife-center/about-this-research-center/" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: break-spaces;" target="_blank"> American Folklife Center (AFC) at the Library of Congress</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; white-space: break-spaces;">.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 10px; white-space: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Over the past 20 years, the organization has worked tirelessly to collect and honor the oral histories of its participants while finding new ways of sharing their contributions to the world, including <a href="https://www.npr.org/series/4516989/storycorps" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank"> <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">National Public Radio</em> (NPR) broadcasts</a>, <a href="https://storycorps.org/animation/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank">animations</a>, <a href="https://storycorps.org/podcast/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank"> podcasts</a>, and five bestselling books. According to StoryCorps’s most recent Annual Report, in 2021, the broadcasts featured on <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">NPR Morning Edition</em> reached 12 million listeners each week.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 10px; white-space: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“We have a scale of recordings, stories, and first person accounts of historical events that is really unmatched,” said Virginia Millington, StoryCorps director of recording and archives. The archive contains stories recalling pivotal historical events that include World War II, the rise of Hip Hop, and 9/11, as well as personal stories of happiness and heartbreak.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 10px; white-space: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In order to make sure that the diversity of experiences are represented, StoryCorps has developed several initiatives over the years to target particular parts of US society. For instance, there is the Military Voices Initiative, to collect interviews from veterans, military families, service members; another initiative works to honor the stories of LGBTQ+ in initiative StoryCorps OutLoud; while StoryCorps Griot collects the experiences of African Americans.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 10px; white-space: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Other programs focus on Latinos, people working in the end of life care facilities (hospitals, palliative care), juvenile and adult justice system, refugees, immigrants and Muslim communities to name a few."</span></p>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-25434145942680224332023-11-03T09:34:00.003-07:002023-11-03T09:36:12.597-07:00These American birds and dozens more will be renamed, to remove human monikers; NPR, November 1, 2023<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <a data-metrics="{"action":"Click Byline","category":"Story Metadata"}" href="https://www.npr.org/people/4494969/nell-greenfieldboyce" rel="author" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5076b8; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nell Greenfieldboyce</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> , NPR; </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/11/01/1209660753/these-american-birds-and-dozens-more-will-be-renamed-to-remove-human-monikers" style="font-family: arial;">These American birds and dozens more will be renamed, to remove human monikers</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"<span style="color: #333333;">The move comes as part of a broader effort to diversify birding and make it more welcoming to people of all races and backgrounds.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"We've come to understand that there are certain names that have offensive or derogatory connotations that cause pain to people, and that it is important to change those, to remove those as barriers to their participation in the world of birds," she says.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The project will begin next year and initially focus on 70 to 80 bird species that occur primarily in the United States and Canada. That's about 6 or 7 percent of the total species in this geographic region.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The society has promised to engage the public, and says that birds' scientific names won't be changed as part of this initiative.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The effort represents a huge change for the birding community, and those involved expect a certain amount of opposition from long-time birders.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333;">"I've been seeing some of these birds and using these names every year for the last 60 years," says</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><a href="http://www.kaufmanfieldguides.com/about-kenn.html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5076b8; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Kenn Kaufman</a><span style="color: #333333;">, a prominent author of field guides. He says he initially opposed the idea of changing so many names, but has come around."</span></span></p>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-87551112724452114432023-11-03T08:23:00.005-07:002023-11-03T08:23:30.951-07:00Joe Biden Wants US Government Algorithms Tested for Potential Harm Against Citizens; Wired, November 1, 2023<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <a class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLink-eNWuiM BylineLink-gEnFiw iUEiRd kZoQA-D ecbzIP BDKtv byline__name-link button" data-uri="2eeb7d7f05ebe5d8bb97fac002565cbc" href="https://www.wired.com/author/khari-johnson" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; line-break: auto; line-height: 1.18em; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: normal; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: color, background, text-shadow; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;">KHARI JOHNSON</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> , Wired; </span><span style="font-family: arial; letter-spacing: -0.014em;"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/joe-biden-wants-us-government-algorithms-tested-for-potential-harm-against-citizens/">Joe Biden Wants US Government Algorithms Tested for Potential Harm Against Citizens</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"<span style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: 0.108px;">The White House issued draft rules today that would require federal agencies to evaluate and constantly monitor algorithms used in health care, law enforcement, and housing for potential discrimination or other harmful effects on human rights.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: 0.108px;">Once in effect, the rules could force changes in US government activity dependent on AI, such as the</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: 0.108px;"> </span><a data-uri="dd46a5eb7b3263752bd3f206dd743c94" href="https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-agents-face-recognition-without-proper-training/" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; cursor: pointer; letter-spacing: 0.108px; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-style: solid; transition: color 200ms;">FBI’s use of face recognition technology</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: 0.108px;">, which has been criticized for not taking steps called for by Congress to protect civil liberties. The new rules would require government agencies to assess existing algorithms by August 2024 and stop using any that don’t comply.</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: 0.108px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“If the benefits do not meaningfully outweigh the risks, agencies should not use the AI,” the memo says. But the draft memo carves out an exemption for models that deal with national security and allows agencies to effectively issue themselves waivers if ending use of an AI model “would create an unacceptable impediment to critical agency operations.”"</span></span></p>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-48779717486242991112023-10-30T08:28:00.005-07:002023-10-30T08:28:31.347-07:00Books under attack, then and now; MIT News, October 26, 2023<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span class="news-article--author" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;">Brigham Fay</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span class="news-article--authored-by--separator" style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: arial;">|</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span class="news-article--source" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;">MIT Libraries</span><span style="font-family: arial;">, MIT News; </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; letter-spacing: -0.035em;"><a href="https://news.mit.edu/2023/books-under-attack-then-and-now-1026">Books under attack, then and now</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"<span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">Richard Ovenden was dressed appropriately for the start of Banned Books Week. He proudly displayed the American Library Association’s “Free people read freely” T-shirt as he approached the podium at Hayden Library on Oct. 2. Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian at the University of Oxford, spoke about the willful destruction of recorded knowledge for an event titled “Book Wars,” the inaugural event in a new series called Conversations on Academic Freedom and Expression (CAFE), a collaboration between the MIT Libraries and History at MIT. </span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“The idea for CAFE is to introduce the MIT community to the broader landscape of what’s going on in the world of academic freedom and free expression, beyond some of our local exchanges,” says Malick Ghachem, history professor and department head and a member of MIT’s Ad Hoc Working Group on Free Expression. </span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“The libraries were a natural partner for the CAFE series,” says Chris Bourg, director of MIT Libraries. “The value of free and open access to information underpins everything we do.” </span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ovenden, who writes extensively on libraries, archives, and information management, is the author of “Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge,” which was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize in 2021. In his MIT talk he provided a historical overview of attacks on libraries — from the library of Ashurbanipal in the Assyrian capital of Nineveh (now northern Iraq), destroyed by fire in 612 BC, to book burning under the Nazi regime to current efforts across the United States to remove or restrict access to books.</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In spite of this history of loss, Ovenden finds hope in “the human impulse to preserve, to pass on, to bear witness, to allow for diverse ideas to thrive.” He detailed the extraordinary actions people have taken to save knowledge, citing the “Paper Brigade,” a forced labor unit of poets and intellectuals in Nazi-occupied Vilnius who smuggled and hid rare books and manuscripts, and the tragic death of Aida Buturovic, a 32-year-old librarian who was killed as she tried to rescue books during the 1992 assault on the National and University Library in Sarajevo.</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ovenden concluded by making the case that libraries and archives are the infrastructure for democracy — institutions dedicated not only to education, but to safeguarding the rights of citizens, providing reference points for facts and truth, preserving identity, and enabling a diversity of views. Despite millennia of attacks, libraries continue to fight back, most recently with public libraries expanding digital access to combat book bans nationwide. </span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Following Ovenden’s talk, Ghachem led a discussion and audience Q&A that touched on the connections between book bans and so-called “cancel culture,” how censorship itself is used as a means of expressing political views, and growing distrust of expertise. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">The CAFE series is one of several opportunities to engage the Institute community that emerged from the</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"> </span><a href="https://facultygovernance.mit.edu/sites/default/files/20220901_Final_Report_of_the_Ad_Hoc_Working_Group_on_Free_Expression.pdf" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 70, 70) 0px -2px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 70, 70) 0px -2px inset; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-decoration: none;"><u>Report of the MIT Ad Hoc Working Group on Free Expression</u></a><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">. Ghachem also started a new first-year advising seminar, “Free Expression, Pluralism, and the University,” and the Institute Community and Equity Office launched</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"> </span><a href="https://iceo.mit.edu/dialogues-across-difference/" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 70, 70) 0px -2px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 70, 70) 0px -2px inset; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-decoration: none;"><u>Dialogues Across Difference: Building Community at MIT</u></a><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">. A second CAFE event is being planned for the spring term. </span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“At this moment in our history, we should try to encourage discussion, and not debate,” said Ovenden. “We must try to move away from this idea that it’s a contest, that it’s a battle, and encourage and foster the idea of listening and discussion. And that's all part of the deliberation that I think is necessary for a healthy society.”"</span></span></p>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-26504348159975577572023-10-29T05:38:00.001-07:002023-10-29T05:38:12.580-07:00Feds Seek Tribal Input on Tribal Intellectual Property Issues; Native News Online, October 28, 2023<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(238, 29, 34); color: #ee1d22; font-family: arial; font-weight: 600; text-transform: uppercase;">NATIVE NEWS ONLINE STAFF</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> , Native News Online; </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20; font-family: arial; letter-spacing: 0.1rem;"><a href="https://nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/feds-seek-tribal-input-on-tribal-intellectual-property-issues">Feds Seek Tribal Input on Tribal Intellectual Property Issues</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"<span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20;">The U.S. Department of Commerce, through the United States Patent and Trademark Office, on Tuesday announced it seeks tribal input on tribal intellectual property issues...</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In the upcoming consultation, the USPTO wants tribal input on how to best protect genetic resources, traditional knowledge, and traditional cultural expressions as they are being discussed at the World Intellectual Property Organization.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20;">The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) were quick to applaud the decision to hold this long overdue consultation...</span><br data-uw-rm-sr="" role="presentation" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20;" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20;">“The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples recognizes Indigenous Peoples’ rights to their cultural and intellectual property, as well as the obligation for the United States to take measures to protect those rights. It is good that the United States is living up to its obligation to consult with Tribal Nations, and the concern now is to ensure that the consultation is meaningful and actually impacts the United States’ negotiation positions,” explained NARF Staff Attorney Sue Noe.</span><br data-uw-rm-sr="" role="presentation" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20;" /><br data-uw-rm-sr="" role="presentation" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20;">The Federal Register notice provides details for online webinars to be held in January 2024. Two of the four webinars will be for federally recognized Tribal Nations and two will be for state-recognized Tribal Nations, tribal members, Native Hawaiians, and inter-tribal organizations. The USPTO also invites related written comments, to be submitted by February 23, 2024...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20;">More information is available on the</span><a href="https://ncai.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a05d466a08334b9dbb97078e&id=c82e4f606c&e=387748a356" style="background: repeat; box-sizing: inherit; color: #ee1d22; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s;"> Federal Register</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20;">."</span></span></p>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-63789863112575880272023-10-24T05:45:00.000-07:002023-10-24T05:45:00.016-07:00John Green urges communities to stand against censorship in libraries, schools; WFYI, October 2, 2023<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://www.wfyi.org/news/authors/lee-v-gaines" style="color: #4e8abe; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">LEE V. GAINES</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, WFYI; </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/author-john-green-banned-books-week-hunley-indianapolis-hepl">John Green urges communities to stand against censorship in libraries, schools</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141;">Indianapolis author John Green said it’s not the responsibility of a public library to make sure no one is offended by the material on its shelves...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141;">Green’s YA novel “Looking for Alaska” was among </span><a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10" rel="noopener" style="color: #4e8abe; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">the most challenged books</a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141;"> of last year, according to the American Library Association. Limiting access to information is an age-old strategy to try to control what people think, Green said. But he also expressed confusion — to the amusement of many in the audience — about why his work has been painted as inappropriate for teenage readers...</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Green said he trusts trained librarians to decide where books belong in the library, and that the purpose of a library is to allow for equitable access to information — not to appease anyone’s preferences. </span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“This is an uncomfortable thing to talk about, but ultimately the library does not exist for everyone who uses the library to be comfortable with every book in the library,” he said...</span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Indiana’s new law </span></strong></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Earlier this year, Indiana legislators <a href="https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/behind-closed-doors-indiana-bill-ban-books-schools" rel="noopener" style="color: #4e8abe; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">approved a controversial new law</a> that requires public and charter schools to establish a process to allow both parents and community members to challenge books in school libraries that they believe are inappropriate for children. It also requires schools to publicly post their library catalogs. And it bars public school employees from using a book’s educational value as a defense against charges they distributed harmful material to minors.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In an interview with WFYI after the event, Hunley emphasized that the law doesn’t ban books. But she says it’s had a chilling effect; educators are second-guessing what titles they choose to include in schools out of fear of being targeted by anyone who may disagree with the content of a book...</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“And most often, those are books that are featuring the stories of people who are marginalized, right, people that are brown, like me, people in the LGBTQ community, right, people who think differently than those who seek to remove their books from the shelves,” Hunley said. </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Hunley, a former Indianapolis Public Schools principal, urged educators not to let a vocal minority dictate what information and material students can access."</span></p>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-33366147178360669142023-10-17T05:17:00.005-07:002023-10-17T05:17:50.853-07:00"George Chauncey, Historian of LGBTQ+ Life and Kluge Prize Recipient, Releases New Video Series “Through History to Equality”; Library of Congress, October 16, 2023<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: arial;">Library of Congress ;</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><a href="https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/george-chauncey--historian-of-lgbtq--life-and-kluge-prize-recipient--releases-new-video-series--thro/s/6320538a-0d77-4052-a9e8-8035e813a9c3" style="font-family: arial;">"<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;">George Chauncey, Historian of LGBTQ+ Life and Kluge Prize Recipient, Releases New Video Series “Through History to Equality”</strong></a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">George Chauncey, recipient of the 2022 John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity, released three videos today with the Library of Congress examining the experiences of LGBTQ+ Americans. These are now available to watch on loc.gov and the Library’s YouTube channel. </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">In “</span></span><a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11086/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 60, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003cff; text-decoration: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">From Sexual Regulation to Antigay Discrimination</span></span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">,” Chauncey is interviewed by Library of Congress Chief Communications Officer Roswell Encina on the history of how LGBTQ+ people in the United States were treated throughout the 20<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span> century; the ways that their legal, social, and political treatment changed over the years; and the lives that people created for themselves in the shadow of discrimination.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />In “</span></span><a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11088/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 60, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003cff; text-decoration: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Why Marriage Equality Became a Goal</span></span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">,” Chauncey interviews civil rights attorney Mary Bonauto, who has worked on the most significant legal cases dealing with marriage equality over the past 30 years. In this interview, Chauncey and Bonauto discuss the significance of the goal of marriage and why they think both the law and public opinion changed so rapidly as equality became the law of the land.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">In “</span></span><a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11087/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 60, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003cff; text-decoration: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">AIDS: A Tragedy and a Turning Point</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">,” </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Chauncey</span></span> <span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">convened a panel of experts to discuss the AIDS crisis that took the lives of a generation of gay people, including many who were writers and community leaders, even as it also set the stage for changes to come by prompting a new wave of activism and leading to an outpouring of LGBTQ+ people embracing their identities. In the discussion, Chauncey, Deborah Gould, Duane Cramer and Jafari Allen revisit the early history of AIDS and discuss the fear and loss as well as the action and assertiveness that came from that dark time."</span></span></span></span></span></p>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-34356372230258421802023-04-18T09:18:00.008-07:002023-04-18T10:37:39.880-07:00Stories Like Me defies book bans with store full of LGBTQ narratives for kids and teens; Pittsburgh City Paper, March 29, 2023<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> <a href="https://www.pghcitypaper.com/author/amanda-waltz" rel="author" style="caret-color: rgb(148, 148, 148); color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Amanda Waltz</a>, Pittsburgh City Paper ; <a href="https://www.pghcitypaper.com/arts-entertainment/stories-like-me-defies-book-bans-with-store-full-of-lgbtq-narratives-for-kids-and-teens-23583566">Stories Like Me defies book bans with store full of LGBTQ narratives for kids and teens</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>[Kip Currier: I'm grateful to have been able to talk recently with Helen Campbell, the creator and owner of the groundbreaking independent bookstore <i>Stories Like Me</i>, located in Pittsburgh's Greenfield neighborhood, and to record a conversation with her for <i>The Information Professional in Communities</i> course I am finishing up for the Spring Term.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>One of the questions I asked Helen was: </b></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -0.38in;">What are some ways that you work to connect with and listen to the communities that are reflected in the books that you carry? </span></b></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span><b><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Helen shared that while </span></b></span><b><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">prepping for our chat </span></b><b><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">she'd written -- in all caps -- the word LISTENING. Expanding on this, she emphasized that listening <i>is </i>key, <i>learning</i> from that listening, and then <i>listening</i> again, in an ongoing, iterative way, to better understand the needs of individuals, families, and communities.]</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"</span><span style="font-family: arial;">Helen Campbell has strong feelings about the current effort to ban LGBTQ books from library shelves, as parenting groups and state legislatures have swept in to attack everything from youth-focused trans narratives to drag story times.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“When you remove the stories of our LGBTQIA+ individuals from the shelves of libraries and schools, you are making a statement to the queer community that your story doesn’t matter, you don’t exist here,” she tells <i>Pittsburgh City Paper</i>...</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Of the book bans, Campbell says, “This is unconscionable and we, along with many other indie bookstores, are committed to keeping books on our shelves that will act as mirrors and windows for the queer community. We are a safe space, we are queer owned, and will stand against any attempts to erase the stories of marginalized people.”</span></span></p>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-79143917504688087422023-04-01T06:00:00.006-07:002023-04-01T07:41:28.006-07:00Zoom Panel: Haven’t We Been Here Before: A Panel Discussion on Banning LGBTQIA+ Books. Wednesday, April 5. 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT. University of Pittsburgh<p><span style="font-size: large;"><a class="inline_disabled" href="https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/been_here_before#.ZChCgC-B2_V" style="color: var(--ic-link-color); font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Haven’t We Been Here Before: A Panel Discussion on Banning LGBTQIA+ Books</a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #0000ee;">.</span> <b>Wednesday, April 5. 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT.</b></span><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">University of Pittsburgh</span></b></span></p><p><a class="inline_disabled" href="https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/been_here_before#.ZCgmRi-B2_U" style="color: var(--ic-link-color); font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/been_here_before#.ZCgmRi-B2_U</span></a></p><p><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">[This session will be live via Zoom and also recorded for asynchronous viewing, following processing by Pitt. See registration link.]</span></span></strong></p><div class="entry-content" style="border-left-color: rgb(199, 205, 209); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(199, 205, 209); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 12px;"><div class="discussion-section message_wrapper" style="padding: 2px 10px; word-break: break-word;"><div class="description"><p style="margin: 12px 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">There has been a recent uptick in attempts to remove or ban certain books from schools, public libraries and other educational spaces. In 2022 alone, 4 in 10 banned books contained LGBTQIA+ themes and representation, according to PEN America, a nonprofit organization that works to defend and celebrate free expression through the advancement of literature and human rights. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 12px 0px 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Join the University Library System and the Pitt Queer Professionals for a lively virtual panel discussion with education, literary and legal experts on intellectual freedom and the societal impact of banning books. Guest panelists will be <b>Dr. James “Kip” Currier</b>, Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information (SCI) in the Information Culture and Data Stewardship (ICDS) Department, <b>Dr. Katrina Bartow Jacobs,</b> Associate Professor of Practice of Language, Literacy, and Culture within the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Leading and <b>Jeff Trexler</b>, Interim Director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, an American non-profit organization formed to protect the First Amendment rights of comics creators, publishers, and retailers. 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The Guardian, January 24, 2023<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(199, 0, 0); color: #c70000; font-style: italic;">MacKenzie Ryan</span>, The Guardian; <span style="color: #ab0613;">Why US libraries are on the frontlines of the homelessness crisis</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"“Many libraries have added social workers to their staff,” said Lessa Kanani’opua Pelayo-Lozada, the American Library Association president, citing a trend that started in the past decade...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">When Dowd trains library staff on de-escalation tactics, he hears a lot of comments like, “They didn’t teach me this stuff in library school,” he said. He says he teaches library staff to focus on the behavior they’re seeing. If someone is unhoused and caused a problem, then they have to deal with it. If a multimillionaire is in the library causing a problem, they also have to deal with it.""</span></p>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-38009252269898690292022-06-27T10:53:00.005-07:002022-06-27T10:53:43.400-07:00Celebrating LGBTQ+ Inventors and Entrepreneurs; United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), June 27, 2022<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: arial;">United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); Director's Blog: the latest from USPTO leadership; </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/director/entry/celebrating-lgbtq-inventors-and-entrepreneurs?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">Celebrating LGBTQ+ Inventors and Entrepreneurs</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">This month, the U.S. Department of Commerce is celebrating the LGBTQ+ community and paying tribute to the many LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs and innovators who help fulfill the promise of America for all. Below we share the stories of a few leaders in the community and ways in which our agencies are advancing inclusive innovation for the betterment of society."</span></span></p>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-28283979072157325812022-06-23T09:11:00.003-07:002022-06-23T09:11:15.602-07:00Pride in Literature: Inspiring Authors for Everyone; Library of Congress, June 23, 2022<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="author vcard" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/author/kigo/" rel="author" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0078ae; text-decoration: none;" title="Author Page">Holland Gormley</a>, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Library of Congress; </span><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2022/06/pride-in-literature-inspiring-authors-for-everyone/?loclr=eacop" style="font-family: arial;">Pride in Literature: Inspiring Authors for Everyone</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">June is Pride Month, which is celebrated each year to honor the </span><a href="https://guides.loc.gov/lgbtq-studies/stonewall-era?loclr=blogcop" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0078ae; text-decoration: none;">1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"> and to honor the lives and experiences of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) community. Copyright helps to protect the rights of authors from all communities, allowing them to tell new and diverse stories that enrich our culture, educate the public, and inspire the next generation. In honor of Pride Month, and as part of our </span><a href="https://www.copyright.gov/reports/strategic-plan/USCO-strategic2022-2026.pdf?loclr=blogcop" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0078ae; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Copyright for All</em></a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"> initiative</span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">, </em><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">here are a few LGBTQ+ authors to inspire anyone to create their own copyrightable work!"</span></span></p>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-79414399581594256482022-05-25T08:04:00.002-07:002022-05-25T08:04:39.676-07:00Her tribal regalia was banned at graduation. So she worked to change the law.; The Washington Post, May 23, 2022<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> <a class="gray-darkest hover-gray-dark decoration-gray-dark underline hover-none decoration-1 underline-offset-1" data-qa="author-name" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/cathy-free/" rel="author" style="color: #2a2a2a; text-decoration-color: var(--color-ui-gray-dark); text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 1px;">Cathy Free</a>, The Washington Post; <span style="color: #111111;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/05/23/tribal-regalia-utah-graduation-cervantes/">Her tribal regalia was banned at graduation. So she worked to change the law.</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"<span style="color: #2a2a2a;">Last month, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"> </span><a href="https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0030.html" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(213, 213, 213); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #1955a5; text-decoration: none;">signed HB30 into law</a><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">, making it illegal to</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"> </span><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/04/20/native-student-denied/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(213, 213, 213); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #1955a5; text-decoration: none;">prevent Indigenous students</a><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"> </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">from wearing cultural regalia at school ceremonies.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">Utah now joins states such as</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"> </span><a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2021/05/14/arizona-law-now-allows-native-american-grads-wear-tribal-regalia/4992740001/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(213, 213, 213); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #1955a5; text-decoration: none;">Arizona</a><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">, Oklahoma,</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"> </span><a href="https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/2021/06/22/oregon-native-american-indigenous-graduates-wear-cultural-items-new-law/7588614002/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(213, 213, 213); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #1955a5; text-decoration: none;">Oregon</a><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">, Minnesota,</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"> </span><a href="https://neaedjustice.org/2020/03/13/washington-set-to-become-5th-state-that-allows-native-american-regalia-at-graduation/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(213, 213, 213); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #1955a5; text-decoration: none;">Washington</a><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">, South Dakota and</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"> </span><a href="https://legiscan.com/ND/text/1335/id/1958621" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(213, 213, 213); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #1955a5; text-decoration: none;">North Dakota</a><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"> in legalizing the practice...</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“For Native communities, it’s not just about the regalia — this has a symbolic and spiritual element as well,” said Romero of Salt Lake City.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It’s about their families and it’s about honor and respect,” she said. “No Native student should have to face barriers in honoring their culture and their spirituality.”</span></span></p>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-15617907164772503302022-05-23T11:10:00.005-07:002022-05-23T11:12:26.388-07:00Webinar: Proud Innovation 2022, part one: From ideas to innovations; United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Wednesday, June 15, 2022 3 PM - 4:05 EDT<p> <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/proud-innovation-2022-part-one-ideas-innovations?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term="><span style="color: #222222; 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box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;">Do you have an idea you want to bring to life? Join the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to get inspired by successful innovators turning concepts into creations. <a class="ext" data-extlink="" data-target="#modalExtLink" data-toggle="modal" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/proud-innovation-2022-part-one-from-ideas-to-innovations-tickets-313504499397" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: purple; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Register for the free, online Proud Innovation 2022 series, part one: From ideas to innovations<svg aria-label="(link is external)" class="ext" focusable="false" role="img" viewbox="0 0 80 40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"></svg></a>.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;">The Proud Innovation series highlights the accomplishments of LGBTQIA+ innovators, entrepreneurs, and small business owners who are using their intellectual property to promote advancements and serve as mentors.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;">This page will be updated with speaker biographies as the event approaches.</p><h4 class="text-align-center" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Agenda</h4><h4 class="text-align-center" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">(All times ET)</h4><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">3-</strong><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">3:05 p.m.</strong> Program welcome and overview </p><ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;" type="disc"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sean Wilkerson, </strong>Innovation Outreach Program Manager, USPTO </li></ul><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">3:05-3:10 p.m.</strong> Leadership greetings<strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </strong> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">3</strong><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">:10-4 p.m.</strong> Panel discussion: How to transform your idea into reality </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;">Hear how these innovators are using their experiences and inventions to build a better tomorrow:</p><ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Arianna T. Morales</strong>, Ph.D., Staff Research Scientist, General Motors R&D Center</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Suma Reddy</strong>, Co-Founder and CEO, Future Acres </li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">David Taubenheim</strong>, Senior Data Scientist, NVIDIA </li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Theodore ‘TJ’ Ronningen</strong>, Ph.D., Chair, Out to Innovate; Research Scientist, Ohio State University (moderator)</li></ul><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">4-</strong><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">4:05 p.m.</strong> Wrap-up and resources </p><ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;" type="disc"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sean Wilkerson</strong>,<strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </strong>Innovation Outreach Program Manager, USPTO </li></ul><h4 class="text-align-center" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Arianna T. Morales, Ph.D., Staff Research Scientist, General Motors R&D Center</span></h4></div></form></div></div></article></div>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488170399795812231.post-55454150934502320392022-05-20T05:35:00.006-07:002022-05-20T05:35:44.303-07:00Federal officials caution employers on using AI in hiring; FCW, May 12, 2022<p><span style="font-size: large;"><a class="gemg-author-link" href="https://fcw.com/voices/natalie-alms/18881/?oref=fcw-post-author" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(211, 24, 33); color: #d31821; font-family: arial; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;">Natalie Alms</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, FCW; </span><a href="https://fcw.com/digital-government/2022/05/federal-officials-caution-employers-using-ai-hiring/366899/" style="font-family: arial;">Federal officials caution employers on using AI in hiring</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"</span><span style="font-family: arial;">The growing use of artificial intelligence and other software tools for hiring, performance monitoring and pay determination in the workplace is compounding discriminiation against people with disabilities, federal civil rights officials say.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Artificial intelligence can be deployed to target job ads to certain potential applicants, hold online job interviews, assess the skills of job applicants and even decide if an applicant meets job requirements. But the technology can discriminate against applicants and employees with disabilities.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">On Thursday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Justice put employers on alert that they're responsible for not using AI tools in ways that discriminate and inform employees of their rights, agency officials told reporters."</span></p>Kip Currier, PhD, JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13546991959649855402noreply@blogger.com0