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• Sharon DiLeo IF Committee Member wrote a new blog post: Call for Essays on Censorship   2 days, 12 hours ago · View

  Let us introduce ourselves: Valerie Nye and Kathy Barco. We are compiling a book for ALA Publications with the working title True Stories of Censorship Battles in American Libraries. The proposal for this book arose out of a presentation called “Banned Books Exposed” that we have been giving for several years. We are seeking essays [...]

• Sharon DiLeo IF Committee Member wrote a new blog post: Age Appropriateness and IF   2 days, 18 hours ago · View

  I would like to share the following post by Rory Litwin, MLS who is the author of Library Juice Blog This was a post published on February 3, 2009. I think that the understanding of Intellectual Freedom in broader terms is needed in order for there to be educated discourse.

• admin wrote a new blog post: Annual Conference taking place April 7, 8, 9   2 days, 23 hours ago · View

  The NMLA Annual Conference will be taking place April 7th, 8th, and 9th in Ruidoso. The theme for this year’s conference is “Evolve, Enrich, Empower: Libraries Transform!” Come and join us in Ruidoso!

  Conference Webpage
  Online Registration
  Download-able Registration Form (PDF, 104 KB)

• Sharon DiLeo IF Committee Member wrote a new blog post: Teaching Privacy in a 2.0 World   5 days, 17 hours ago · View

  Especially vulnerable to the risks of not understanding how to use social networking safely, are K-12 students. In times like these, when budget cuts are on the horizon and economic certainty looms, the role of the school librarian is of utmost importance. It is now incumbent upon all who care about the safety and success [...]

• Sharon DiLeo IF Committee Member wrote a new blog post: Online Privacy   6 days, 23 hours ago · View

  Michael Stephens who is an Assistant Professor at Dominican University in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science uses the WordPress Multi-User BuddyPress as a platform for course delivery. Using his Blog “Tame the Web” Stephens incorporates all aspects of course delivery and social networking to enliven the learning experience that can be shared [...]

• Sharon DiLeo IF Committee Member wrote a new blog post: Consolidating Content   1 week, 1 day ago · View

  As you can see in a review of my right tool-bar, I have created links to all the information contained in the NMLA Website information for the Intellectual Freedom Committee. This makes access to all relevant information and communication easy. I will re-order these links and maybe duplicate each item contained in them in categories [...]

• Sharon DiLeo IF Committee Member wrote a new blog post: Reflections on Buddy Press   1 week, 1 day ago · View

  If all the NMLA Committees and Special Interest Groups all have Blogs through this very easy-to-use system, why have ListServes?  I am really convinced that converting to this format will be less confusing, eliminate duplicate postings through various other lists. Through this, NMLA will have greater transparency, foster collaboration and cooperation that will result in [...]

• Sharon DiLeo IF Committee Member wrote a new blog post: Buddy Press and IF   1 week, 1 day ago · View

  I am learning to navigate my way around the new Buddy Press system and build the blog for the IF Committee