09:00:46 From M : Hello from Maryland! 09:00:46 From Dn To All Panelists : Pinellas Park FL says hello! 09:00:52 From T. To All Panelists : Hello from Dripping Springs Texas 09:00:54 From M. : Hello from Southern Maryland 09:00:56 From K. To All Panelists : Hello from Austin, Texas! 09:00:57 From D. : Greetings from Vestal, NY 09:00:58 From J. To All Panelists : Hi from Decatur, Georgia 09:00:59 From E. : Hello from Tampa 09:01:01 From A. : Hello from Columbia, South Carolina 09:01:02 From B. To All Panelists : Hello from Texas! 09:01:02 From M. To All Panelists : Howdy from Texas! 09:01:04 From A. : Hi from WV 09:01:04 From S. : Greetings from Red Deer, AB, Canada 09:01:05 From B. : Hi from Springfield, MA 09:01:06 From K. To All Panelists : Hi from upstate NY! 09:01:08 From J. : Hello from San Antonio 09:01:09 From K. : Hello from Utah 09:01:10 From L. : Hello from Georgia 09:01:10 From J. : Greetings from San Francisco, CA 09:01:11 From A. : Hello from Wichtia, KS! 09:01:14 From K. 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To All Panelists : Hello from Uniondale, NY 09:02:22 From M. : Good morning from California 09:02:28 From C. : Good Afternoon from North Port FL 09:02:28 From A.-Duong : Hi from Palmyra Pa 09:03:17 From C. : Code of Conduct: The goal of today’s event is to offer some strategies and resources to deal with book challenges in your library. We aim to ensure our events cultivate a community of respect, learning, and exchange. Keep in mind that this is a public webinar– you can ask questions anonymously through the Q&A feature. Harassment Policy: Racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, and any other forms of harassment, hate speech, or intimidation will not be tolerated. If your behavior is abusive or deliberately disruptive, we retain the right to remove you from this webinar. We hope that by going over this now, everyone will feel able to be present and participate. 09:04:18 From K. : Hello from Sanford. 09:04:31 From R. : Hello from New Mexico! 09:04:38 From C. : We're glad you're here! Reminders: 1. To share a comment, use chat and select "Share with Hosts and Panelists" so that everyone may see it. 2. To ask a question, click the "Q&A" button at the bottom middle of your screen. Our panelists will answer as time permits, and we will email all attendees answers to all questions afterward. 3. All webinars hosted by Bibliotheca are safe spaces. We prohibit disruptive, disrespectful, aggressive, or abusive posts in chat and Q&A, and anyone who communicates in this manner will be removed from the webinar. 09:04:49 From L. : Hello from Marysville, WA! 09:05:08 From I. : Hi - from Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada 09:05:30 From A. : Hello from Vancouver, Canada! 😃 09:06:56 From V. : Hi from Lajeado, Brazil 🙂 09:07:51 From T. : Grateful to see so many Canadians there! I'm calling in Prescott, Wisconsin 09:07:56 From W. To All Panelists : Good morning from Northern Alberta, Canada 09:08:11 From C. : Hello from Whitby Ontario! 09:08:12 From J. : Hello from Kinsley, Kansas! 09:08:22 From L. : Hello from Pickens County SC 09:08:45 From R. : Hello from Manitoba! 09:09:26 From L. : Hello from San Anselmo California! 09:11:03 From T. : We welcome questions! Don't forget about the Q/A! 09:16:20 From L., MLS : https://pen.org/book-bans-frequently-asked-questions/ 09:23:48 From D. : We'll get the slides later? 09:24:02 From T. : Yes! Info from slides later! 09:25:16 From C. : https://www.fightforthefirst.org/ 09:26:21 From J. : I think it's important to keep in mind, too, that many book banners deny that that is what they are doing. They try to appear reasonable and deny that they are banning anything--"just helping parents raise their children." So they are attempting to re-define "bans." 09:26:50 From T. : @Jessica - VERY true. 09:26:56 From S. : Defense of Democracy is another US wide organization fighting against banning books 09:27:37 From T. : @Stefanie - def! I knew I forgot someone important! Red Wine and Blue also has some great training for your community members. 09:27:53 From T. : fftrp.org 09:29:45 From L., MLS : https://redwine.blue/ 09:33:26 From T. : How do you get information about legislation? 09:33:53 From T. : Feel free to share among yourselves too - because we are always better together. 09:34:38 From C. : I set up alerts on all legislation bills that I'm watching. That way when it moves through the process or has addendums, I'm notified via email and can go look at it. 09:36:34 From A.Rue : Meet with your state legislators - even if there's no specific bill to consider. Building those connections helps a lot when something does come up. 09:37:02 From A.-Place : Texas Freedom Network for legislation info @txfreedomnetwork 09:37:09 From R.For state level legislation in Wisconsin: https://notify.legis.wisconsin.gov 09:37:19 From L., MLS : https://www.everylibrary.org/billtracking 09:37:22 From T. : This is great resources friends! Thank you so much! 09:38:19 From M. : Colorado Standards for Decisions Regarding Library Resources SB24-216. https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-216 09:38:45 From T. : Keep them coming - we'll make sure to pull information out for folks afterwards. 09:40:40 From L., MLS : We will share the chat afterward in the resources page 09:43:15 From T. : The weaponization of policy is REAL. 09:45:10 From S. : CT updated our laws so that reconsideration forms are NOT protected by our library records confidentiality statute - we're hoping this will discourage specious challenges 09:46:48 From T. : Trainings - And PRactices!!!!!! 09:46:48 From K. : Very difficult to get staff to read policies 09:46:52 From D. : Trustee here, member of policy committee. Getting good info, thank you. 09:47:03 From J. : Middle school library technician, and diaspora special collection archivist. 09:51:24 From L. : Our Board updated our collection policy to be specific about who has standing to challenge items in your collection. It may be county residents, it may be only parents with children enrolled, but it shouldn't be open to ANYONE to file a reconsideration request. 09:51:28 From L. : In Canada, you can share a challenged through CFE: https://cfe.torontomu.ca/databases/canadian-library-challenges-database 09:51:45 From R. : I'm in a public library in SD. We had legislation targeting libraries earlier this year and can "look forward" to more in the next session. One thing I did was write thank yous to every congress person when they voted for or spoke for libraries even though they weren't my representatives. 09:52:47 From D. : NYS is considered "blue" but up above NYC we're very "red." 09:53:31 From J. : CA is very Blue and very Red, depending upon where you are. 09:54:47 From D. : This is about knowing your community as was said earlier. 09:55:13 From J. : Any concrete responses for us to use for challenge responses? 09:55:31 From J. : @Dannielle S. So true! 09:56:46 From H. : I would add be aware if a colleague is dealing with someone like this and help them out, if it's only standing with them for support. 09:56:55 From T. : - are you looking for sample language - for how to respond or specific ways to respond to challenges in writing? 09:57:02 From R. : The people trying to ban books are very loud, they have a tendency to make a lot of noise. There are lots of people in your community that will not agree with this, but they are not loud or noisy, you really have to rally your community to stand up and show their support, not just take a bystander position. 09:58:24 From T. : @Rachael - this is SO true. Everywhere where we find book bans - we find communities fighting censorship. Everywhere. Sometimes they are stronger. Sometimes less. 09:58:30 From T. : But always they are there 09:59:05 From J. : @Rachael F. In my middle school we encourage "Be an Upstander, not just a Bystander" 09:59:09 From C. : Does anyone know if the recording will be sent out? I have to get back on the Reference Desk. 10:00:05 From S. : to patrons wanting to defend libraries and not knowing how to, I give them this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1axS32WAF20p6RGijwAfUQq8zD3Ak_fWx/view?usp=sharing 10:00:09 From S. : https://www.everylibraryinstitute.org/report_how_will_project_2025_impact_libraries?msclkid=2e23b58e00791e28b25fd332f01d2108&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Website%20Discovery%20-%20Every%20Library%20Institute&utm_term=everylibraryinstitute&utm_content=All%20pages 10:00:20 From S. : Link to Project 2025 report 10:01:02 From C. : 🥰 10:01:11 From D. : The Dept of Ed can’t be eliminated without the UN’s permission. Eisenhower put the UN in charge of it in 1957. Charlotte Iserbyt’s Dumbing Down book covers it. 10:01:11 From D. : Thank you all so much! 10:01:12 From E. : Thank you 10:01:16 From K. : Thank you all!! 10:01:18 From C. : Thank you all! 10:01:21 From S. : thank you very much! 10:01:22 From R. : Thank you! 10:01:22 From L. : Thank you! 10:01:22 From T. : We love libraries! 10:01:24 From T. To All Panelists : Thank you! 10:01:27 From J. : Thank you! 10:01:30 From K. To All Panelists : Thank you! 10:01:31 From D. To All Panelists : Thank you! 10:01:31 From J. : Thank you! 10:01:32 From E. : Thanks to all at PEN... I've been a member for over 20 years! 10:01:33 From P. To All Panelists : Well done 10:01:35 From W. To All Panelists : Thank You 10:01:39 From M. To All Panelists : thanks 10:01:39 From J. : Thank you! 10:01:40 From M.: This was an excellent presentation, focusing on essentials. THank you! 10:01:49 From Á : Thank you! 10:01:57 From V. : Thank you! 10:01:58 From A. : Thank you this was excellent!