Intellectual Freedom Round Table
Pls join us for the Intellectual Freedom Round Table webinar "Confronting the Crisis of Reading Among Children" tomorrow 11/5/25 at 7:00 p.m. ET. School and public librarians will share how they are building cultures of reading in their communities. #TLSky #Edusky ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Register below for webinars that will bring together school and public librarians to discuss the causes of the crisis, the needed solutions and the ways in which librarians and educators can collaborate to offer innovative ideas for promoting reading.
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Intellectual Freedom News 10/24/2025
ALA actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedomโthe rights of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment. Intellectual freedo...
Our #FirstAmendment & civil rights are under attack #TLSky #EduSky, pls make time to read 10/31/25 @ifrt-ala.bsky.social #IntellectualFreedom News: #censorship, #1stAmendment /civil rights, academic freedom/student speech, legislation @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social news. www.oif.ala.org/intellectual...
04.11.2025 00:17 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
PETITION: Stop Trump's Attack on the Library of Congress
We need to show that Americans will not stand for yet another attack on our institutions. Sign the petition today!
Authors: Do you value your #intellectualFreedom / property? Trump wants to fire the head of the U.S. Copyright Office because tech companies might have to pay to use some copyrighted material. #kidlit #mglit #yalit Sign the @everylibrary.bsky.social petition action.everylibrary.org/locpetition?...
29.10.2025 20:05 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
Intellectual Freedom News 10/24/2025
ALA actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedomโthe rights of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment. Intellectual freedo...
Censorship continues 2thwart Ss' learning. #TLSky #EduSky pls make time to read the 10/24/25 @oif.bsky.social #IntellectualFreedom News: #censorship and #1stAmendment /civil rights, academic freedom/student speech, legislation, @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social news. #IFRT www.oif.ala.org/intellectual...
27.10.2025 22:08 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
First Amendment Victory in HB900 READER Act - Freedom to Read Foundation
The Freedom to Read Foundation was established in 1969 as a First Amendment legal defense organization affiliated with the American Library Association.
Thank you Freedom to Read Foundation (ftrf.org) & @aaslala.bsky.social 4contributing an amicus brief that contributed 2the #FirstAmendment Victory in HB900 READER Act. @txfreedomread.bsky.social The judge said NO! to rating kids books' sexual content. #TLSky #EduSky read www.ftrf.org/news/713199/...
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What a nice surprise that this site exists! โ Mesa, Arizona
Another teacher shared some Zinn Ed Project resources with me and I would like to use more with my students. โ Charlotte, North Carolina
Iโve followed the Zinn Education Project on Instagram for a while and now that I am a middle school teacher I can finally incorporate the materials in my classes! โ Plano, Texas
Iโve been following the Zinn Education Project for a long time, and have attended many PD events, and I am excited to use their lessons in my classroom. โ Minneapolis, Minnesota
Weekly report:
Last week 173 teachers signed up at ZEP for peopleโs history lessons from Mesa, Arizona; Carlsbad, Oxnard, and San Jose, CA; Arlington, MA; Minneapolis, MN; Charlotte, NC; Gladstone, OR; Schwenksville, PA; Plano, TX; Pomeroy, WA; & many more cities.
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Thank you @mychal3ts.bsky.social for pointing out the gross inequities in students' access to the expertise of state-certified #schoollibrarians - especially in #Arizona - in your #AASL2025 keynote. Our community of #librarians deeply appreciates your #advocacy for students' rights! #TLSky
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PETITION: Restore the Right to Read at DoDEA Schools
Sign the petition to support H.R.5527 and stop the DoDEA book bans in schools on military bases in the US and abroad.
Please read about these #BookBans and sign the petition to support H.R.5527 to stop Trump's book bans in schools on military bases in the US and abroad. #kidlit #mglit #yalit #schoollibrarians #TLSky action.everylibrary.org/rtrdodea via
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24.10.2025 23:53 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Tucson Speaks Out: October 23
Thanx @tucson.com 4publishing my LTE noting that #schoollibrarians #libraries will not benefit from the budget override currently under consideration by #Tucson voters: Children Need TUSD Override. Only 16 school librarians serve 16 of 90 schools = gross inequity for kids! tucson.com/opinion/lett...
23.10.2025 18:33 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Thank you, @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social, for persisting! Your constituents, fellow Arizonans, and Democrats are outraged at how poorly you are being treated. The Speaker is way out of line!
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Table 1
Core reasoning issues (first column), which we name after the relevant numbered section, are characterised using a plausible quote. In the second column are responses per row; also see the named section for further reading, context, and explanations.
See paper for full details: ** Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1
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๐ Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025). *Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists*. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Messy sketchnote doodle of THE Jason Reynolds
So good. Damn it. This is one of the best humans. Read all of it. Listen to all of it. Thank you Jason Reynolds. โEVERY kid DESERVES our effortโ Thank you @aaslala.bsky.social Thank you. #AASL25 #StressDoodle #StressDoodling
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Thank you #Tucson & everyone across the country who came out for #NoKings2 #protest. 1,000 voters expressed their outrage & exercised their #FirstAmendment rights on the corners of Speedway & Country Club. We will be peaceful & back in the streets for as long as it takes to restore our #democracy!
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Intellectual Freedom News 10/17/2025
ALA actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedomโthe rights of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment. Intellectual freedo...
The #FirstAmendment is under attack. #TLSky #EduSky make time 2read 10/17/25 @oif.bsky.social #IntellectualFreedom News: #censorship and #1stAmendment /civil rights, academic freedom/student speech, legislation, @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social news. Search page for 1984! www.oif.ala.org/intellectual...
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This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.
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Freedom to Read Foundation: Free People Read Freely
@handdtx.bsky.social @caharvey2.bsky.social April Dawkins and I will co-present "Building Allies and Accomplices for Students' #FirstAmendment Rights" at #AASL2025 tomorrow Friday, 10/17/25 at 11:00 a.m. We are members of the #FreedomtoRead Foundation Education Committee. Join us!
17.10.2025 02:06 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Listing of manga related presentations at AASL on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Final stages of prep for #AASL25! Excited to talk SO MUCH manga with @mangalibrarian.bsky.social @smwordsmith.bsky.social Emily Ratica. Going to be there? Come to one of our sessionsโor multiple. They are all different! @alaeditionsns.bsky.social @aaslala.bsky.social
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Thank you for standing up strong, Adelita!
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Judi Moreillon sharing poems at the base of the Mother Jones memorial in the Union Miners Cemetery - October 12, 2025
I'm honored to have shared a selection of verses from my manuscript Wherever There's a Good Fight: A Verse Portrait of the Extraordinary #MotherJones at the Miners Day event at the Union Miners Cemetery in Mt. Olive, IL. Thank you to the www.motherjonesmuseummtolive.org Board for an inspiring day!
12.10.2025 23:08 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The freedom to read is under attack. Let's do something about it. bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay
5 minutes. That's all it takes to start fighting book bans.
It's #LetFreedomReadDay. We're asking you to do at least one thing today to fight censorship. Then keep doing it!
bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay
We're stronger TOGETHER.
#CensorshipIsSo1984 #BannedBooksWeek
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Leap into the Future of School Libraries 2
October 15, 2025
12pm-6:30 pm
St. Louis, Missouri
Renaissance Airport Hotel
Hotel Room Registration: Here
Sponsored by the Board of the Journal: Learning Hub
Co-Hosts: David V. Loertscher, Blanche Wo...
Can you be in St. Louis on Wednesday, October 15th? #TLSky the free!!! Leap Into the Future 2 will be held at the Renaissance Airport Hotel. Keynotes/table talks on current issues in #schoollibrarianship, including my #RadicalSchoolLibrarianship discussion. Join us! sites.google.com/view/leap-in...
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Thank you @georgetakei.bsky.social for sharing your truth/our truth and for serving as the #BannedBooksWeek 2025 Honorary Chair.
07.10.2025 17:05 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Censorship is so 1984. Read for Your Rights. Oct 5-11, 2025. BannedBooksWeek.org
Thanks @tucson.com 4publishing my op-ed "Libraries, librarians & Banned Books Weekยฎ" #TLSky #EduSky pls make time 4 your Ss to read 4 their rights, watch #IntellectualFreedom focused documentaries "Banned Together" "The Librarians" (at the Loft Cinema in #Tucson tonight!) tucson.com/opinion/colu...
07.10.2025 17:01 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Pledge to Protect the Freedom to Read
This Banned Books Week (October 5โ11, 2025), join EveryLibrary and We Believe in standing up for every readerโs right to read and access every story.
This Banned Books Week (October 5โ11, 2025), join EveryLibrary and We Believe in standing up for every readerโs right to read and access every story.
#TLSky and #EduSky - I hope you will consider making this pledge.
action.everylibrary.org/bookbanpledge via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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Intellectual Freedom News 10/3/2025
ALA actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedomโthe rights of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment. Intellectual freedo...
During #BannedBooksWeek (Oct 5-11, 2025) hone your knowledge of threats to the #FirstAmendment by reading the @oif.bsky.social #IntellectualFreedom news. #TLSky #EduSky Of special note read about TX Senate Bill 12 and its effect on Ss in Leander ISD (near Austin). www.oif.ala.org/intellectual...
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Censorship is so 1984. Read for Your Rights. Oct. 5-11, 2025. BannedBooksWeek.org
Attention #TLSky and #EduSky! October 5 - 11, 2025 is @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social's #BannedBooksWeek. This is the time to teach Ss about their #FirstAmendment rights and to stand up for #IntellectualFreedom in our communities and country. See the resources to support your work at BannedBooksWeek.org
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#BannedBooksWeek is October 5-11. Download and share our free graphics to help spread the word about the harms of censorship.
https://www.ala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/freedownloads
#CensorshipIsSo1984
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Banned Books Week Event Calendar. Add an event or find one near you! BannedBooksWeek.org/events Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights. Banned Books Week, October 5-11, 2025
Are you hosting a Banned Books week event or display? Don't forget to add it to our free event calendar! bannedbooksweek.org/events/
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