New Orleans 2006: Other Intellectual Freedom Programs

Lauren Christos

ALA / IFC

Thou Shalt Not Unite: Why Separating Church and State Was--And Still Is--A Good Idea

Learn from Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, why defending the separation of church and state is essential to maintaining religious liberty in America. A panel of librarians will continue this discussion by relating how librarians can provide access to information, meeting rooms, and exhibit spaces and bulletin boards without violating First Amendment rights. Cosponsored by AAP and ABFFE.

ALA / IFC

ID You: Why Proving Who You Are Can Be Hazardous to Your Privacy

Privacy is essential to the exercise of free speech, free thought, and free association. Given that, and the administrative and legal justifications why people need to prove who they are, when is enough, enough; when is too much, too much; and why should we care? Learn how to protect your privacy and confidentiality, how to educate yourself and others on why this protection is fundamental for maintaining a free society, and the implications for libraries.

ALA / IFC

Tiny Trackers: How to Implement RFID Technologies in Libraries Without Giving Up Our Principles

At the 2005 ALA Midwinter Meeting, the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee presented a dradt of its "Guidelines for Implementing RFID Technologies in Libraries: Privacy and Intellectual Freedom Concerns." Learn how these guidelines can assist you in using or determining whether to use RFID technologies, and participate in helping to develop a vendor checklist. Cosponsored by OITP and LITA.

IFRT / SRRT / EMIERT

The Ethnic Press, Libraries, and Community: How We Can Strengthen the Ties

This program will feature Nancy Kranich, George Curry (NNPA), and Juana Ponce de Leon (IPA-NY), as well as a local speaker still TBD, on Sunday, June 25, 2006, from 1:30 to 3:30pm.

All programs will be held in the Morial Convention Center. Times and dates to be announced.