Webinars: Hooray for Freedom! Webinars on the Legal and Ethical Foundations of Library Practice (July 11 & August 8, 2019)

This summer WebJunction is pleased to host, in collaboration with the Association for Rural and Small Libraries and Library Journal, a two-part webinar series exploring library policies and procedures related to intellectual freedom, privacy, and confidentiality.

July 11, 2019
Hooray for Freedom! Part One: Privacy, Confidentiality, and Intellectual Freedom in the Library
Privacy, confidentiality, and intellectual freedom are core values of librarianship that are easy to agree with, but difficult to implement. Hooray for Freedom! will help you assess your professional practice, give you the legal and ethical context to support democracy in your library, and help you identify practical ways to implement improvements.
In this webinar, learners will:

• Gain familiarity with the legal undergirding of intellectual freedom in libraries.
• Recognize methods that help shrink the gap between ethics and practice for libraries of any size.
• Learn strategies to use in real-time situations related to the legal and ethical foundations of library practice.

August 8, 2019
Hooray for Freedom! Part Two: Developing Policies in Support of Ethical Practice
Building on part one, this webinar will help you assess your library’s current policies and procedures within a legal context, and help you draft specific policy language. We’ll explore considerations for libraries of all sizes in order to codify the library profession’s values for our institutions.
In this webinar, learners will:

• Increase understanding of the language in, and policy implications for, the 1st and 4th Amendments.
• Learn how to translate legal opinion into policy considerations for libraries.
• Recognize how to avoid policy drafting traps by maintaining focus on mission and purpose.

Get registered for these sessions and invite your colleagues, as well. These are important topics to all libraries, and we’re looking forward to exploring the issues and learning from each other.

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