On Pirates, Technology, and Our Future IFRT REPORT
IFRT REPORT
On Pirates, Technology, and Our Future Issue 75 By Julia Warga, IFRT Program Chair Spring 2011 Are you Interested in gov- Who is Rick Falkvinge? He is ernment transparency, its the founder of the first Pirate Social Networking effect on libraries, and how Party (in Sweden) and a cam- changes in technology affect paigner for next-generation Join our electronic list at how we share information? civil liberties and sensible http://www.ala.org/ala/ Rick Falkvinge, founder of information policy. In par- Sweden's Pirate Party, will be ticular, he stresses how the mgrps/rts/ifrt/ifrtinaction/ joining us in New Orleans, copyright industries work in elist/elist.cfm and IFRT twit- LA, to speak about how the collusion with Big Brother evolution of information- hawks to erode or eliminate ter: @IFRT_ALA sharing tools has impacted the parts of Internet that government transparency. guarantee our civil liberties. Stay updated about latest His program is titled, “New On this platform, one of pri- initiatives via the OIF Blog Technologies: The Impact on vacy and digital rights, his Government Transparency.” party became the largest in http://www.oif.ala.org/oif/? We hope you can join us for the below-30 demographic in cat=8 and via the IFRT Blog this exciting opportunity on the 2009 European Elections. Saturday, June 25 (1:30-3:30 http://ifrt.blogspot.com/ PM). Continued on page 3
Inside this issue: Google Books Settlement, E-Books Google Books settlement 1, 7,8 On Pirates, Technology, and our and Intellectual Freedom future 1, 3,6 By J. Douglas Archer, Former Chair, ALA IFC & IFRT From the IFRT Chair 2 vision for authors and other of the GBS as it relates to librar- As of this writing, the pro- Intellectual Freedom Video Series 2 posed Google Book Settle- holders of copyrights. This ies. It’s titled “A Guide for the would speak to both of his major Perplexed Part IV: The Rejec- Proposed Resolution to Protect 3,8 ment (GBS) is dead but not Library User tion of the Google Books Settle- yet buried. With a status concerns. Therefore, the GBS is hearing scheduled for June really still in play. ment,” is available at http:// Intellectual Freedom Meetings 4, 5 1, rumors abound that the Chin’s 48 page decision is rela- www.librarycopyrightalliance.o Gordon M. Conable Conference parties are trying to work tively easy to read though rg/bm~doc/guideiv-final-1.pdf 6 Scholarship something out. Judge and is only 18 pages long. It’s its legal subtleties may be lost Chin’s main objections to the place to go for a brief but Who's Who in IFRT? 8 on non-attorneys. It’s available the settlement were that complete analysis of the GBS at http:// rights holder rights were not and libraries. www.nysd.uscourts.gov/cases/ adequately protected and The Intellectual Freedom show.php?db=special&id=115 . Whether the GBS is eventually the class was not adequately Round Table (IFRT) is a approved or not, the book re- forum for discussion of intel- represented. Conse- Jonathan Band, the library pro- lated intellectual freedom issues lectual freedom issues for quently, speculation centers fessions’ chief legal analyst of raised by it and by the larger e- libraries and librarians, and on a possible switch from an the GBS, has prepared an excel- book phenomena remain. a channel of communication “opt out” to an “opt in” pro- lent review of the current state on intellectual freedom mat- Continued on page 7 ters. Issue 75 Page 2
A Message From The IFRT Chair: A Year In Review
by Loida Garcia-Febo Secretary of FAIFE with which I collabo- rate on initiatives such as the drafting of
an international code of ethics for librari- This was an exciting year in which the IFRT ans. continued to promote access to information All the members of the IFRT Board col- by adding new media to reach out to new laborated in harmony to produce the and existing members. To this end, I work we needed to. I continue to be started a new Intellectual Freedom Video amazed by the extreme professionalism Series to promote intellectual freedom and the quality of the work demonstrated among ALA members, and I am most by these colleagues. For example, this grateful to a number of our own IFRT col- year our Membership Chair was a virtual leagues which agreed to participate in the member who lives in London. She com- videos. municated with her committee members regularly and developed an updated The series included topics such as: copy- IFRT brochure which should be posted right and legal matters, intellectual free- on the IFRT webpage any minute now! dom and LIS education, privacy, and ac- cess to information for all in our communi- The IFRT annual program is entitled ties. ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom “New Technologies: The Impact on Gov- (OIF) was also featured, and the Freedom ernment Transparency,” and the guest to Read Foundation will have a video soon. speaker is Rick Falkvinge, founder of the International work was included on videos Pirate Party of Sweden. Falkvinge will about the defense of human rights of schol- speak about technology, copyright, free- ars worldwide, and IFLA Free Access of dom of speech and transparency. The Information and Freedom of Expression Intellectual Freedom Video Series way in which information is accessed and Committee, and IFLA Senior Policy Advi- shared has dramatically changed from the The American Library Association's Intellectual sor. I received encouraging comments 60's, 70's and even two years ago. Tech- Freedom Round Table (IFRT) began a video se- from colleagues from all regions of the ries on June 2010 to promote intellectual freedom nology has revolutionized this and librari- world that watched the series and many LIS among its members. IFRT chair, Loida Garcia- ans need to continue having an active schools\students. Febo, the creator of the series, had the following presence at the table. Join us for a most to share: timely program! My vision for this video series is to put Intellec- tual Freedom and Human Rights on the agenda of The Round Table worked in close commu- library workers. As chair of the Intellectual Free- nication with the OIF and the Intellectual dom Round Table, I would like every ALA mem- Overall my term as IFRT Chair was a very Freedom Committee (IFC) to present re- ber to know more about the work we engage in enriching one. I worked closely with and the reasons for it. I find that videos are a gional programs such as “Much ado about committed colleagues on an area I be- powerful tool to accomplish this task. Tintin? User services, collections, and ra- lieve in passionately, to continue promot- The IFRT community is composed of terrific col- cially offensive materials in libraries.” This leagues and I want to share that with our mem- ing access to information and freedom of was presented at the 2010 National Diver- bership. Our first video features Barbara Jones, expression.: Thank you to each one of the sity in Libraries conference where I spoke Director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Free- IFRT Board members! dom, who will share news about issues dealt with about public libraries, multi-ethnic popula- by her office. Other videos feature Kent Oliver, tions and censorship. I also attended a My appreciation to colleagues who ad- President of the Freedom to Read Foundation, Privacy and Youth conference hosted by vised, and brainstormed with me online Dr. Carrie Gardner, Martin Garnar, Douglas the OIF in Chicago where a number of na- and in-person. Huge thanks to everyone Archer, and Carolyn Caywood. International colleagues working in the area of human rights tional and international professionals at the OIF for the expert advice and sup- such as Kai Elkhom, Chair of FAIFE, and Stuart shared information and proposed ways to port! Hamilton, IFLA Senior Policy Advisor are also educate about this challenging topic. My featured on the series. Loida Garcia-Febo brief summary was included in the latest We hope you enjoy these videos posted on the issue of the FAIFE's Newsletter. I am the IFRT Chair, 2010-2011 OIF blog, http://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?cat=8 Issue 75 Page 3
right to privacy and confidentiality with On Pirates, Technology, and Our Future, Cont. respect to information sought or re- ceived and resources consulted, bor- Continued from page 1 To learn more about Mr. Falkvinge, the rowed, acquired or transmitted”; and When not doing politics or exploring Pirate Party, or Government Transpar- technical subjects in detail, Mr. Falk- ency: WHEREAS, the American Library Asso- vinge can usually be seen cooking, sam- Swedish Pirate Party (Piratpartiet): http:// ciation affirms that rights of privacy are pling a scotch whisky, or riding a fast www.piratpartiet.se/international necessary for intellectual freedom and motorcycle. Mr. Falkvinge resigned are fundamental to the ethics and prac- from Swedish Party leadership in Janu- Pirate Party International: http://www.pp- tice of librarianship, and lack of privacy ary 2011 to focus on educating the world international.net/ and confidentiality has a chilling effect and building networks of members, to on users’ choices. (ALA Policy Manual, be a “Political Evangelist” for the Pirate Listing of PPI Members and regional Pi- 53.1.16 Privacy: An Interpretation of the Party movement. rate Parties: http://www.pp- Library Bill of Rights); and So what is the Pirate Party? Founded in international.net/about
Sweden in 2006 by Mr. Falkvinge, the WHEREAS, The American Library Asso- Pirate Party has rapidly expanded, with Pirate Party International on Facebook: ciation strongly recommends the adop- official parties, members, and activists in http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pirate- tion of policies recognizing circulation over 40 countries around the world. The Party-International/133050412400 records and other records identifying three missions, or the agenda, of the the names of library users with specific party are to reform copyright law, re- Follow the Pirate Party International on materials to be confidential” (ALA Policy moval of the patent system, and ensure Twitter: @ppinternational Manual, 52.4; Confidentiality of Library that citizens' rights to privacy are re- Records) ; and spected. In 2009, the Swedish Piratpar- Falkvinge & Co. on Infopolicy: http:// tiet (Pirate Party) won its first elected falkvinge.net/ WHEREAS, the confidentiality of library seat in the European Union (EU) Parlia- records is protected by law or by attor- ment. The Pirate Party has also won seats Rick Falkvinge on Facebook: http:// ney general opinion in all fifty states and in local elections in multiple countries www.facebook.com/rickfalkvinge in the District of Columbia; and within the EU. In April 2010 at a confer- ence in Brussels, Belgium, the Pirate Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): WHEREAS, U.S. courts have upheld the Party International (PPI) was officially http://www.eff.org/ right to privacy based on the Bill of formed to “help establish, to support Rights of the US Constitution; 1 and promote, and to maintain communi- Free Government Info (FGI): http:// cation and co-operation between pirate freegovinfo.info/ WHEREAS, Many libraries across the parties around the world.” As of May Continued on page 6 country are instituting self-service hold 2011, PPI has 25 official member coun- systems that fail to adequately protect tries. Proposed Resolution to Pro- user confidentiality and reveal person- ally identifiable information linking spe- In seeking to protect the privacy of indi- tect Library User Confidenti- cific users to specific items; vidual citizens, the Pirate Party wants to ality in Self Serve Hold Prac- minimize the increased levels of govern- Whereas the practice of using truncated ment surveillance stemming from the tices user names or other personally identifi- events of September 22, 2001, and seeks By Deborah Caldwell-Stone able information does not adequately to improve channels of government protect user privacy; now, therefore, be transparency. With that purpose in The Intellectual Freedom Committee it mind, last year, Sweden’s Pirate Party plans to ask ALA Council to approve the received global coverage for providing proposed “Resolution to Protect Library RESOLVED, That the American Library server space to Wikileaks. The Pirate User Confidentiality in Self Serve Hold Association Party was also in the news earlier this Practices” at the ALA Annual Conference year when the German Goverment in New Orleans. The resolution, printed 1. Urges all libraries to reject library seized German Pirate Party (GPP) below, was developed by the IFC and practices and procedures for self-pickup servers two days before the elections. the IFC’s Privacy Subcommittee after holds that place information or re- The GPP is currently under investiga- receiving requests from librarians and quested materials in public view using tion for hosting an open source text- library users to examine the issue of patron names and/or other personally editing software, EtherPad, which had reader privacy and self-serve holds. identifiable information. been used by Anonymous, a global, po- litical, hacktivist (hack + activist) organi- Resolution to Protect Library User Confi- 2. Urges all libraries to protect patron zation, to allegedly plan an attack the dentiality in Self Serve Hold Practices identity by adopting the following prac- Électricité de France (EDF), one of the (PROPOSED DRAFT) tices: Continued on page 8 largest power companies in the world. WHEREAS, the ALA Code of Ethics states, “We protect each library user’s 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE — NEW ORLEANS, LA/OFFICE FOR INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM (Thursday, June 09, 2011)
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FTRF Orientation FTRF Board of Trustees FTRF Working FTRF Board of Trustees FTRF Reception THURSDAY Lunches 5:00 –6:30 p.m. JUNE 23 MCC Room 353 8:00–9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m.–Noon 2:00–5:30 p.m.
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IFC I BARC/PBA IF 101 Opening General Exhibits Roll of Honor FRIDAY Session Open Dinner JUNE 24 8:00–12:30 Noon–2:00 p.m. 1:00-2:00 p.m. 5:30pm MCC Room 243 4:00 – 5:15pm All- MCC Room 264 Hilton Riverside Conference Pelican MCC Auditorium Reception ALA Office opens 10 am IFRT I 5:15
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MCC Room 297 IFC II Immroth Awards IFRT Program Membership I IFC/SRRT program ALA Scholar- SATURDAY Reception with Daniel Ells- ship Bash JUNE 25 11:30-1:00p.m. berg 8:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. “New Technologies: The Impact on 3:30–5:00 p.m. Marriott at CC Government Transparency” Blaine Kern B 1:30–3:30 p.m. 6:00-8:30 p.m. MCC Room 238 MCC MCC-Auditorium A La Nouvelle Exhibits Open 9am MCC Room 288-290 Orleans Ball- room C
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1:30 297 Room MCC Privacy Subcommittee IFC p.m. 1:30-3:15 Riverside Hilton IFC/AAP Program How Sense? Common “Whose Read- Young Hurt Systems Labeling ers” 1:30–3:30 p.m. 393-394 Rooms MCC ALA EB II 1:30–3:30 p.m. Riverside Hilton Compass Compass Riverside Hilton Ascot ALA EB III 1:00 – 5:30 p.m. 5:301:00 – III EB ALA
Pelican Luncheon Ethics 11:45-1:00p.m. IFC/AAP Speaker Lunch 11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m. Speaker IFC/COL Lunch p.m. 12:30–2:00
Council I 10:45-12:15 p.m. MCC Orleans Nouvelle La C Ballroom IFC/COL Program Pours: it Leaks it “When NationalDeclassi- Wikileaks, Access and System, fication Information” Government to 10:30 a.m.–Noon Monteleone Ballroom Anne Queen MCC Room 291 Room MCC
Council/EB/ Membership Info 9:00–10:00 a.m. MCC Orleans Nouvelle La C Ballroom IFRT II 8:00–10:00 a.m. 238 Room MCC Ethics II 8:00–10:00 a.m. MCC Room 237 II Council p.m. a.m.–12:45 9:15 MCC Orleans Nouvelle La C Ballroom C Ballroom Orleans Nouvelle La MCC Speaker Session Closing a.m. 9:00-10:00 B Auditorium MCC ALA Council III 7:00 – 10:30am 7:00 – III Council ALA
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Barbakoff receives 2011 Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship
By Jonathan Kelley ence and readers’ advisory services; coordinates programs and The Freedom To Read Foundation, (FTRF) is pleased to displays; and blogs. She also coordinates the Teen Advisory announce that Audrey Barbakoff, a reference librarian with Board and leads preschool story times. Barbakoff is a member of the Milwaukee (Wis.) Public Library, is the fourth recipient of the Wisconsin Intellectual Freedom Round Table and recently had the Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship. The an article about the ethics of filtering computers in Conable Scholarship will provide for public libraries published on the peer reviewed web- Barbakoff’s expenses to attend the site In the Library with the Lead Pipe. This will be her 2011 American Library Association first ALA Conference. (ALA) Annual Conference in “Audrey’s application stood out amongst a group of New Orleans. excellent applicants because of her eloquent and pas- sionate advocacy for policies and practices As part of the scholarship, Barbakoff that protect the intellectual freedom rights of all library will attend various FTRF and other users in today’s digital environment. The committee intellectual freedom meetings and also was impressed by her dedication to library ser- programs at the conference, consult vices for young people, from preschool to teens,” said with a mentor/board member and Conable Scholarship Committee Chair Can- present a report about her experi- dace Morgan. ences and thoughts. The Conable Scholarship was created to advance two She will be recognized at the FTRF principles that Gordon Conable held dear: intellectual Annual Member Reception from 5 - freedom and mentorship. Gordon Conable was a Cali- 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 23 in fornia librarian and intellectual freedom champion room 354 of the Ernest N. Morial who served several terms as president of the Freedom Convention Center. to Read Foundation. His unexpected death in 2005 Barbakoff holds a B.F.A. from the Uni- inspired his wife, Irene Conable and the FTRF Board to versity of Illinois at Urbana- create the Conable Fund , which provides funding for Champaign and a Masters of Library the Conable Scholarship. and Information Science from the Uni- To donate to the Conable Fund, please visit http:// versity of Washington, which she received in 2010. In her www.ala.org/ala/ourassociation/othergroups/ftrf/relatedlinks/ capacity at the Milwaukee Public Library, she provides refer- conablememoralfund.cfm or call (800) 545-2433 x4226.
On Pirates, Technology, and Our Future, Cont.
Resources Continued from page 3 Falkvinge and Co on Infopolicy: Photos & Bios. http://falkvinge.net/photos-bio/ (Accessed 5/31/11) Falkvinge and Co on Infopolicy. “After 5 years, I’m stepping down as Party Leader.” http://falkvinge.net/2011/01/01/after-five- years-im-stepping-down-as-party-leader/ (Accessed 5/31/11) Pirat Partiet. “International. English. The Pirate Party.” http://www.piratpartiet.se/international/english (Accessed: 5/31/11) Pirate Party International.Net. “Pirate Parties Celebrate Election Victory: Victory in Sweden and Strong Showing in Germany.” http://www.pp-international.net/files/PP_EU_Election_09_PR.pdf Pirate Party International: About PPI. http://www.pp-international.net/about (Accessed: 5/31/11) The Pirate Party: Introduction to Politics and Principles. http://www.thepirateparty.com/index.php/policy-overview (Accessed: 5/31/11) Ricknäs, Mikael. “Swedish Pirate Party to host Wikileaks servers.” Computerworld , 8/18/2010. http://www.computerworld.com/s/ article/print/9180870/Swedish_Pirate_Party_to_host_Wikileaks_servers?taxonomyName=Networking&taxonomyId=16 (Accessed: 5/31/11) Doctorow, Cory. “German police raid German Pirate Party's servers two days before election” Boing Boing , 5/21/11. http:// boingboing.net/2011/05/21/german-police-raid-g.html (Accessed: 5/31/11)
Issue 75 Page 7 Google Books Settlement, Cont.
attempting in good faith “to create an The Coming E-Universe Continued from page 1 effective and beneficial marketplace for Chief among them are privacy, access digital books [but was] troubled in sev- In the print universe as we have known and the potential for the after-the-fact eral aspects.” (Chin, 22) In subsequent it, this alteration could and did take alteration of publications (aka censor- analysis he found no reason to question place before publication with only occa- ship) that has become possible in a access limitations in the agreement such sional public controversy (e.g. a pub- lease-it-not-buy-it world. as the one work station per public li- lisher pulls or alters a title before actual brary and no guaranteed workstation in publication due to adverse advanced school libraries or any unspecified pric- publicity). Of course, internal author/ Privacy ing mechanisms for additional work sta- editor conflicts are legendary but they tions. are inevitable parts of the process. After In his delineation of issues Judge Chin publication, purchased copies belonged noted that there were objections to the to the person or institution (e.g. library) mass collection of the personally identi- Censorship that had made the purchase and could fiable information (PII) of readers. (Chin, only be altered on a copy by copy basis 6) However, in his conclusions, while Nowhere in his decision does Judge at the discretion of the owner. (First sale noting that “privacy concerns are real,” Chin address censorship concerns such doctrine – I bought it; I own it: I can do he cited only the privacy concerns of as the editing, revision or removal of almost anything with the physical copy rights holders and stated that “I do not texts -- no mention, no analysis. It is except copy it for resale.) Almost all believe that they are a basis in them- highly likely that this is due to the fact American libraries have resisted efforts selves to reject the proposed settle- that regardless of its potentially enor- to alter or remove books already in their ment.” (Chin, 39) mous public impact, the Amended Set- collections. In other words, once pub- tlement Agreement (ASA) is a private lished, one could count on the content The crux of the matter appears to be that business deal between authors and pub- remaining stable. “Corrections” for any the GBS is a private deal between busi- lishers on the one hand and a single ven- reason were confined to later editions, nesses. Hence statutory rather than con- dor (Google) on the other. Just as pri- errata sheets (leaving the original con- stitutional protections generally apply. vate libraries can censor as they wish. tent in place) or secondary announce- As with so many “privacy” policies, it Rights holders (authors, heirs, publish- ments. appears to be up to the businesses in ers, etc.) can alter the content of books In the new universe of electronic pub- question (in this case Google and the in which they hold copyright or author- lishing a major concern from its incep- rights holders such as authors and pub- ize a vendor to do so. tion has been the authoritative nature of lishers) to police themselves – short of In the case of Google Books and the any particular digital copy. How do we the passage of really tough federal pri- ASA, Google and the individual publish- know that this text is what the author, vacy protection legislation. ers assert the right to remove or alter publisher or issuing body originally content at their discretion. For instance, intended? This is crucially important for in most licenses the vendor or publisher government documents and above all, Access retains the right to remove access to a for legislation. Various systems have title for which they no longer hold a been developed to vouch for the authen- Judge Chin expressed mixed views on valid copyright. This certainly makes ticity of such documents. See GPO Ac- access. He affirmed that : sense. But as you will see below, even cess at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ such a seemingly simple action can have authentication/ for one such description. The benefits of Google's book project major repercussions. In the commercial publishing realm no are many. Books will become more ac- More potentially dangerous to intellec- such systems have as yet been devel- cessible. Libraries, schools, research- tual freedom is ability to remove oped much less agreed upon. ers, and disadvantaged populations will “inaccurate” content as a service to us- The need for such a verification system gain access to far more books. Digitiza- ers. As we intellectual freedom advo- is vital. Many publishers are no longer tion will facilitate the conversion of cates know from long and painful ex- selling the customer a copy; they lease books to Braille and audio formats, in- perience, “inaccurate” can mean almost access to titles – whether downloaded creasing access for individuals with dis- anything that one disagrees with; the on the customer’s device or accessed on abilities... Older books -- particularly door to censorship of unpopular opinion an external server – as has been the out-of-print books, many of which are is opened wide. Only the Google Books case for some time for newspapers and falling apart buried in library stacks -- library partners have a contractual right journals. will be preserved and given new life. to object. The rest of us are on the out- Continued on page 8 (Chin, 3) side looking in. Remember Google is a business not a library. He was persuaded that the parties were
Issue 75 Google Books Settlement, Cont . Page 8
Continued from page 7 The rights holders are theoretically free to modify content in Who’s Who in IFRT? whole or in part and the vendors are free to drop titles at their discretion. The most well known example was the removal of a IFRT Committee Chairs particular edition of 1984 (oh the irony) from a student’s Kindle in 2009 without warning. The student not only lost access to a book Bylaws and Organization Committee for which he had paid but also lost access to all of his class notes. Rosanne Marie Cordell (Chair, 2010 - 2012) Needless to say, he sued. The result was an out of court settlement with $150,000 going to charity and a promise not to do Membership Promotion Committee it again unless certain conditions applied. See http:// Fiona Bradley (Chair, 2010 - 2011) www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/09/ amazon_settles_lawsuit_over_deleted_1984 .html for details of the Nominating Committee settlement. Lauren Christos (Chair, 2010 - 2011) As long as there are significant numbers of print copies of most titles available for cross checking, it will be at least theoretically Program Committee possible to spot after-the-fact alteration of e-texts. However, as Julia Glynn Warga (Chair, 2010 - 2011) more and more titles are published only in e-format, it will become more and more difficult to identify such alterations. Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award Committee According to the Latin Proverb, Verba Volant; littera scripta manet, the spoken word flies; the written word remains (variously James K. Teliha (Chair, 2010 - 2012) attributed and translated). This is an ancient but excellent caution John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award Committee for the modern age and the intellectual freedom community. David A. Hurley (Chair, 2010 - 2011) Publications Committee Proposed Resolution to Protect Library User, Cont. Paul J. Beavers (Chair, 2011)
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•Provide patron privacy through the use of pseudonyms, codes, numbers, or other means that do not require personally identifi- IFRT Liaisons and Representatives able information •Obscure the identity of patron requests and its content through To the Intellectual Freedom Committee the practice of packaging items with a full sheet of paper, using Doug Archer (2009-2010) an envelope or reusable bag to hold the item, or an equivalent option. To the Freedom to Read Foundation ——————— The IFC will provide an opportunity for members to comment on and Rosanne Marie Cordell (2009-2010) make suggestions for changes to the resolution via an open hearing To the Education Assembly at the ALA Annual Conference. The hearing will be part of the IFC/ FTRF Issues Briefing on Sunday, June 26, 2011 from 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Sharon McCaslin (2009-2010) Room 354 of the Morial Convention Center. Members also are in- vited to submit comments to the IFC via email. Comments should be From the ALA Executive Board sent to Nanette Perez, IFC Staff Liaison at [email protected]. Joseph Eagan (2009-2010) IFRT Executive Board From the New Members Round Table Loida A. Garcia-Febo (Chair, 2010 - 2011) Julia M. Glynn (2009-2010) Carrie Gardner (Chair-Elect, 2010 - 2011) To the Planning and Budget Assembly Paul J. Beavers (Treasurer, 2009 - 2011) Eric Suess (2009-2010) Rosanne Marie Cordell (Director, 2009 - 2011) To the Public Library Association Pamela R. Klipsch (Director, 2010 - 2012) Sarah Dallas (2009-2010) Sharon McCaslin (Director, 2009 - 2011) To see IFRT Executive Board Roster visit: http://www.ala.org/ Eric D. Suess (Director, 2010 - 2012) roster.cfm?committee=ifr-ec John Allyn Moorman (IFRT Councilor, 2009 - 2012) For more information about the IFRT visit: http://www.ala.org/ala/ mgrps/rts/ifrt/index.cfm Bryan Campbell (Staff Liaison, 2010 - 2012)
Nanette Perez (Staff Liaison, 2009 - 2011)