MLA 2024 Conference

Concerned about the rise of book challenges in libraries across the country? Join a group of like minded librarians to learn more about how to address these types of challenges and advocate for the right to read in your community. The American Library Association Office of Intellectual Freedom works hard to ensure that Intellectual Freedom resources, advocacy, and training are available to all. As a partner organization to ALA, the MLA Intellectual Freedom Committee and ALA-trained advocacy partners Molly Huber and Andi Bodeau have supports in place to assist any school, public, or academic library facing IF questions and challenges. Speaker Ann Kaste will share information about online resources available, such as Unite Against Book Bans, and the website the MLA IF committee is developing. Molly Huber and Andi Bodeau will discuss the training opportunities they can facilitate for anyone facing censorship, book or other intellectual freedom challenges or just wanting to learn more about how to be ready to handle them should they arise. Attendees will leave this session with a wide range of intellectual freedom supports they can use and share.