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JUNE PREVIEW • ORLANDO

Librarians, Student Press Advocate Share 2016 FTRF Roll of Honor Award

Librarians Helen Adams and Nancy Kranich and attorney and First Amendment advocate Frank LoMonte have been named the recipients of the 2016 Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) Roll of Honor Award.

Helen Adams, a school librarian and educator who has taught intellectual freedom and ethics to graduate library science students for over a decade, is a past Trustee of the Freedom to Read Foundation and has also served on ALA’s Intellectual Freedom Committee and its Privacy Subcommittee.

Nancy Kranich, past president of the American Library Association and a former trustee of the Freedom to Read Foundation, teaches intellectual freedom, information policy, and community engagement at the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information serves as Rutgers’ Special Projects Librarian.

Frank LoMonte is executive director of Student Press Law Center where, for almost two decades, he has led the Student Press Law Center’s vigorous defense of the first amendment rights of student journalists

The Roll of Honor award will be presented at the 2016 ALA Annual Conference during its Opening General Session from 4:00 – 5:15 p.m. on Friday June 24, at the Orange County Convention Center.

The Roll of Honor was established in 1987 to recognize and honor those individuals who have contributed substantially to FTRF through adherence to its principles and/or substantial monetary support.

Meet the honorees at the Freedom to Read Reception, Thursday June 23, 5:00 p.m. OCC, W209C

YALSA Event Highlights at Annual Conference

YALSA has big plans ahead for Annual 2016 – join us for five action-packed days with endless opportunities to learn and network with your fellow colleagues, favorite authors, and experts in the teen services field.

YALSA will be hosting the following ticketed and special events:

Booklist and YALSA Present: The Michael L. Printz Program and Reception
Friday, June 24 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Kick off your Annual Conference by attending the Michael L. Printz Program and Reception on Friday night! Come listen to the 2016 Michael L. Printz winner, Laura Ruby, speak about her writing. Afterward, Laura Ruby and honor book authors Marcus Sedgwick and Ashley Hope Pérez will respond to questions, followed by a reception. The annual award is administered by YALSA and sponsored by Booklist Publications. Tickets – $34 in advance/$40 on-site.

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Margaret A. Edwards Brunch
Saturday, June 25
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Come join us for lunch and listen to the winner of the 2016 Margaret A. Edwards Award, David Levithan, speak about his writing. The award honors an author’s significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens. The annual award is administered by YALSA and sponsored by School Library Journal magazine. Tickets – $39 (no on-site ticketing)

YALSA Happy Hour,
Sponsored by ABRAMS
Saturday, June 25 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.

Mingle with YALSA members at The Pub, located in Pointe Orlando, walking distance from the OCCC at 9101 International Dr. #1003, Orlando, FL 32819. Enjoy a complimentary drink and light refreshments courtesy of the sponsor, ABRAMS. Open to all attendees.

YA Authors Coffee Klatch
Sunday, June 26 9:00 – 10:00 a.m.

Enjoy coffee and meet with YALSA’s award winning authors. This informal coffee klatch will give you an opportunity to meet authors such as Marcus Sedgwick, Laurie Halse Anderson, and Cat Winters, who have appeared on one of YALSA’s six annual selected lists or have received one of YALSA’s five literary awards. Attendees will sit at a table and every 3 or 4 minutes, a new author will arrive at each table to talk about their current projects! See a list of participating authors at tinyurl.com/YALSAac16. Tickets – $25 in advance/$30 on-site. Please note, a limited quantity of tickets will be sold on-site.

View a complete listing of YALSA events at tinyurl.com/YALSAac16. For questions about any of YALSA’s events or programs, please contact Nichole O’Connor at noconnor@ala.org or 800-545-2433, ext. 4387.

Ask Us Anything About Intellectual Freedom

Does your library have…. issues? Issues about filtering, book challenges, meeting rooms, and patron privacy?

Every library seems to have issues, particularly about intellectual freedom and privacy. Schools are particular hotspots for issues, both in the library, and more and more in the curriculum. Public and academic libraries face new and emerging challenges – university presidents and tenured professors have lost their jobs merely for expressing their opinions. Meanwhile surveillance of the American public and library users – by the federal government, by corporations, by a host of third and fourth party commercial vendors – is now almost unavoidable.

On the other hand, a whole new culture is stirring, an explosion of fresh, diverse writing that has yet to find its way to our institutions. Diversity – and challenges to diversity – are a growing intellectual freedom concern.

We have some ideas about all of this. Join members of the Intellectual Freedom Committee and the staff of the Office for Intellectual Freedom and the Freedom to Read Foundation at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 25 for the IFC/FTRF Issues Briefing “Ask Me (Us) Anything!,” taking place in Room W105B of the Orange County Convention Center.

Ask us anything. Tell us anything. It’s a free speech zone!