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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Please see the updates below from United for Libraries!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Clare<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Clare D. Membiela, MLS, J.D.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Library Law Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="mailto:MembielaC@michigan.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">MembielaC@michigan.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">517-335-8132<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">The research and resources above are for informational purposes only and not for the purpose of providing legal advice. You should contact your attorney to obtain advice
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">“the State may not, consistently with the spirit of the First Amendment, contract the spectrum of available
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</span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479, 482 (1965).<br>
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<h1 align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:25.2pt"><span class="inline-color"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white">October 2024</span></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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candidates and ballot measures that will make a significant impact locally, regionally, statewide, nationally and even at the global level. It is critical to encourage everyone to vote, whatever their vote will be. The American Library Association is working
with the League of Women Voters on the <a href="https://americanlibraryassociation.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0xMTcwMTA1NSZwPTEmdT0xMTIwMDM2Mjc0JmxpPTExMTUzODU2NA/index.html" target="_blank">
<span class="email-hyperlink-color-preserver"><span style="color:#114B9C">Reader. Voter. Ready.</span></span></a> project; both organizations are committed to encouraging people to vote at all levels. Please support that work where you can. And vote!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:13.65pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">United for Libraries continues to help protect the “freedom to read.” Last month I attended ALA’s
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and information leaders will build stronger partnerships and clear messages in the difficult and ongoing fight against censorship. We look forward to continuing these conversations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:13.65pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">United hosted a free informative webinar for Trustees and boards recently that can help you locally: "<a href="https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/6617258117287/WN_eXnp7ZxBR6mCd4LotJE9mw#/registration" target="_blank"><span class="email-hyperlink-color-preserver"><span style="color:#114B9C">Banned
Books 101: What Library Boards & Trustees Need to Know</span></span></a>” Even if you are not currently on a board, the information is very helpful and important, either as an introduction or as a refresher about what you can do to protect the freedom to read.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="email-hyperlink-color-preserver"><span style="color:#114B9C">National Friends of Libraries Week</span></span></a> - October 20-26, 2024. We’d love to hear and share your stories.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="email-hyperlink-color-preserver"><span style="color:#114B9C">United for Libraries Learning Live</span></span></a> on Oct. 8, “Building Effective Library Director/Board Relationships,” will feature Nicolle Davies, Assistant Commissioner, Department
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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ALA has released preliminary data documenting attempts to censor books and materials in public, school, and academic libraries during the first
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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As part of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Reader Voter Ready civic engagement campaign, the Association for Library Service to Children
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Voters</span></span></a>,” a new booklist for young readers, featuring fiction and nonfiction books that inform youth about the voting process and inspire civic participation. Compiled and annotated by ALSC’s Quicklists Consulting committee, titles are organized
into five separate lists by age range: birth thru preK, grades K-2, grades 3-5, grades 6-8 and young adult. The booklists are free to download on the <a href="https://americanlibraryassociation.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0xMTcwMTA1NSZwPTEmdT0xMTIwMDM2Mjc0JmxpPTExMTUzODU2NA/index.html" target="_blank"><span class="email-hyperlink-color-preserver"><span style="color:#114B9C">Reader.
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including <a href="https://americanlibraryassociation.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0xMTcwMTA1NSZwPTEmdT0xMTIwMDM2Mjc0JmxpPTExMTUzODU4MA/index.html" target="_blank">
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<span class="email-hyperlink-color-preserver"><span style="color:#114B9C">Reader. Voter. Ready</span></span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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the American Library Association (ALA), aimed to strengthen partnerships and sharpen strategy in the battle against book challenges.” 2024-2025 United for Libraries President Deborah Doyle was among those in attendance, and United for Libraries Past President
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<span class="email-hyperlink-color-preserver"><span style="color:#114B9C">National Friends of Libraries Week</span></span></a>, presented by United for Libraries, will be held Oct. 20-26, 2024. Use the time to creatively promote your group in the community,
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<h3 style="margin:0in;line-height:18.9pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5B6FB5">Library Foundation of Jacksonville (Fla.) to present a ‘Book Clubs of Duval County Celebration’<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Library Foundation of Jacksonville (Fla.) will present a “Book Clubs of Duval County Celebration” on Sat., Oct. 14, at the Main Library. Members
of all local book clubs are invited to the event, which will feature New York Times bestselling Author Madeline Martin, Tenikka Smith Hughes, news anchor for CBS47 and FOX30, and Rona Brinlee, owner of The BookMark in Neptune Beach. Tickets are $35.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="email-hyperlink-color-preserver"><span style="color:#114B9C">Read. Run. Repeat. 5K/10K Race</span></span></a>, on Oct. 20. All walkers, runners, and library lovers are invited to participate, and there is also a virtual race options. Proceeds will
benefit FOLMC in support of Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3 style="margin:0in;line-height:18.9pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5B6FB5">King County (Wash.) Library System awards Agility Grants<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">One of the ways King County (Wash.) Library Foundation supports library programming is through Agility Grants. Each year, the Foundation allocates
funds for requests that serve a more immediate need than annual advanced grants provide. An agility grant awarded this summer will be used to purchase toys that support self-guided imaginative play for children under 5 in the Renton Library children’s spaces.
This request comes from feedback shared by patrons who have identified a need for more activities for children while caregivers work online, take meetings with social service providers, or do other tasks that require focus.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="email-hyperlink-color-preserver"><span style="color:#114B9C">Banned Books Week</span></span></a> (Sept. 22-30) and continuing through early October, the
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<span class="email-hyperlink-color-preserver"><span style="color:#114B9C">Little Free Library</span></span></a>—is hitting the road for its second tour, stopping at bookstores and libraries in American communities across the Midwest and the South that are being
impacted by book banning. The tour comes at the heels of Penguin Random House’s latest
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<span class="email-hyperlink-color-preserver"><span style="color:#114B9C">lawsuit</span></span></a> against the State of Florida, in partnership with students, parents, authors, and publishers, for the unconstitutional book banning provisions in HB 1069, an
education law that has resulted in thousands of book removals in school libraries.
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<span class="email-hyperlink-color-preserver"><span style="color:#114B9C">@qplnyc</span></span></a>, in collaboration with libraries and advocates nationwide. The day will feature rallies at libraries, bookstores, places of worship, and other community hubs.
The goal is to demonstrate the broad support that exists in our communities for libraries and the freedom to read - building momentum toward robust voter participation on Nov. 5, when the simple act of casting a ballot can help protect the right of everyone
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