Don't miss your chance to participate in an honest, lively conversation about self-censorship in youth services! Registration closes on Tuesday, June 10th - snag your seat today!

This webinar is for all library staff whose work affects children & teens, including materials selectors. Please share widely (and please excuse the cross-postings). 

We'll be archiving this webinar and our wonderful presenter's materials on our website, so if you can't make it in real time, you can learn at your leisure.

Ready to register? Great: http://librarylinknj.org/content/wont-someone-think-children-avoiding-trap-self-censoring-materials-and-services-youth

Want more details? Read on!

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Registration is now open for Won’t Someone Think of the Children?! Avoiding the Trap of Self-Censoring Materials and Services for Youth, a webinar with Julie Jurgens, School Services Coordinator at Illinois’ Arlington Heights Memorial Library.

Registration: http://librarylinknj.org/content/wont-someone-think-children-avoiding-trap-self-censoring-materials-and-services-youth

Date & Time: Thursday, June 12 | 10-11:30 AM

Audience: Librarians, Library Assistants and Library Associates serving children and teens

Description & Learning Objectives:

Access to information and intellectual freedom the backbone of our profession, but sometimes we deny children and teens access in ways we might not even be aware of. Book banning gets a lot of press, but we also need to consider the more subtle, insidious forms of censorship that happen in our libraries every day. Join us for an honest, lively conversation including real-life examples of restricting access, gatekeeping and censorship from professionals in the field, as well as thought-provoking “what if” scenarios.

After participating in this webinar, library staff will be able to:

• Identify examples of censorship besides materials challenges, and explain how these types of censorship can have a negative impact on collections and programs for youth, and ultimately on youth, themselves.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of the children’s bill of rights, and the history of our perception of children’s rights and their need for protection.
• Identify incidents of restricted access and censorship in their own work and viable alternatives to these practices.
• Access and rely on a variety of resources for staying current on intellectual freedom issues, especially regarding children and teens.

Registration is open through 12 PM on Tuesday June 10.

Sophie Brookover
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