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OIF statement on “Fifty Shades of Grey” controversy

By On May 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Office for Intellectual Freedom Blog (ALA), May 11, 2012 —

The American Library Association supports libraries and librarians across the country, who face difficult decisions every day about how to allocate scarce resources in order to meet the wide-ranging information needs of their communities.

To guide decisions about what materials to select for a [...]

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Penguin abandons best customers: Libraries prevented from buying new e-books

By On November 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Posted on District Dispatch, November 22, 2011 —

Penguin Group’s decision announced yesterday — to deny libraries the ability to buy new releases in the e-book format — is an insult to libraries when we have been publishers’ most valuable customer for years. The simple fact [...]

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Ask your senators to vote “NO” on overturning net neutality order

By On November 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Posted on District Dispatch, November 7, 2011 —

This week (Nov. 7-11) the full U.S. Senate will vote on Senate Joint Resolution 6, a bill to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) order passed to adopt “net neutrality.”

Please call your Senators and ask them to vote “NO” on S.J. Res. [...]

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