PLA Annual Conference--Intellectual Freedom Conference

Intellectual Freedom Still Matters: Communicating Our Mission and Role
in Our Post-CIPA Society
PLA's 11th National Conference, March 21 - 25, 2006, in Boston, MA;
Thursday, March 23, 2006, 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM

The panel: Judith Krug, director, Office for Intellectual Freedom,
American Library Association; Kent Oliver, chair, ALA Intellectual
Freedom Committee, and Library Director, Stark County District Library,
Canton, OH; Candace Morgan, former Director of Community Library
Service, Fort Vancouver Regional Library District, Vancouver, WA,
retired

Libraries choosing to filter because of the CIPA decision maintain that
their mission to bring together people and the information they need
remains the same. Speakers will examine whether "traditional library
practices" validate CIPA's imposition of mandatory filtering, and, if
so, explore the far-reaching consequences for the future of
librarianship.

For more information: http://www.placonference.org/