Presented by Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair, New Canaan High School, CT, and Kristin Pekoll, Assistant Director at the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom
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What happens when a resource in a K-12 library is challenged? We don’t always think of Internet filtering as censorship, but it can be. How do emerging student privacy laws impact intellectual freedom? How can UNESCO’s Five Laws of Media and Information Literacy support responsible use? How can professional organizations such as the American Library Association (ALA) and the American Association of School Librarians support educators? How can intellectual freedom promote library and librarian advocacy? In this edWebinar, Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair at New Canaan (CT) High School, and Kristin Pekoll, Assistant Director at the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, answer these questions and many more. All librarians are invited to watch this recorded session.

About the Presenters

Michelle Luhtala is the Library Department Chair at New Canaan High School in Connecticut and was one of five school librarians named as a “Mover and Shaker” by Library Journal in 2015. She is the winner of the 2011 “I Love My Librarian” Award and the Library Association’s 2010 Outstanding Librarian Award. The New Canaan High School Library won AASL’s National School Library Program of the year in 2010. Follow her on Twitter @mluhtala.

Kristin Pekoll is Assistant Director of ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF). She is part of a five-person team dedicated to promoting the right to read and providing education about intellectual freedom and the First Amendment. Kristin shines a light on current book challenges in libraries and schools and advocates for access to information. As a former small-town librarian, she is most passionate about supporting teachers and librarians in education and on the front lines. Follow her on Twitter @kpekoll.

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