WISSUP = WISCONSIN SPEAKS UP: ALA Conference, McCormick Place, Chicago

Sunday, July 12, 2009

ALA Conference, McCormick Place, Chicago - the uninvited version

(Art Institute of Chicago - see note below)

Ok, this was as far as I could go, since I wasn't invited, and am not welcome.

Another event:
7:00 pm
ALA/ProQuest Scholarship Bash;
Art Institute of Chicago
(separate ticket required)

ALA hosted a fundraiser at the Art Institute of Chicago that night. Participants were gussied up for the event, nametags on.... Very interesting conversations to be had last night.

2 comments:

Amanda said...: Well, you could've bought a ticket.; July 12, 2009 at 11:28 PM
Unknown said...: I hope you also got a chance to see Millennium Park - the Cloud Gate and Crown Fountain - if you have not been there before. They are very cool; I enjoyed the park a lot and highly recommend it.; July 14, 2009 at 7:41 AM

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YOUR LIBRARY: NO LONGER A SAFE PLACE

The West Bend Community Memorial Library and members of the SHARE Library System (to include Germantown, Slinger, Hartford and Kewaskum) no longer can be considered SAFE FOR CHILDREN.

Your library board believes:

1. All materials should be available for all ages (anything goes). Really!
2. National control cannot (and should not) be resisted; therefore, the disturbing value system of the ALA, OIF,WLA trumps local control of the library by the citizens and taxpayers it serves.
3. Young adults are children ages 11 through 17. (Be sure to address your 11 year old in a manner appropos.)
4. Assisting parents in identifying sexually explicit materials within your library is not important to them.
5. You must stay with your children and read each book he/she checks out to assure they are not entering into the YA Zone, that is, the "Yes to All Zone."
6. ..that if other people's young children (even younger than 11....) are openly reading books of a sexually explicit, graphic nature, say nothing...and by all means, don't stop them from checking them out. You, too, can have an 8-year-old snag "The Joy of Sex" off the shelf right here in your very own library!
7. ..that porn filters are not required, therefore, none are needed. True loyalty to the many children they serve. After all, we would not want to restrict freedom of speech to those young'uns!
8. ...that organizations such as SafeLibraries, PFOX, PABBIS, and Family Friendly Libraries, that work to protect children from being sexually victimized are not welcome in our community.

9. That the excerpts listed below (WARNING: NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN) are perfectly acceptable for the eyes of children.

This is a propagana battle to ensure children retain access to inappropriate mateial despite the law, common sense and community standards.

PARENTS, TAXPAYERS, CITIZENS OF THE SHARED LIBRARY SYSTEM OF THE WEST BEND COMMUNITY MEMORIAL LIBRARY.......

YOU NO LONGER ARE A TAXPAYING SUPPORTER AND/OR PATRON OF A FAMILY-SAFE LIBRARY.

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Sunday, July 12, 2009

ALA Conference, McCormick Place, Chicago - the uninvited version

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Y'all come back now, hear?

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