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Presenter: Greg Greubel
This session will focus on the rights of citizens in everyday life, including the categories of unprotected speech for adults. We will also discuss the rights of students from K-12 to graduate schools.
Presenter: Carissa Vogel
The U.S. Legal System can be challenging to comprehend. It does not help that we often use the same words or language for federal and state law. The goal of this session is to give you a basic framework to understand the legal system and be better able to follow and track developing legal issues.
Presenter: Stephanie "Cole" Adams
First Amendment and library lawyer Stephanie "Cole" Adams explains how pending legislation such as the Parents’ Bill of Rights Act and efforts to criminalize librarianship impact educational institutions. She discusses policy issues, compliance challenges, and risks to institutional missions and community trust.
Presenter: Stephanie "Cole" Adams
First Amendment and library lawyer Stephanie "Cole" Adams explains how pending legislation such as the Parents’ Bill of Rights Act and efforts to criminalize librarianship impact educational institutions. She discusses policy issues, compliance challenges, and risks to institutional missions and community trust.
Presenter: Greg Greubel
This session will focus on the rights of citizens in everyday life, including the categories of unprotected speech for adults. We will also discuss the rights of students from K-12 to graduate schools.
Presenter: Carissa Vogel
The U.S. Legal System can be challenging to comprehend. It does not help that we often use the same words or language for federal and state law. The goal of this session is to give you a basic framework to understand the legal system and be better able to follow and track developing legal issues.
Presenter: Kathleen McEvoy
Understanding the co-opting of the language around libraries, books bans, and censorship and learning how to respond when confronting controversial topics.
Note: Not a small session set-up
Presenter: Greg Greubel
This session will focus on the rights of citizens in everyday life, including the categories of unprotected speech for adults. We will also discuss the rights of students from K-12 to graduate schools.
Presenter: Carissa Vogel
The U.S. Legal System can be challenging to comprehend. It does not help that we often use the same words or language for federal and state law. The goal of this session is to give you a basic framework to understand the legal system and be better able to follow and track developing legal issues.
Presenter: Alysson Mills
This presentation will give attendees a primer on the courts, generally, and practical First Amendment law, specifically. Using a defamation lawsuit as a learning tool, attendees will look at the stages of a lawsuit, from filing a complaint to trying the case to a jury. Along the way they will see how the First Amendment is applied today.
Presenter: Carissa Vogel
This session is intended to help ground participants in the general areas of law that will be discussed throughout the event. Are you sometimes confused when presenters jump into a detailed discussion of court cases or legislation? We will identify where these issues exist on a map of the legal system to help you make the most of in-depth discussions on legal issues.
Presenter: Alysson Mills
This presentation will give attendees a primer on the courts, generally, and practical First Amendment law, specifically. Using a defamation lawsuit as a learning tool, attendees will look at the stages of a lawsuit, from filing a complaint to trying the case to a jury. Along the way they will see how the First Amendment is applied today.
Presenter: Carissa Vogel
This session is intended to help ground participants in the general areas of law that will be discussed throughout the event. Are you sometimes confused when presenters jump into a detailed discussion of court cases or legislation? We will identify where these issues exist on a map of the legal system to help you make the most of in-depth discussions on legal issues.
Presenter: John Chrastka
Join John Chrastka, executive director of EveryLibrary, for a keynote session about the complex legal and legislative landscape facing public, academic, and school libraries (as institutions) and librarians and library workers (as employees and individuals). Knowing the law - and how it's made - enables us to safeguard the rights of readers and the integrity of our libraries while defending the dignity of our work.
Presenter: April Dawkins
A first hand account of what it is like to be an expert witness from the perspective of an LIS professor who served in three separate censorship cases. We will discuss what the role of the expert witness is, the vetting process, report writing, and deposition preparation and participation.
Presenter: Stephanie "Cole" Adams
First Amendment and library lawyer Stephanie "Cole" Adams presents the potential ramifications of pending legislation such as the Parents’ Bill of Rights Act and efforts to criminalize librarianship. She examines how these measures affect the individual rights of parents and students, including free expression and access to information.
Presenter: April Dawkins
A first hand account of what it is like to be an expert witness from the perspective of an LIS professor who served in three separate censorship cases. We will discuss what the role of the expert witness is, the vetting process, report writing, and deposition preparation and participation.
Presenter: Kathleen McEvoy
Understanding the co-opting of the language around libraries, books bans, and censorship and learning how to respond when confronting controversial topics.
Note: Not a small session set-up
Presenter: Alysson Mills
This presentation will give attendees a primer on the courts, generally, and practical First Amendment law, specifically. Using a defamation lawsuit as a learning tool, attendees will look at the stages of a lawsuit, from filing a complaint to trying the case to a jury. Along the way they will see how the First Amendment is applied today.
Presenter: April Dawkins
A first hand account of what it is like to be an expert witness from the perspective of an LIS professor who served in three separate censorship cases. We will discuss what the role of the expert witness is, the vetting process, report writing, and deposition preparation and participation.
All times listed on this event website are in the Central Time Zone. However, once you are a registered attendee you will gain access to the Eventmobi Platform where times will be automatically adjusted to your browser's default timezone.
Presenter: Greg Greubel
This session will focus on protected speech for employees. We will discuss recent cases highlighting broad legal principles and how employees can safeguard their rights in a politicalized work environment.
Presenter: Wade Herring
Caitlin is the deputy library director at a publicly funded library. Elected officials with the county, one of the library’s funding sources, are demanding that the library remove LGBTQ+ books, as well as books that make white people feel guilty. Under pressure, the library’s executive director has also asked Caitlin to stop wearing a piece of jewelry, a rainbow-colored flag lapel pin. What is Caitlin to do? Join for an in-depth discussion.
Presenter: Greg Greubel
This session will focus on protected speech for employees. We will discuss recent cases highlighting broad legal principles and how employees can safeguard their rights in a politicalized work environment.
Presenter: Nate Coulter
This presentation will cover contested legal concepts used by courts applying the First and Fourth Amendments to libraries, as opposed to the way in which these may be used by politicians and the public when they are describing library materials. We will also discuss the broader set of values debated when these issues arise and distinguish different ways to think about these underlying values.
Presenter: Kathleen McEvoy
Part 1 of 2: Project 2025, Agenda 47, The GOP Party Platform all mention higher education and academic library professionals need to know the policies and issues that will impact them.
Note: Not a small session set-up
Presenter: Kathleen McEvoy
Part 2 of 2: Knowing what is coming is only part of your strategy, get ahead of the game and leverage your skills and knowledge to position yourself as a problem solver.
Note: Not a small session set-up
Presenter: Greg Greubel
This session will focus on protected speech for employees. We will discuss recent cases highlighting broad legal principles and how employees can safeguard their rights in a politicalized work environment.
Presenter: Wade Herring
Caitlin is the deputy library director at a publicly funded library. Elected officials with the county, one of the library’s funding sources, are demanding that the library remove LGBTQ+ books, as well as books that make white people feel guilty. Under pressure, the library’s executive director has also asked Caitlin to stop wearing a piece of jewelry, a rainbow-colored flag lapel pin. What is Caitlin to do? Join for an in-depth discussion.
Presenter: Kyle Courtney
This session delves into critical copyright exemptions that enable libraries, archives, and educational institutions to provide broader access, preserve cultural heritage, and ensure accessibility for diverse audiences. Participants will learn how to apply these legal exemptions balancing the library mission and copyright law.
Presenter: Wade Herring
Caitlin is the deputy library director at a publicly funded library. Elected officials with the county, one of the library’s funding sources, are demanding that the library remove LGBTQ+ books, as well as books that make white people feel guilty. Under pressure, the library’s executive director has also asked Caitlin to stop wearing a piece of jewelry, a rainbow-colored flag lapel pin. What is Caitlin to do? Join for an in-depth discussion.
Presenter: Kathleen McEvoy
Part 1 of 2: Project 2025, Agenda 47, The GOP Party Platform all mention higher education and academic library professionals need to know the policies and issues that will impact them.
Note: Not a small session set-up
Presenter: Kathleen McEvoy
Part 2 of 2: Knowing what is coming is only part of your strategy, get ahead of the game and leverage your skills and knowledge to position yourself as a problem solver.
Note: Not a small session set-up
Presenter: Kyle Courtney
Discover how fair use supports the mission of K12 schools, libraries, and archives in providing educational resources, fostering creativity, and supporting academic inquiry. This session will provide actionable guidance on interpreting and applying fair use in real-world scenarios unique to these institutions.
Presenter: Nate Coulter
This presentation will cover contested legal concepts used by courts applying the First and Fourth Amendments to libraries, as opposed to the way in which these may be used by politicians and the public when they are describing library materials. We will also discuss the broader set of values debated when these issues arise and distinguish different ways to think about these underlying values.
Presenter: Kyle Courtney
This session delves into critical copyright exemptions that enable libraries, archives, and educational institutions to provide broader access, preserve cultural heritage, and ensure accessibility for diverse audiences. Participants will learn how to apply these legal exemptions balancing the library mission and copyright law.
Presenter: Stephanie "Cole" Adams
First Amendment and library lawyer Stephanie "Cole" Adams explains how pending legislation such as the Parents’ Bill of Rights Act and efforts to criminalize librarianship impact library staff. She discusses potential risks amid shifting boundaries of professional responsibilities and legal liabilities.
Presenter: Kyle Courtney
Discover how fair use supports the mission of K12 schools, libraries, and archives in providing educational resources, fostering creativity, and supporting academic inquiry. This session will provide actionable guidance on interpreting and applying fair use in real-world scenarios unique to these institutions.
Presenter: Wade Herring
Caitlin is the deputy library director at a publicly funded library. Elected officials with the county, one of the library’s funding sources, are demanding that the library remove LGBTQ+ books, as well as books that make white people feel guilty. Under pressure, the library’s executive director has also asked Caitlin to stop wearing a piece of jewelry, a rainbow-colored flag lapel pin. What is Caitlin to do? Join for an in-depth discussion.
Presenter: Emily Knox
"Critical race theory", "racial justice", "transgender ideology", "woke". This collaborative session will examine how these terms are used in the fight to restrict access to information and discuss effective responses to their strategic manipulation.
All times listed on this event website are in the Central Time Zone. However, once you are a registered attendee you will gain access to the Eventmobi Platform where times will be automatically adjusted to your browser's default timezone.
Presenter: Nate Coulter
This presentation will cover contested legal concepts used by courts applying the First and Fourth Amendments to libraries, as opposed to the way in which these may be used by politicians and the public when they are describing library materials. We will also discuss the broader set of values debated when these issues arise and distinguish different ways to think about these underlying values.
Presenter: Emily Knox
"Critical race theory", "racial justice", "transgender ideology", "woke". This collaborative session will examine how these terms are used in the fight to restrict access to information and discuss effective responses to their strategic manipulation.
Presenter: Kathleen McEvoy
Part 1 of 2: In a time when institutions are under attack, library professionals need to know the legislative and policy initiatives institutions of higher education may face over the next four years.
Note: Not a small session set-up
Presenter: Nate Coulter
This presentation will cover contested legal concepts used by courts applying the First and Fourth Amendments to libraries, as opposed to the way in which these may be used by politicians and the public when they are describing library materials. We will also discuss the broader set of values debated when these issues arise and distinguish different ways to think about these underlying values.
Presenter: Emily Knox
"Critical race theory", "racial justice", "transgender ideology", "woke". This collaborative session will examine how these terms are used in the fight to restrict access to information and discuss effective responses to their strategic manipulation.
Presenter: Karley Sebia
This session will address the legal frameworks, ethical considerations, and practical challenges in navigating the balance between public accountability, transparency, and the growing influence of private partnerships and funding in shaping library policies and priorities.
Presenter: Kathleen McEvoy
Part 2 of 2: When institutions are under threat, new roles are likely to emerge for libraries. Learn how to position your library to lead on issues facing Higher Education.
Note: Not a small session set-up
Presenter: Karley Sebia
This session will address the legal frameworks, ethical considerations, and practical challenges in navigating the balance between public accountability, transparency, and the growing influence of private partnerships and funding in shaping library policies and priorities.
Presenter: Emily Knox
"Critical race theory", "racial justice", "transgender ideology", "woke". This collaborative session will examine how these terms are used in the fight to restrict access to information and discuss effective responses to their strategic manipulation.
Presenter: Nate Coulter
This presentation will cover contested legal concepts used by courts applying the First and Fourth Amendments to libraries, as opposed to the way in which these may be used by politicians and the public when they are describing library materials. We will also discuss the broader set of values debated when these issues arise and distinguish different ways to think about these underlying values.
Presenter: Karley Sebia
This session will address the legal frameworks, ethical considerations, and practical challenges in navigating the balance between public accountability, transparency, and the growing influence of private partnerships and funding in shaping library policies and priorities.
Presenter: Emily Knox
"Critical race theory", "racial justice", "transgender ideology", "woke". This collaborative session will examine how these terms are used in the fight to restrict access to information and discuss effective responses to their strategic manipulation.
Presenter: Karley Sebia
This session will address how school librarians can navigate the complexities of federal privacy laws to safeguard student information, ensure compliance, and address challenges in the digital age. Also a huge help to public librarians serving children and youth! Keep up-to-date on how these can help you in your day-to-day.
Presenter: Kyle Courtney
This session delves into critical copyright exemptions that enable libraries, archives, and educational institutions to provide broader access, preserve cultural heritage, and ensure accessibility for diverse audiences. Participants will learn how to apply these legal exemptions balancing the library mission and copyright law.
Presenter: Stephanie "Cole" Adams
First Amendment and library lawyer Stephanie "Cole" Adams explains how pending legislation such as the Parents’ Bill of Rights Act and efforts to criminalize librarianship impact educational institutions. She discusses policy issues, compliance challenges, and risks to institutional missions and community trust.
Presenter: Kathleen McEvoy
Part 1 of 2: In a time when institutions are under attack, library professionals need to know the legislative and policy initiatives institutions of higher education may face over the next four years.
Note: Not a small session set-up
Presenter: Kyle Courtney
Discover how fair use supports the mission of K12 schools, libraries, and archives in providing educational resources, fostering creativity, and supporting academic inquiry. This session will provide actionable guidance on interpreting and applying fair use in real-world scenarios unique to these institutions.
Presenter: Karley Sebia
This session will address how school librarians can navigate the complexities of federal privacy laws to safeguard student information, ensure compliance, and address challenges in the digital age. Also a huge help to public librarians serving children and youth! Keep up-to-date on how these can help you in your day-to-day.
Presenter: Karley Sebia
This session will address the legal frameworks, ethical considerations, and practical challenges in navigating the balance between public accountability, transparency, and the growing influence of private partnerships and funding in shaping library policies and priorities.
Presenter: Kathleen McEvoy
Part 2 of 2: When institutions are under threat, new roles are likely to emerge for libraries. Learn how to position your library to lead on issues facing Higher Education.
Note: Not a small session set-up