LEADS FROM LAMA – Vol. 16, no.4 CIPA supplement
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CIPA – PREPARING FOR YOUR COMMUNITY PUBLIC HEARING
Pre-Midwinter Institute – New Orleans, LA
Thursday, January 17, 2002 – 1:00pm – 7:15pm CIPA Public Hearings Required by Spring 2002
CIPA has a “public hearing requirement” for receiving e-rate. That provision states that libraries: “shall provide reasonable public notice and hold at least one public hearing or meeting to address the proposed Internet safety policy.” The Neighborhood Children’s Internet Protection Act (NCIPA) has a similar provision. While CIPA’s “public hearings” provision can be read to include all public board meetings, some libraries have opted to hold separate discussions with their communities. A well-managed forum allows libraries to proactively make the community more knowledgeable about the Internet and the library’s online services, to educate about Internet safety and to build community support for the local library.
A New Way to Talk and Listen in Your Community
ALA will conduct a workshop to train librarians how to host forums that help their diverse communities approach complex issues such as Internet safety. The workshop will introduce the tools, methods and theory of deliberative forums developed by the National Issues Forums Institute and used in communities across the country. Participants will discuss the application of this model to community discussions focused on CIPA.
Workshop Leaders
Taylor Willingham is a consultant offering training and consulting services for non-profit organizations. Taylor is a research associate for the Kettering Foundation and a board member for the National Issues Forums Institute. She has moderated over 200 forums and taught at over 30 Public Policy Institutes. She is former director of the Reading Program, the adult literacy service of the Santa Clara County Library, and stays close to her love for library literacy services as a member of ALA’s newly-formed Committee on Literacy.
Candace Morgan is Associate Director, Community Library Services, Fort Vancouver Regional Library (WA). From 1998 through 2001 she was president of the Freedom To Read Foundation and she is a past chair of ALA’s Intellectual Freedom Committee. She has provided training in intellectual freedom, ethics and related topics for library boards and staffs, as well as many library and school organizations.
Also…
Margo Crist, Chair, ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee
Nancy Kranich, ALA Immediate Past President
Judith Krug, Director, ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom
Patricia Glass Schuman, Chair, ALA Public Awareness Committee
And Others To Be Announced….
CIPA – PREPARING FOR YOUR COMMUNITY PUBLIC HEARING
Pre-Midwinter Institute – New Orleans, LA
Thursday, January 17, 2002 – 1:00pm – 7:15pm
Schedule:
1:00-3:00 p.m. Participate in a forum:
“Protecting Our Rights. What Goes on the Internet?”
3:00-3:15 p.m. Refreshment Break
3:15-5:00 p.m. Conducting a Forum Using the Deliberative Discourse Method
5:00-5:15 p.m. Refreshment Break
5:15-7:15 p.m. CIPA & Deliberative Discourse, Questions and Answers
Cost:
$25, including refreshments and materials*
*Protecting Our Rights: What Goes on the Internet?” — background for discussion — will be mailed to registered participants in advance. Participants are encouraged to review this background material prior to attending the institute.
Registration Deadline: December 10, 2001
Registration limited to 100.
To register:
E-mail: Danielle Alderson (dponton@ala.org)
Registration will be confirmed and payment requested.
For additional information contact:
Mary Ghikas (mghikas@ala.org) or Danielle Alderson (dponton@ala.org)
ALA Member Programs & Services
1-800-545-2433 x2518
1-312-280-2518
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