Are you interested in learning more about meeting challenges faced by libraries when intellectual freedom issues arise? Join us on Friday, April 5 at Novi Public Library to hear from Jamie LaRue, past ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom and others for a full day workshop in Novi. All library staff and trustees are invited to attend the workshop. Registration details are available at https://fomlevents.org/events/trustee-alliance-workshop/ Be sure to get your registration in today, the deadline is March 22. Friday, April 5, 2019, Novi Public Library "Meeting the Challenge" Libraries are viewed as open access organizations, providing information resources and materials to their communities without barriers to those services. Libraries have an obligation to provide materials and information which represent all points of view and which reflect diversity of opinion. What happens when a library is challenged about its selection of materials or its use of meeting room space? How does a library meet that challenge? 8:30 am - Registration and Breakfast Refreshments 9:00 am - Welcome: Jill Sodt, FOML President, and Julie Farkis, Director, Novi Public Library Welcome and Speaker Introduction: Shirley Bruursema, FOML Trustee Alliance, Representative and Trustee, Kent District Library 9:15 am - "Meeting the Challenge: The Trustee Role and Responsibility" Jamie LaRue, Past Director, ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom, (with time for audience questions and answers) 10:15 am - Morning Break 10:30 am - Round Table Discussions with Jamie LaRue, with FAQs about library challenges and case studies 11:45 am - Lunch with Information Sharing and Optional Library Tours 12:45 pm - "Library of Michigan Legal Perspective on Library Challenges", Clare Membiela, Library Law Specialist, Library of Michigan 1:45 pm - Afternoon Break 2:00 pm - Talk About Trustees: What knowledge about governing your library can you share?, What questions do you want answered? 2:45 pm - Wrap-up and Workshop Evaluation, with Shirley Bruursema 3:00 pm - Adjournment This project is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Library of Michigan. Shannon White Library of Michigan www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan<http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan> 517.335.1507 Whites29@michigan.gov