Happy New Year! Hope it is off to a great start – wanted to pass along info about MLA’s webinar on Monday about practical strategies for implementing intellectual freedom principles into your library’s existing policies and processes. We hope you’ll join us on Monday morning at 10AM to learn more – it’s free to attend! The content is geared towards library directors, but if you are interested in learning more feel free to register – a recording of the event will also be available on MLA Connect On Demand<https://mla.mclms.net/en/> for those that can’t attend live. Register on Zoom here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/WCFOJaLgRSywJYHBEq4Jrw#/registratio... Questions? Please contact MLA@milibraries.org<mailto:MLA@milibraries.org> Rachel From: Michigan Library Association <mla@milibraries.org> Date: Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM To: Rachel Ash <rfash@milibraries.org> Subject: Library Directors! Join our FREE webinar: Protecting the Freedom to Read with your Library's Material Reconsideration Process Monday, January 13 at 10AM on Zoom! 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Join a special MLA Connect Webinar on Zoom on Monday, January 13, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM and explore practical steps and strategies to uphold the principles of intellectual freedom, protect your library's resources from bad-faith censorship attempts, and support library staff. Anne Seurynck, Library Law Attorney, Foster, Swift, Collin & Smith, PC, and Clare Membiela, Library Law Consultant, Library of Michigan will join us to answer questions and guide you through understanding the reconsideration process and its importance, practical strategies for implementing intellectual freedom principles, and how to adapt your library's policies in the current legislative landscape. This webinar is free to attend but registration is required. REGISTER<https://ppazmveab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Z5eV6ywlBYD6e3_ARUsmjLvKqYW4L6OUVWhqwOrOGGLu7HL8P58CFCDRPqoMsKelqj1KLUTgqPA-j0lt-JEWxc488S6QPxB-fiqYHrg5aiNhBZH1H-SzMKHBX9yCLEt-6iBx8WtMy4lg0CAjfZBbK2OiTNFfUvQdB_F9dJw-McjK7-OaKYQ7PES6JYlQvGOzGWllRIYhBV8-0WhYQhTDGhPbdR9dsJArvgM5izHzfH0=&c=Qtce04FWXy4R1CW2d9JegQQMyTVHQvld6di9xXIvT4nBojJh6qK18A==&ch=RLg-dN1jP0Cj1D3QO5m3NmwtDz4zFP7s_i1wGp-pX1djEqa-5m3KGA==> Speakers [https://files.constantcontact.com/fe18cca2101/872c53c5-86ea-4172-bf7d-bf26e8...] Anne Seurynck Attorney, Foster, Swift, Collin & Smith, PC [https://files.constantcontact.com/fe18cca2101/26ba37c6-e03b-493f-841d-39b67d...] Clare Membiela Library Law Consultant, Library of Michigan Questions? Contact us at (517) 394-2774 or mla@milibraries.org.<mailto:mla@milibraries.org>  This webinar is free to attend but registration is required. 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