Northeast Ohio Regional Library System
Date/Time
3/19/2026
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM Eastern
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM Eastern
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Competency
Intellectual Freedom
Event Description
This webinar examines the current landscape of attacks on intellectual freedom and the impacts of coordinated censorship campaigns. We'll analyze the role of moral entrepreneurs, including organized advocacy groups and bad faith social media influencers.
We'll explore the historical context of how moral panics operate to limit access to reading materials and confine intellectual freedom. Understanding this history helps us respond more effectively in today’s environment.
The webinar covers legal threats facing libraries, including new state laws in Idaho, Missouri, Louisiana, and other states. Finally, we'll address the human cost of this crisis: the occupational trauma and burnout facing library workers, including anticipatory anxiety and the disproportionate impact on marginalized staff.
Learning Objectives:
Carrie Rogers is the founder of Digital Respons-Ability, a mission-based company that has taught tens of thousands of students, parents and educators digital citizenship.
Carrie worked in libraries for over a decade in various roles and continues to work with and train libraries around the country on various topics. Carrie is the author of eight books, and is currently editing an academic series with Bloomsbury on digital citizenship. She won a 2021 Outstanding Reference Source List from the American Library Association for her title with ABC-CLIO Serving Teens and Adults on the Autism Spectrum: a Guide for Libraries and is currently writing a second edition. Carrie lives in Utah with her family.
We'll explore the historical context of how moral panics operate to limit access to reading materials and confine intellectual freedom. Understanding this history helps us respond more effectively in today’s environment.
The webinar covers legal threats facing libraries, including new state laws in Idaho, Missouri, Louisiana, and other states. Finally, we'll address the human cost of this crisis: the occupational trauma and burnout facing library workers, including anticipatory anxiety and the disproportionate impact on marginalized staff.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the current landscape of challenges to intellectual freedom.
- Analyze the mechanisms of coordinated censorship campaigns.
- Compare how moral panics have operated to censor materials across four historical periods.
- Recognize the symptoms of occupational burnout and trauma faced by library staff.
Carrie Rogers is the founder of Digital Respons-Ability, a mission-based company that has taught tens of thousands of students, parents and educators digital citizenship.Carrie worked in libraries for over a decade in various roles and continues to work with and train libraries around the country on various topics. Carrie is the author of eight books, and is currently editing an academic series with Bloomsbury on digital citizenship. She won a 2021 Outstanding Reference Source List from the American Library Association for her title with ABC-CLIO Serving Teens and Adults on the Autism Spectrum: a Guide for Libraries and is currently writing a second edition. Carrie lives in Utah with her family.
Location
Setting: Live Virtual
Online via Zoom
UNITED STATES
Online via Zoom
UNITED STATES
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Who should attend: Anyone wanting to learn about Intellectual Freedom in Crisis
Competencies: Intellectual Freedom
Non-Member Cost: $40
NEO-RLS Bronze Member Cost: $24
NEO-RLS Silver Member Cost: FREE
NEO-RLS Gold Member Cost: FREE
NEO-RLS Individual Member Cost: $20
Can't attend on the date or time listed? Sign up anyway! This webinar includes archive access for later viewing at your convenience.
It’s never too late to save your library money. NEO-RLS Memberships are pro-rated! Call us today to join.
Competencies: Intellectual Freedom
Non-Member Cost: $40
NEO-RLS Bronze Member Cost: $24
NEO-RLS Silver Member Cost: FREE
NEO-RLS Gold Member Cost: FREE
NEO-RLS Individual Member Cost: $20
Can't attend on the date or time listed? Sign up anyway! This webinar includes archive access for later viewing at your convenience.
It’s never too late to save your library money. NEO-RLS Memberships are pro-rated! Call us today to join.
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