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Director reports ILA conference takeaways: OER, censorship pressures, AI and advocacy priorities
Summary
Library director and staff reported highlights from the Iowa Library Association conference, including concerns about growing national censorship efforts, reconsideration-policy options, open educational resources (OER) as collection supplements, and planning for digital literacy and AI awareness.
The Waverly Public Library director and staff summarized sessions and takeaways from the Iowa Library Association conference, highlighting national trends in challenges to library materials, strategies for reconsideration policies, the promise of open educational resources (OER), and ethical considerations around artificial intelligence.
The director and staff said 'The Librarians' documentary—screened at the conference—documents increased challenges and censorship efforts, especially in school libraries, and described instances where community…
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