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James LaRue Keynote: Courage and Conviction or How to Lose Your Job
Thursday May 15, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Ballroom AB
Intellectual freedom, a core value of librarianship, is under attack across the nation in our schools, public libraries, and universities. Our stand against censorship is part of a proud tradition, and can provide a defining moment for communities. It can also have personal consequences. The struggle has its roots in our deepest drives. What narratives and strategies can help us preserve the richness of the human story?
Speakers
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Jamie LaRue

Executive Director, Garfield County Public Library District
Author of The New Inquisition: Understanding and Managing Intellectual Freedom Challenges (2007) and On Censorship: A Public Librarian Examines Cancel Culture in the US (2023), Jamie LaRue has been a public library director for many years, as well as a weekly newspaper columnist and... Read More →
Thursday May 15, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Ballroom AB
  General Librarianship

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