Where in the World Is Intellectual Freedom?

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Date/Time:Thursday, 30 Sep 2010 at 8:00 pm
Location:Sun Room, Memorial Union
Cost:Free
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Phone:515-294-9934
Channel:Lecture Series
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"Where in the World Is Intellectual Freedom?" Barbara Jones is director of the American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom and executive director of their Freedom to Read Foundation. The Banned Book Week and Constitution Day Keynote speaker.

Barbara Jones currently serves as treasurer of the Freedom to Read Foundation. She served on the FAIFE (Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression) IFLA Standing Committee, serving as Secretary to FAIFE from 2007-2009. She was a member of the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee (1990-1994, 2001-2003) and currently serves on the IFC Privacy Subcommittee (2009). In 2004-05 (and 1986-87) she served as Chair of the Intellectual Freedom Round Table. She is currently an ACRL Legislative Advocate and has also served on state Intellectual Freedom Committees in Iowa and Minnesota. As a FAIFE trainer and expert advisor, Barbara has developed curricula and training programs, and conducted workshops internationally.

In addition, she has consulted, spoken and written extensively in the area of intellectual freedom. In 2009, she published "Intellectual Freedom in Academic Libraries" with ALA Editions. Earlier writing includes "Libraries, Access, and Intellectual Freedom: Developing Policies for Public and Academic Libraries" (ALA Editions, 1999) and a number of articles and chapters, including "Libel Tourism: What Librarians Need to Know," for American Libraries (2009-2010).

Jones received the Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award from the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science in 2008. She was named to the Freedom to Read Foundation Honor Roll at their 30th anniversary gala in 1999.

Jones brings a rich background in library administration, scholarship and intellectual freedom advocacy to the position. From 2003-2009 she was the Caleb T. Winchester University Librarian and Deans' Council Member at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. She held previous library directorships at Union College, the University of Northern Iowa, and the Fashion Institute of Technology (SUNY), as well as administrative positions at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), Minnesota Historical Society, New York University and Teachers College Library, Columbia University.