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Webinar Overview: Intellectual Freedom is at the core of everything we do — not only as libraries, but as human beings. What exactly is Intellectual Freedom? Rick Rubin and Jen Farrell will discuss Intellectual Freedom from both a librarian perspective and from the idea that society is the healthiest when ideas flow freely between individuals. Join us for a look at what defines Intellectual Freedom and how we can encourage balance and take down barriers in our libraries.

Presenters: Jen Farrell, Branch Manager, Huron County Community Library and Chair of the OLC Intellectual Freedom Committee; Dr. Richard Rubin, Trustee, Cuyahoga Falls Public Library and Member of the OLC Board of Directors

What’s Included: Participation in the live webinar and/or access to the archived version at a later date, resources provided by the presenters.

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Continuing Education Credits: For those working toward their Ohio Public Librarian or Ohio Public Library Staff re-certification, this webinar counts as (1) continuing education contact hour of credit.

Ohio Public Library Core Competencies Addressed: Intellectual Freedom

More about the presenters:

Jen Farrell is a librarian and Branch Manager of the Willard location of the Huron County Community Library. She is the 2022 Chair of the OLC Intellectual Freedom Committee and serves on the Ohio Digital Library Advisory Board and the Program Committee for the 2022 OLC Convention and Expo. In their free time, Jen enjoys training their dog and reading.

Dr. Richard Rubin has had the pleasure of working in the Ohio library community for more than 40 years.  He started as a reference librarian at the main library of the Akron-Summit County Public Library. After several years he became an administrator, serving as the library’s Director of Personnel. After work at Akron, and some additional schooling, he went into university teaching, becoming a faculty member and eventually Director of the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University where he worked for more than 25 years.  Dr. Rubin has been active in the ALA and OLC and offered programs at the regional, state, and national level in the areas of human resources management and the ethics and values of our field.  He has authored numerous books and articles in these areas as well. He is purportedly retired although he continues to do some writing and serves on his local public library’s Board of Trustees and on the Board of the Ohio Library Council.

This webinar will be recorded and posted on the OLC website.