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Good afternoon from the John B. Coleman Library at PVAMU!

Hi LaMoya, thanks for helping to get this info out to us!

Hello from Prairie View A&M University

Academia needs to make a case to the business community re: academic freedom. The business community can cut off the money spigot to politicians who find it expedient to make crazy red meat arguments in right-wing bubbles.

Oh, and hi from UTSA

Good Afternoon from Sam Houston State!

Hello from Texas Woman's University @ Houston

Sam Houston State here too!

Hi, Nancy Jo Lambert School Librarian but also UNT Adjunct Professor starting this summer!

Th governor and speaker have been conspicuously quiet on the T&P/academic freedom front.

It's just Dan Patrick running his mouf

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This is so valuable and helpful. I appreciate the speakers' sharing!

We can't tell our own story. Friends have to tell our story.

Dan Patrick thinks libraries are part of the problem

however, the Joe Strauss-wing of the GOP killed the bathroom bill because it's bad for business. We need those allies who understand the benefit of a vibrant academic culture in academia.

Faculty Senate resolution don't do ___ externally. They make people feel good within the academy, but we have understand. Building relationships is what works. Convincing others that our cause is their cause is essential.

I can answer that: there's been an exodus from Texas of Librarians or a difficulty in hiring more Librarians

I think too a review of the ALA Code of Ethics is a bright spot to remind us all of our charge https://www.ala.org/tools/ethics

"We significantly influence or control the selection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information. In a political system grounded in an informed citizenry, we are members of a profession explicitly committed to intellectual freedom and the freedom of access to information. We have a special obligation to ensure the free flow of information and ideas to present and future generations."

Many thanks to our panel for such insightful and illuminating censorship comments1

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A positive is that I hear of kids purposefully reading books at the center of these controversies

https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2022/03/large-majorities-voters-oppose-book-bans-and-have-confidence-libraries

Yes, Nancy Jo! That’s the stat I was thinking of—thanks for dropping in the chat!

Also this one: https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/challenging-times/

Totally agree, Kathy. And seeing some of the "banned books" fly to the top of best-seller charts. (That's what happened with Maus after TN removed the book from school curriculum.)

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Wow is right. That was amazing.

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Thank you so much! That was fascinating!

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This was really useful. Thanks to all of you!

Will a recording be available?

Thank you everyone. Wonderful webinar and content!!!

Thanks so much for the invitation! And thank you for coming to the session!

Thank you to all!

Thank you everyone!

We will post the recording this week

Thank you! Great discussion!

Thanks to all of you. Timely and informative.

Thank you all!