Hello Everyone,

ALA’s Choose Privacy will be observed on May 1-7, 2016. This year’s theme centers on respecting individuals’ privacy with an emphasis on minors’ privacy. To provide ideas for programming, the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee and the Privacy Subcommittee are offering a free one hour webinar on Thursday, March 24 at 12 noon Eastern/ 11:00 am Central/ 10:00 am Mountain/ and 9 am Pacific.

The three speakers will be:

· Erin Berman of the San Jose Public Library will discuss the process of transforming a broad, intimidating topic like online privacy into a learning opportunity that is personal, approachable, actionable, and reusable. Learn about SJPL's Virtual Privacy Lab, and how this free online resource can help you and your patrons build personalized toolkits for optimizing online privacy.

· Michael Zimmer, Ph.D. of the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee will discuss how to use films, and documentaries on privacy and surveillance to increase awareness among patrons and spark conversations on controversial technologies and practices. He’ll also provide ideas on finding guest speakers in your community to help guide discussions for your patrons.

· Jamie LaRue, the new Director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom, will discuss his perspective on privacy and libraries and provide a scan of the most pressing privacy issues confronting libraries today

The webinar will also offer brief introductions to resources on students' and minors' privacy and a guide to free and low-cost print and online resources that can support your library's observance of Choose Privacy Week. Online registration is available via this link: http://ow.ly/ZbbOW If you are unable to attend the live webinar, there is a provision within the online registration to receive a link to the recorded session.

For more information about Choose Privacy Week visit https://chooseprivacyweek.org

Helen Adams

ALA Privacy Subcommittee member