Unshelving Voices Symposium Welcome - IFLA

Keynote Speaker:
Deborah Caldwell-Stone,
Office for Intellectual Freedom and Freedom to Read Foundation,
American Library Association.

Moderator: Thomas Chaimbault-Petitjean, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Sciences de l'information et des Bibliotheques, IFLA LGBTQ+ SIG Convenor

1. Censored by two state systems - North Korean publications. Ellie Kim. University of Hawaii at Manoa. USA.
2. The central public libraries and the sexual diversity on the shelves in México. Censorship or negligence? Omar Daniel López Rocha. Biblioteca de Investigación Juan de Córdova Fundación Alfredo Harp Helú Oaxaca A.C. México.
3. Contested Spaces: Exploring Intellectual Freedom Tensions in Libraries as Neutral Places. Whitney Kemble. University of Toronto. Canada.
4. Recording censorship challenges in libraries – does your national library association need a register? Marlies Zyp – van der Laan. Auckland Council Libraries. New Zealand.
5. Lightning FAIFE censorship update. María De Brasdefer, IFLA HQ.

Moderator: TBA

6. Access to Fanzines in Mexican Libraries as a mechanism for the inclusion of social movements. Ingrid Elizabeth Rodríguez Márquez, Catalina Naumis Peña. Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas y de la Información UNAM. México.
7. It’s different when it’s written: School librarians and their struggles with comics. Robin A. Moeller, Kim Becnel. Appalachian State University. USA.
8. Censoring the National Library of Peru and its LGBT Pride Day content on Social Media. Alan Concepcion. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Perú.
9. Lightning censorship update.

10. The works LGBT+ in the Central Library of the UNAM. Ángel Villalba Roldán, Biblioteca Nacional de México, México.
11. Develop a Social Justice Interest Group at Your Library: Encourage Diverse Perspectives and Enhance Workplace Culture. Maria Elena Smyer Gonzalez. University of Alabama. USA.
12. The censorship of information in the archives and libraries of New Spain. Isaac Becerra Ramírez. Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas y de la Información UNAM. México.

Moderator: Jesse Carliner, User Services Librarian, University of Toronto

1. The Straight White Christian Male Assumption: Censorship in Subject Cataloging. Amanda Ros. Texas A&M University. USA.
2. Uncensoring knowledge for Development: Case of the World Bank. Duncan Wambogo Omole. World Bank. USA.
3. Putting It Together: The central role of censorship within a new theoretical framework of LGBTQ+ librarianship. Martin Morris, McGill University Canada; Gregg A. Stevens, University of Massachusetts USA; John Siegel, University of South Carolina USA.

oderator: Mariann Schjeide, Volda University College, Norway, IFLA FAIFE Secretary.

Advocacy Workshop (ALA & NZ)

Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Kent Oliver. ALA. USA.

Marlies Zyp - van der Laan, Auckland Council Library, New Zealand.