International Symposium on Libraries and Censorship

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Martes 6 de Agosto

IFLA Units: Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE)
IFLA LGBTQ+ Special Interest Group
 School Library Section
 Management of Library Associations (MLAS)

Hora Room 2
9:00–9:30 Registration
9:30-10:00 Opening Ceremony (Auditorium)
10:00-11:00

Unshelving Voices Symposium Welcome - IFLA

Keynote Speaker:
Kent Oliver
ALA Public Policy and Advocay.
American Library Association - Public Policy and Advocacy

Moderator: Joseph Hafner, Dean of Libraries, York University. IFLA LGBTQ+ SIG.
11:00-12:30 Censorship Challenges: Perspectives from Around the World
  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.

Lightning FAIFE Update – Libraries, educators and youth perspectives on fighting censorship and misinformation with digital literacy, Maria Fernanda De Brasdefer, IFLA HQ.
Moderator: Christina de Castell, Chief Librarian & CEO Vancouver Public Library, IFLA FAIFE.
12:30-13:00 Lunch
13:00–14:30 A Trinity of Freedoms at Risk: Panel on the International Statement On the Freedom of Expression, and the Freedoms to Publish and Read.

Alicia Quiñones, Head of Americas, PEN International. Virtual.
Loida García Febo, Chair Management of Library Associations, IFLA.Virtual.
Hugo Setzer Letsche, International Publishers Association, Presidente Cámara Nacional de la Industria Editorial Mexicana, CANIEM.

Moderator: Jonathan Hernández, Investigador IIBI-UNAM, Chair IFLA Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression.

Lightning censorship update: Trish Hepworth, Deputy CEO, Australian Library & Information Association, Australia. Virtual.

14:30-15:00 Move to the central campus
Auditorio CISAN
15:00-16:00 Session 3. Inclusive Libraries: Fanzines, Comics, and LGBT Content in Global Perspectives
  1. Access to Fanzines in Mexican Libraries as a mechanism for the inclusion of social movements. Ingrid Elizabeth Rodríguez Márquez. Posgrado en Bibliotecología y Estudios de la Información, UNAM. México.
  2. It’s different when it’s written: School librarians and their struggles with comics. Robin A. Moeller, Kim Becnel. Appalachian State University. USA.
  3. Censoring the National Library of Peru and its LGBT Pride Day content on Social Media. Alan Concepcion Cuenca. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.Virtual

Moderator: Isabel Reyes Paez, Westhill Institute.
16:00-16:15 Break
16:15-17:30 Library Perspectives: LGBT+ Works Social Justice and Historical Censorship
  1. The works LGBT+ in the Central Library of the UNAM. Ángel Villalba Roldán, Biblioteca Nacional de México, México.
  2. Develop a Social Justice Interest Group at Your Library: Encourage Diverse Perspectives and Enhance Workplace Culture. Maria Elena Smyer Gonzalez. University of Alabama. USA.
  3. 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.
Lightning censorship update: Genilson Geraldo, Federação Brasileira de Associações de Bibliotecário, Brasil. Virtual.

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

End of the first day.

Miércoles 7 de Agosto

Hora Room 1
9:00–9:30 Coffee time
9:30-10:30 Censorship and Knowledge: Perspectives from Subject Cataloging, LGBTQ+ Librarianship, and Global Development
  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.
Lightning censorship update: Demeter Áron, Amnesty International, Hungary. Virtual.

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

10:30-12:30

Worlds Apart - Same Challenges: Censorship vs. the Freedom to Read in New Zealand and the United States
Advocacy Workshop

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

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

Moderator: Joseph Hafner, Dean of Libraries, York University. IFLA LGBTQ+ SIG.
12:30-13:00 Lunch
13:00–14:20
Panel: Freedom of Expression and Censorship from different views. Collaboration with PEN International.
Estela Morales Campos, Investigadora IIBI-UNAM.
Gabriela Selser, Escritora y periodista.
Manuel Bolom Pale, Investigador y poeta tsotsil, Universidad Intercultural de Chiapas.

Moderator: Jonathan Hernández, Investigador IIBI-UNAM, Chair IFLA Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression.

Lightning censorship update: Iryna Kozikava,PEN International, Belarus. Virtual.
14:20-14:30 Closing ceremony
End of the symposium.