{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"Heather Acerro","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/heather-acerro\/","title":"Defend the Freedom to Read: It's Everybody's Job","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Vy41yDm1fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/defend-the-freedom-to-read-its-everybodys-job\/\">Defend the Freedom to Read: It&#8217;s Everybody&#8217;s Job<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/defend-the-freedom-to-read-its-everybodys-job\/embed\/#?secret=Vy41yDm1fn\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Defend the Freedom to Read: It&#8217;s Everybody&#8217;s Job&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"Vy41yDm1fn\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"&nbsp; No doubt you ensure that kids have access to books on every topic under the sun. You must celebrate Banned Books Week with a nice display of And Tango Makes Three, In the Night Kitchen and Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. Of course your library has a nice policy on book challenges and you have the forms ready to hand out to customers. But what happens after you get an official book challenge and your library follows all of the action steps and the issue has been resolved? Do you report the challenge to the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom or do you file the challenge away? According to the OIF&#8217;s estimations, only 20 to 25 percent of challenges are reported. This is crazy! Can you imagine NOT HAVING ACCESS to 75 percent of your programming statistics? How would you determine where to focus your budget, time and attention?...","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/BBW_Wordpress_banner2.jpg"}