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Free people read freely.

“Protecting truth often begins with someone refusing to let it be removed silently.”

@ifrt-ala.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social @la-cac.org
January 3, 2026 at 3:42 PM
librarianjones.com
Thank you to @brittanywong.huffpost.com for covering this story! @la-cac.org @ifrt-ala.bsky.social @oif.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social
brittanywong.bsky.social Brittany Wong @brittanywong.bsky.social · Apr 1
Wrote about the Trump administration’s attacks on federal funding for libraries

“Make no mistake about it, the elimination of funding for libraries is a political assault on First Amendment rights, access to information, and the freedom to read,” one librarian said www.huffpost.com/entry/librar...
Librarians Are Mad As Hell At The Trump Administration. They Think You Should Be, Too.
"The public needs to wake up before our libraries are gone," one "livid" librarian said.
www.huffpost.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
ifrt-ala.bsky.social
The American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Intellectual Freedom Round Table is posting here on Bluesky: @ifrt-ala.bsky.social #IFRT Join us to protect #IntellectualFreedom #StopCensorship and #UniteAgainstBookBans @uabookbans.bsky.social
Bluesky image with Intellectual Freedom Round Table logo and @ifrt-ala.bsky.social handle
March 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
librarianjones.com
If you live in Louisiana, click this link from @la-cac.org to send a letter to your U.S. Representative. Say NO to book bans.
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
@ydlouisiana.bsky.social @lademos.bsky.social @ifrt-ala.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social @aabbri.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social
February 27, 2026 at 8:40 PM
librarianjones.com
Pressure groups. Ask yourselves why and what do they get out if it. Follow the money. @la-cac.org @oif.bsky.social @ifrt-ala.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
librarianjones.com
Hell to the yeah we did! We built coalitions and worked together to defeat those bills. And we will do it again if we have to. They hate us cause they ain’t us.
@la-cac.org @ifrt-ala.bsky.social @everylibrary.bsky.social
deecherrywriter.bsky.social Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · Jun 12
I don’t want the actions of CFNL—spying, doxxing, etc—to overshadow the fact that pro-library activists successfully fended off 7 of 9 anti-library bills in 2024; legislature didn’t even introduce any anti-library bills this last session.

Their email campaign sent 42,000+ emails to lawmakers!
June 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
librarianjones.com
Hope to see some of you in Philly this summer. I’ll be presenting with Peter Parnell and the Writers Guild Initiative, and also presenting on a panel for the IFRT Chair’s program.
April 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
librarianjones.com
The French are rooting for U.S. libraries! Today we passed a Paris bookstore that had an @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social banned book display. ALA Pres-Elect @samhelmick.bsky.social and I (ALA Chapter Councilor) stopped to say merci! @ifrt-ala.bsky.social @oif.bsky.social @la-cac.org
June 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
librarianjones.com
Check this out!!!!! You can follow this bot on Bluesky to receive updates whenever something new happens in these censorship cases. There’re also posted at bots.law/little-cases.... @ifrt-ala.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social @la-cac.org @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @heykellyjensen.bsky.social
censorship.bots.law Censorship Cases Bot @censorship.bots.law · Jan 9
I'm now following Parnell v. School Board of Lake County, Florida (Florida - Book removal/HB 1069 - school libraries):

Filed: Sept. 19, 2023

View Full Case | Background Info | Complaint

#CL67814861
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January 10, 2026 at 1:26 AM
freadomfighters.bsky.social
We want you to know, you are not alone in your fight to protect students’ right to read. Reach out to us, to @penamerica.bsky.social, to @ifrt-ala.bsky.social, to @everylibrary.bsky.social , to @ncacensorship.bsky.social, to @authorsabb.bsky.social - and ask for help. We are here for you.
April 29, 2026 at 11:45 PM
bannedbooksweek.bsky.social
Are you coming to ALA Annual Conference? Join us for Banned Books from the Big Chair! This is the don't miss engagement opportunity at #ALAAC26! w/ @sagepub.com @ifrt-ala.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social

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Banned Books From the Big Chair at #ALAAC26. Saturday & Sunday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Exhibit Concourse. Sponsored by Sage, Banned Books Week, ALA, Intellectual Freedom Round Table, Unite Against Book Bans. ALA.org/BBooks
June 22, 2026 at 6:51 PM
ifrt-ala.bsky.social
Congratulations to our 2026 #IFRT Award Winners!
Read more about them below!

www.ala.org/news/2026/05...
May 15, 2026 at 9:40 PM
oif.bsky.social
Congratulations to the recipients of @ifrt-ala.bsky.social intellectual freedom awards! Thank you @illibraryassoc.bsky.social @soltmann.bsky.social and Nate Coulter for being free speech heroes! www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
Intellectual Freedom Round Table 2025 Intellectual Freedom Awards. Gerland Hodges Chapter Relations Award: Illinois Library Association. John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award: Nate Coulter. Elim M. Obler Memorial Award: Shannon M. Oltmann
May 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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🔥Achtung Heißbrandausbildung! Es kann bis zu 750 Grad heiß werden! Die Soldaten und Soldatinnen vom ABC-Abwehrbataillon 750 üben in Kühlsheim für den Ernstfall und ihr IFRT-Zertifikat (International Fire and Rescue Training) als Brandschutzsoldatin / -soldat! #Schützen #Versorgen #Durchhalten
April 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
ifrt-ala.bsky.social
Meet our next slate of #IFRT candidates for Director-at-Large:
Mandy Broadhurst, Amanda Jones, Erik Gomez, and Roxanne Pico-Lenz

www.oif.ala.org/ifrt-electio...
March 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
librarianjones.com
@ala-pla.bsky.social @ifrt-ala.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social @everylibrary.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social @aabbri.bsky.social @la-cac.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
ifrt-ala.bsky.social
It's here!!! It's here!!!
Read the #IFRT Annual Report now on our website, and if you are heading to #ALAAC25 in Philly, drop by and see us at our annual meeting on Sunday at 1pm in Room 113A.

www.ala.org/ifrt/ifrt-re...
June 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
Don’t miss the Intellectual Freedom Awards at ALA Annual w/ @ftrf.bsky.social, @ifrt-ala.bsky.social, and @ischoolui.bsky.social!
6/27, 7:30pm, Philly Marriott Salon E.
#ALAAC25 attendees welcome.
Keynote by NYT Bestseller @4nikkolas.bsky.social!
bit.ly/IFawards2025
o ALT TEXT: Intellectual Freedom Awards at ALA Annual Conference 2025. Celebrating Intellectual Freedom Heroes: Skip Dye, Owen Wolfe, Illinois Library Association, Nate Coulter, Shannon M. Oltmann. Keynote NIKKOLAS SMITH (The History of We, The Artivist, The 1619 Project: Born on the Water). Presented by Freedom to Read Foundation, University of Illinois School of Information Science, Intellectual Freedom Round Table. June 27, 7:30 pm, Philadelphia Marriott, Salon E. bit.ly/IFawards2025
June 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
judimoreillon.bsky.social
Some good news: Massachusetts Senate is working on a bill to prevent #bookbans! #TLSky #EduSky, pls make time to read the 11/21/25 @ifrt-ala.bsky.social #IntellectualFreedom News: #censorship, #1stAmendment /civil rights, academic freedom/student speech, legislation. www.oif.ala.org/intellectual...
Intellectual Freedom News 11/21/2025
ALA actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedom—the rights of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment. Intellectual freedo...
www.oif.ala.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
ifrt-ala.bsky.social
We wanted to thank everyone for being so passionate about intellectual freedom and choosing to stand up for everyone’s right to read freely.
From everyone on our executive team to all of you, thanks so much for another fantastic #ALAAC25.
We will never stop fighting for you.
IFRT executive committee
June 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
ala-booklist.bsky.social
Join the round tables of the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social (GameRT, GNCRT, FMRT, IRRT, RRT, & IFRT) on 10/24 for a day of interactive sessions about intellectual freedom, popular media, and moral panic, as well as conversations about how libraries work to protect the freedom to read: bit.ly/4gLpmh4
Promotional graphic for Intellectual Freedom Spectacular happening Friday, October 24 from 10:00-4:30 p.m. CT
September 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
oif.bsky.social
Don’t miss the Intellectual Freedom Awards at ALA Annual w/ @ftrf.bsky.social @ifrt-ala.bsky.social @ischoolui.bsky.social! 6/27, 7:30pm, Philly Marriott Salon E. #ALAAC25 attendees welcome. Keynote by NYT Bestseller @4nikkolas.bsky.social! bit.ly/IFawards2025
Intellectual Freedom Awards at ALA Annual Conference 2025. Celebrating Intellectual Freedom Heroes: Skip Dye, Owen Wolfe, Illinois Library Association, Nate Coulter, Shannon M. Oltmann. Keynote NIKKOLAS SMITH (The History of We, The Artivist, The 1619 Project: Born on the Water). Presented by Freedom to Read Foundation, University of Illinois School of Information Science, Intellectual Freedom Round Table. June 27, 7:30 pm, Philadelphia Marriott, Salon E. bit.ly/IFawards2025
June 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
ifrt-ala.bsky.social
Congratulations to our newly elected leaders!
We extend our sincere gratitude to all the candidates who ran for office—your commitment to #intellectualfreedom and service to #IFRT is deeply appreciated. Thank you to everyone who participated in the election process!
April 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
ifrt-ala.bsky.social
Meet our #IFRT candidates running for Treasurer:
Jim Neal and Kristin Pekoll

www.oif.ala.org/ifrt-electio...
March 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
marregga.bsky.social
GOD DAMN IFRT
October 30, 2024 at 12:34 AM