Northeast Ohio Regional Library System
Date/Time
9/13/2023
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern
Competency
Customer Service, Ethics, Intellectual Freedom
Event Description
While libraries can vary in size, scope, and communities served, all libraries adhere to a set of overarching principles that include a commitment to equitable access, intellectual freedom, patron privacy and confidentiality, and the free expression of ideas. This session will provide an overview of these guiding principles and include examples of how they present in today's libraries.

Learning Objectives:
  • Participants will be able to summarize the foundational tenets of library service as they relate to access and intellectual freedom.
  • Participants will be able to identify conditions and situations that might pose challenges to access and intellectual freedom in libraries.
  • Participants will be able to appraise their own libraries and work environments and recognize processes that support equitable access and intellectual freedom as well as those processes or procedures that could be improved.
Presenter:

Jeff Regensburger is currently a Library Consultant and LSTA Coordinator at the State Library of Ohio. In that capacity, he administers the State Libraries' LSTA Grants to States funds and assists libraries who have been awarded LSTA funding. Prior to that, Jeff served 25 years at Worthington Libraries that included time as an Adult Services Librarian, Supervisor, and 12 years as a Library Manager. Over the course of his career, Jeff has served on the State Library’s LSTA Advisory Council, OPLIN’s Content Advisory Committee, and OLC’s Intellectual Freedom Committee. Currently, Jeff serves on the Library Leadership Ohio Planning Committee and the ILEAD Ohio Planning Team.

Jeff earned a Master of Library Science from Kent State University School of Library and Information Science (now known as School of Information) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Ohio State University.
Location
Online via Zoom
UNITED STATES
Contact Person
Details
Who Should Attend:  New staff wanting to learn about foundational principles of library service
Competency:  Customer Service, Ethics, & Intellectual Freedom

Non-Member Cost:      $40
NEO-RLS Bronze Member Cost:  $24
NEO-RLS Silver Member Cost:   FREE
NEO-RLS Gold Member Cost:    FREE
NEO-RLS Individual Member Cost:  $20

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