Challenges to LGBTQ books

Demands to label, move LGBTQ children’s books flood Crook County Library amid warnings (Bend Bulletin, 12/6/2022)

Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse report (annual) State Library of Oregon

Library book removal

Medford School District book removal amounts to ‘censorship’, says state library association (OPB, 6/5/22)

Annual report on challenges to intellectual freedom in Oregon libraries & schools (serial) State Library of Oregon

Title index to materials challenges (serial) State Library of Oregon

Challenges to library books

Banned Books Week is here: See what books were challenged in Oregon in 2019-20 (Oregonian, 9/27/2020)

Annual report on challenges to intellectual freedom in Oregon libraries & schools (annual) State Library of Oregon

Title index to materials challenges (annual) State Library of Oregon

School librarians

Beyond books: School librarians now tasked with teaching technology, digital citizenship (Register Guard, 9/15/19)

Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) five-year plan [PDF] (2018) State Library of Oregon, Library Support and Development Services

Oregon school library staffing, 1980-2017 [PDF] (2019) State Library of Oregon, Library Support and Development Services

School libraries in Oregon

Decline in librarians leaves students without information guides (Democrat Herald, 8/18/2019)

Oregon school library staffing, 1980-2017 (2019) State Library of Oregon

Library book challenges

Library book challenges stack up (Portland Tribune, 9/25/2018)

Annual report, Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse (annual) State Library of Oregon

Index to challenges (annual) State Library of Oregon

Controversial books and schools

Beaverton School District bans book with sexual themes from some classrooms (Oregonian, 2/15/2018)

Annual report, Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse (annual) Oregon State Library

Index to challenges reported between 1987 and … (annual) Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse

School librarians

Oregon’s 1,250 schools have just 144 librarians, library group says (Oregonian, 6/6/2014)

How many Oregon school libraries meet the requirements of Oregon’s fully funded quality education model? (annual) Oregon State Library