Times are challenging, but you’re not alone. Join us for our new 2-hour crash course, Resisting Book Bans: Tactical Approaches to Defend Intellectual Freedom, and learn tangible ways to handle censorship, including tips for finding allies and building coalitions, tactics for school board meetings, and strategies to ensure your library policies are up to date and will appropriately defend your library, your colleagues, and yourself.

Created and led by library experts, this crash course is designed with your needs and schedule in mind. Whether you’re a frontline staff member or teacher, or a director or school administrator, join us and learn proactive information that will give you tactical tools to defend intellectual freedom. .

Register before September 15 and receive:

• 15% off any course! Use code FALL15 by September 15 to redeem.*
• Buy one fall course and get one fully on-demand course** FREE.

Here are just a few of the powerful takeaways you and your team will gain from this course. Be able to:

• Advocate for your programs, curricula, collections, and services
• Conduct a policy audit and ensure your protections are up to date and comprehensive
• Make a plan to find allies and build coalitions to support you
• Access resources and communities dealing with similar challenges
• Develop and refer to talking points and best practices for speaking at school board meetings and connecting with stakeholders and community members
• And much more! See full program here.

Our courses are perfect for your team!

Groups rates available now!

Request a discount for groups of 3 or more 

and work with your colleagues on a project for your library.

Purchase 15 or more registrations and apply them across multiple courses.

Meet the course instructor:

Erika Long, MSIS, is a certified school librarian, currently serving as a consultant and library advocate. Erika is secretary/treasurer of AASL, was past president of Tennessee Library Association, and serves in ALA governance. She has guest blogged and co-authored the “Equity” chapter in Core Values in School Librarianship: Responding with Commitment and Courage (Libraries Unlimited 2021). Connect with her on Twitter @erikaslong and Instagram @notyomamaslibrarian.

Here’s what one past participant said about their learning experience with one of our courses:

"This was a fabulous learning experience, and the information was timely and relevant. The speakers provided so much depth to course. Completing an audit of our collection was eye-opening. We were able to identify with real numbers what areas of our collection could use more focus to add diversity. I highly recommend this course!"

-Amanda DeKnight, Library Director, South Park Township Library

Want even more options for fall? Check out our entire fall lineup:

*Discounted Group Purchases cannot be combined with 15% off promotion.

**Available on-demand bonus courses include Serving Vulnerable Populations and Equity in Action: Solidarity in Social Justice. Choose from an extensive list of our fall courses and get one of these bonus courses free. Register today and double your learning!