CFLA-FCAB Challenges Survey

Thank you for taking the time to complete the CFLA-FCAB Intellectual Freedom Challenges Survey. Library staff like yourself have contributed their reports of challenges to intellectual freedom to CLA since 2006, helping to create a series of reports that chart the changes in this activity over time. These efforts have created a database that allows for multi-year comparisons.

The heart of the survey is contained in the description of the challenge and in the description of the resolution. The other markers help lead the report writers to those descriptions.

Your name and associated information will not be published. As part of the authentication process, you may be contacted by a member of the Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) if follow-up is needed for further information or if assistance from the IFC is requested.

We do ask for a postal code to allow for regional analysis of the data but library names are not published in the annual report nor are they included in the spreadsheets containing extracts from the survey data that are posted on the CFLA-FCAB website. An exception may be made if the library is the subject of stories in the media.

If you have questions about any of these matters, please contact the Chair of the IFC at IFCchair@cfla-fcab.ca ..

Again, the CFLA-FCAB Intellectual Freedom Committee thanks you for your participation in this important work.

(signed)

Wendy Wright
Chair
CFLA-FCAB Intellectual Freedom Committee

*What are you reporting?

Materials Challenge (books, movies, music, magazines, digital content)
Internet-related Challenge (filtering issues, access to computers, use policies)
Library Service (meeting rooms, programs, author visits, exhibits, displays, hold shelf practices)
Patron Privacy or Confidentiality Issue (personally identifiable information, circulation records)
Hate Crime (defacement of library property to target a specific group; use of swastikas or other symbols of intimidation, harassment or assault on library property)
Other

Survey Feedback

CFLA-FCAB's Intellectual Freedom Committee will be reviewing the survey over the next year to ensure we are collecting information that addresses the Canadian library community's current operating environment. Please take a moment to provide us with comments on how you think the survey could be improved

CFLA-FCAB Challenges Survey

*Challenge Date

*Type of Library

*Library Postal Code

Name of the Library

Please describe the incident and the complainant's concerns

*Does the Library have a formal policy for dealing with challenges?

*Was a written challenge filed?

*Who initiated the challenge?

Social Media involvement

Please share the media report link about the challenge, if any, please use comma in between each source

*Challenge Categories

*What are you reporting?

If you selected Material Challenge, please give the title and the creator of the work

If you selected Material Challenge, what is the material type?

If you selected Library Service, which service?

Proposed action

*Describe the resolution

*Classify the resolution

Name of the person reporting the challenge

Date of the resolution

Survey Feedback

*Title of person

*Contact information

Are you amenable to being contacted by researchers for further information about this submission? Note that the name of your library and the person reporting the challenge will never be shared without your permission.

*Date of filing report