Librarians and Archivists with Palestine Censorship Reporting Form

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Librarians and Archivists with Palestine (LAP) is gathering data about incidents of censorship regarding Palestine in libraries and archives since October 2023. If, at your library or archive, you have faced censorship or repression of Palestinian or Palestine-related materials or expressions of solidarity with Palestinian people, we would like to hear your story. We intend to report on this information in some capacity, though the specific way will depend on the data we collect and the level of anonymity you request below. Possible formats include sharing your story in an anonymized fashion on social media, and issuing a report summarizing the data collected.

Note on data privacy: members of the LAP steering committee (eight people) will have access to your responses via Google Workspace. In order to help protect your data privacy, please use your personal email when completing this form, do not use your work email. You must provide an email address to report an incident, but you may opt to not share your name. Below you will have the option to select how public you would like information about your story to be in our reporting. Should you opt to allow identifying information to be included, we will give you a heads up before publishing anything, and may be in touch with further questions. If you opt for no specific identifying details, an anonymized description might include "a public librarian in the United States".

Founded in 2013, Librarians and Archivists with Palestine (LAP) is a network of self-defined librarians, archivists, and information workers in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for self-determination. Learn more about our work here: https://librarianswithpalestine.org/.

Email *

First and last name (we will not share this)

Name of institution at which incident took place *

Location of institution (city, state, country) *

Type of institution *

Public library or archive

K-12 school library

Academic library or archive

Historical society, non-profit, or independent archive

Professional organization or association

Other:

Your relationship to the institution *

Employee

Library/archive user

Other:

Type of incident *

Material challenge (book or other media)

Programming challenge (including displays and exhibits, author visits, meetings and events)

Professional harassment from outside your institution (from patrons or community members, for example)

Professional repression from within your institution (threats, silencing, disciplinary action, firing)

Other:

Required

Please describe the incident(s) in as much detail as possible, including what happened, who was involved, specific complaints issued, whether and how it has been resolved, etc. *

When did this incident happen? If there is more than one relevant date, please include dates in the incident description above.

YYYY

If the incident has been publicly reported, please include any relevant links.

Have you have received any community, institutional, or organizational support (legal, financial, or other)? If so, where have your received support from? (We will use this information to develop a resource list to share.)

How public or private should this report be? *

You can use my story in data collection, but please do not share specific details of my story in any capacity.

You can share my specific story, but without identifying information (name of individuals and institution).

Share away, I'm completely public about my story!

I'm not sure yet--please check in with me if you're considering sharing my story.

Other:

Is there anything else that you'd like to tell us?

A copy of your responses will be emailed to the address you provided.

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