New England Intellectual Freedom Helpline Reporting Form
The New England Intellectual Freedom Helpline connects librarians experiencing materials challenges or other intellectual freedom issues with fellow librarians who can offer assistance, support, and direct them to additional resources.

Please do not use your professional email. Be mindful of public records requests.

You may ask that your request be anonymous to everyone except the volunteer assigned to you. However, general information provided on this form will be shared with our member state associations' volunteers, the New England Intellectual Freedom Helpline Steering Committee, and the ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom for general data collection purposes. Any conversations with your volunteer will remain ENTIRELY CONFIDENTIAL. Again, you may request anonymity; your volunteer is the only person who needs to know your details.

The New England Intellectual Freedom Helpline is intended to convey general information only and not to provide legal advice or opinions. Information received should not be construed as, and should not be relied upon for, legal advice in any particular circumstance or fact situation. The information may not reflect the most current legal developments. An attorney should be contacted for advice on specific legal issues.

Please know that we are volunteers, but we aim to respond within 24 hours during regular business hours. A volunteer will be assigned to you as quickly as possible.
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Your email address (do not use your work email) *
Please provide the best personal phone number we can use to reach you. Our goal is to have our communication with you be personal and not leave a trail, so we'd rather use voice conversations than email or text. If phones are inaccessible to you, please indicate that and share another means of communication instead. *
Full Name  *
A requirement of the grant funding this helpline is that we must report this case to the ALA OIF for data collection purposes. Do you wish your name, details, and location to be confidential to everyone except helpline staff? *
Today's date *
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Date the challenge situation began (may be approximate) *
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Your title/position *
Please describe the issue. Be sure to specify pertinent details, including location this happened and any impact this situation has had on you, your staff, or your patrons. *
Our volunteers are experienced librarians who are, at a minimum, willing to provide you with a sympathetic ear. We can also offer peer support, resources, assistance with referral to the ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom, and other support. How can we be of assistance to you? What do you need most right now?  *
Your Library Name & Location (zip code, state) *
Library type *
Any more info about your library we should know? If school: what grade levels? If academic: public, private, university, community college, SLAC, etc? If special, who are your patrons? *
What do you need assistance with? *
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If materials were challenged, please list them (include titles and authors of all books, movies, etc. and indicate the formats of any non-book items or N/A) *
Who challenged the material, raised the issue, or is responsible for the activity? *
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Was the instigator acting alone or as part of a group? *
If it was a group, please specify. Any other information about the instigator?
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