Jamie LaRue

Julie J. Boucher Memorial
Lecture on Intellectual Freedom

 

Jamie LaRue is the director of the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom,

and the Freedom to Read Foundation. Prior to this, Jamie was a public library director for many years with Douglas County Libraries in Castle

Rock, Colorado.

He is the author of “Œe New Inquisition: Understanding and

Managing Intellectual Freedom Challenges,” and was the Colo-

rado Librarian of the Year in 1998, the Castle Rock Chamber of

Commerce’s 2003 Business Person of the Year, in 2007 won the

Julie J. Boucher (boo-SHAY) Award for Intellectual Freedom,

and in 2013 won the Colorado Association of Libraries’ Career

Achievement Award. He has been selected to return for the 2016

Julie J. Boucher Lecture, now in its 20th year.

Jamie is a keynote speaker and presenter for library associations, staƒ

days, and workshops on topics ranging from advocacy and intellectual

freedom to organizational and leadership development. In Colorado,

if you mention the name “Jamie” in library circles, there is no need to

mention a last name. Here, the name “Jamie LaRue” is synonymous

with both “Library Leadership” and “Intellectual Freedom.”