If you missed Tuesday’s OIF webinar, “Defend the Freedom to Read: Reporting Challenges,” featuring OIF Assistant Director Angela Maycock, you’ll be glad to know that the session was recorded and is now available as a webcast. Links to this and other OIF webcasts can be found at http://www.ala.org/offices/oif/oifprograms/webinars.
Posts Tagged as ‘Banned Books Week’
March 28, 2013
Krug Fund Banned Books Week grant applications now open
Cross-posted from the FTRF Blog Applications are now open for FTRF’s 2013 Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund Banned Books Week event grants. Grants in the amounts of $2,500 and $1,000 will be given to organizations in support of “Read-Outs” or other activities that celebrate Banned Books Week (Sept. 22 – 30, 2013). Applications will be accepted through April 30, 2013, [...]
April 13, 2012
C2E2: ALA, OIF & librarians galore
ALA’s Tina Coleman has the scoop on ALA’s presence at this weekend’s C2E2 Comic Con in Chicago! If you’re going, make sure to say hi to the OIF pals at the ALA booth, get some Banned Books Week items, and attend OIF chief Barbara Jones session on censorship on Sunday morning: Ban ‘em, Burn ‘em, [...]
January 17, 2012
Check out FTRF’s 2011 Krug Fund video and photos
The six recipients of 2011 Banned Books Week grants from the Freedom to Read Foundation’s Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund sent in clips from their many excellent activities – and we’ve compiled them in a new video just out today. The video features a montage of activities from the “Living Banned Books” Read-Out by the [...]
December 6, 2011
Save the dates in 2012! Choose Privacy Week (May 1-7) & Banned Books Week (Sept 30-Oct 6)
We are pleased to announce the dates of two major Office for Intellectual Freedom initiatives for 2012: The third Choose Privacy Week will be May 1-7, 2012. Choose Privacy Week posters, bookmarks, buttons, and other resources are available for sale now at the ALA Store. To stay abreast of Choose Privacy Week announcements, follow @privacyala [...]
August 31, 2011
Free webinar on hosting Banned Books Week events
Are you interested in helping your library celebrate Banned Books Week this year? If so, we invite you to participate in the FREE webinar, “Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read @ Your School, Public, and Academic Library,” which will be held on Tuesday, September 13, at 1:00 PM Central. BONUS: All participants will [...]
March 30, 2011
FTRF announces competition for 2011 Banned Books Week grants
Applications are now open for the 2011 Judith Krug Fund Banned Books Week event grants, sponsored by the Freedom to Read Foundation. Four grants in the amount of $2,500 and $1,000 grants will be given to organizations in support of “Read-Outs” or other activities that celebrate Banned Books Week (Sept. 24 – Oct. 1, 2011). [...]
October 1, 2010
Spotlight on Censorship – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky “The trouble with free speech is that it insists on living up to its name.” – Jonathan Yardley The sometimes charming, sometimes heartbreaking The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky is a delightful coming-of-age-tale that captures the bittersweet tumult of high school. It has been [...]
July 21, 2010
FTRF’s Judith Krug Fund announces competition for Banned Books Week grants
The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF), through its Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund, will provide two grants—one for $2,500 and one for $1,000—to two organizations to support “Read-Outs” celebrating Banned Books Week 2010. Applications for the grants will be accepted through Aug. 27, and the announcements will be made the week of Sept. 6. Banned [...]
October 1, 2009
Banned Books Week: Chicago Read-Out!
Check out Cecily von Ziegesar, Lauren Myracle, and ALA president Camila Alire in this video from the annual Banned Books Week Read-Out!, held Saturday, September 26 in Chicago’s historic Bughouse Square. Also featured, a reading from Chicago Public Library’s Teen Volume Reader’s Theatre troupe. Also below are some photos – you can see lots more [...]
