Intellectual Freedom News 02/03/2023
Highlights
- Amina Luqman-Dawson, Doug Salati win Newbery, Caldecott Medals
- ‘Love, Violet’ and ‘When the Angels Left the Old Country’ win 2023 Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award
- YALSA announces 2023 Alex Awards
- Jason Reynolds Wins 2023 Edwards Award for ‘When I was the Greatest,’ ‘The Boy in the Black Suit,’ ‘All American Boys,’ ‘Ghost” and “Long Way Down’
- Amina Luqman-Dawson, Frank Morrison win 2023 Coretta Scott King Book Awards
- ‘Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice’ wins 2023 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award
- ‘All My Rage’ wins 2023 Printz Award
- Adriana M. Garcia, Claribel A. Ortega, Vincent Tirado win Pura Belpré Awards
- Announcing the 2023 Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Lists
- Elizabeth Partridge, Lauren Tamaki win 2023 Sibert Medal
Censorship
- School district presents book choice policy to House Subcommittee | Palm Coast Observer (FL)
- Library board still not on board with WLA | Gillette News Record (WY)
- Willard school board bans book, suggests governor create rating system to restrict access | Springfield News-Leader (MO)
- Who is behind first Central Bucks School District book challenge? It may come as a surprise. | Phillyburbs.com (PA)
- Library director in Fremont rejects request by local grandmother to ban sex ed book | Lincoln Journal Star (NE)
- Former librarian accuses Orem of book, display censorship | Daily Herald (UT)
- Manattee County School Board discusses book vetting process | WFTS (FL)
- Henrico school board rejects parent’s book ban request | WRIC (VA)
- Turner-based school board keeping ‘Gender Queer’ in high school library | Yahoo! News (ME)
- Conservative Group is Targeting More Public School Library Books | Lakeland Now (FL)
- Controversial book removed from Sartell High School library | KNSI (MN)
- Orem Public Library director retiring amid city censorship claims | Daily Herald (UT)
- Methacton parents ask school board to pull books from libraries | Mercury (PA)
- The book ‘Gender Queer’ faced a challenge in another Maine school | Maine Writer (ME)
- Local high school librarian ordered to remove poster with Elie Wiesel quote | Philadelphia Jewish Exponent (PA)
- ‘Stamped’ out? The battle to remove an AP-English book from a New Hanover County school | WHQR (DE)
- ‘It’s heartbreaking’: Spring Branch ISD bans book despite author saying he writes for humanity | ABC13 (TX)
- Conservative parent activists want Maryland schools to ban two books. A new school board member is receptive. | Baltimore Sun (MD)
- Hide your books to avoid felony charges, Fla. schools tell teachers | Washington Post (FL)
- From ‘Kite Runner’ to ‘Bluest Eye’: Parents group pressures Broward Schools to remove books | NBC Miami (FL)
- Orange school district suspends digital library over book concerns from some parents | Voice of OC (CA)
First Amendment, Free Speech, & Civil Liberties
- Inside the audacious new scheme to erase LGBTQ people from Michigan schools | Popular Information (MI)
- Republican House Oversight Committee disbands Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties | Hill
- Federal judge sides with Mama Bears of Forsyth, rules school board policies unconstitutional | WXIA
- Special issue: Public libraries becoming First Amendment battlefield | FIRE
Academic Freedom & Campus Speech
- A photo prompts complaints and controversy | Inside Higher Ed
- The Critical Race Theory debate | Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Legislation
- North Dakota bill would jail librarians for not removing certain books | Advocate (ND)
- Bill seeks to block federal funds that ‘indoctirnate with critical race theory’ | Bradford Era
- Bill creating database for controversial school library books passes Virginia House | Pilot Online (VA)
- VA parental advisory label bill alarms library, anti-censorship groups | Patch (VA)
- SC bill would prevent teaching about slave owners, ‘including George Washington’ | WJZY (SC)
- House Education approves senate’s anti-racism act addressing CRT in public schools | Dominion Post (WV)
State and Local Governance
- Ryan Walters begins to shape education agency around his political ideology | Oklahoman
- Parental rights gives parents new tool to nix school library entirely | Florida Politics
Net Neutrality and Broadband Access
- Senate democrats and Biden need to stand up to homophobic attacks on FCC nominee Gigi Sohn | Fast Company
Disinformation and Information Literacy
International
- Russia is blocking encrypted email startup Skiff | TechCrunch
Around the Web
- NCAC releases new resource for authors of banned or challenged books | National Coalition Against Censorship
- Republicans see education as winning issue in 2024 | Hill
- I’m the proud dad of a drag queen–and I want a better world for my kid | Nation
- ‘You want to ban the books? I’m giving them away.’ Activists protest Florida book-ban law | Florida Today
- Making a difference: Award-winning librarian goes ‘above and beyond’ | Mankato Free Press
ALA News
- Dr. Claudette McLinn is the 2023 Recipient of the Coretta Scott King -Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
- 2023 Odyssey Awards for Excellence in Audiobook Production for Children and Young Adults announced
- ‘The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen’ wins 2023 William C. Morris Award
- 2023 Schneider Family Book Awards recipients named
- 2023 Sydney Taylor Book Award winners announced
- Six libraries selected to host traveling exhibition on human evolution from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
- YMA highlights 2023 Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature youth category winners
- Rita Williams-Garcia to deliver 2024 Children’s Literature Lecture
- Michael Emberly wins 2023 Geisel Award for ‘I Did It!’
- 2023 Batchelder Award honors HarperCollins for ‘Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II’
- James E. Ransome wins 2023 Children’s Literature Legacy Award
- American Library Association announces 2023 Youth Media Award winners
- Showcase Your Best Marketing Pieces by Applying for the Core PR Xchange Awards
- School librarians invited to apply for $5,000 Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award
- ACRL releases “Undergraduate Research & the Academic Librarian, Volume 2”
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