Intellectual Freedom Blog

The Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association

5 Banned Books That Will Help You Learn About the Holocaust

One of the key consequences of book banning is erasure. When we decide that some things are too uncomfortable to talk about, we risk losing the memory of how things happen. We lose context, we lose people, we lose the truth.

June 13, 2018June 13, 2018 Lauren Salerno Banned and Challenged Books

Sunday intellectual freedom meetings & programs @ #ALAAC14

Here’s your daily list of must-do events at the 2014 ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas! Sunday, June 29 Read A Banned Book at the Banned Books Virtual Read-Out (Day […]

June 28, 2014June 29, 2014 Jonathan Kelley Banned Books Virtual Read-Out!, Banned Books Week, Censorship, Committee on Professional Ethics (COPE), Freedom to Read Foundation, General Interest, Intellectual Freedom Committee, Midwinter Meeting/Annual Conference, Office for Intellectual Freedom, Professional Ethics