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Text reads: Celebrate Banned Books Week virtually. September 27 - October 3. Office for Intellectual Freedom. To the left of the text is an open book. To the right of the text is a shadow of a young person standing with hands on their hips.

40 Virtual Program Ideas for Banned Books Week

This year’s Banned Books Week (September 27 – October 3) will look different. Here are 40 ideas on how to celebrate virtually, on social media, and maintaining social distance.

August 11, 2020September 21, 2020 Ellie Diaz Banned and Challenged Books, Banned Books Virtual Read-Out!, Banned Books Week, Programming, Stand For the Banned

Positive Impact of Banned Books Week: A Reflection from Youth Services

We have a tremendous education task to execute as advocates for the freedom to read, and Banned Books Week is one awareness tool to assist in that effort.

October 7, 2019December 18, 2019 Lisa Rand Banned and Challenged Books, Banned Books Week, Displays
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Safe Spaces, Self-Censorship, and My Aversion to Heathers

Teens are dealing with dark, heavy matters. Film, theater, literature, and other art forms are perhaps the most cathartic and helpful resource they can lean on.

May 7, 2019May 2, 2019 Lisa Rand Programming, Self-Censorship
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The Public Library as a World Stage: An Analysis of Censorship

The common misconception that any library espouses the content of its collection and programming can lead to feelings of patron alienation. An imagining of the library as an equitable world stage can help to mitigate resulting acrimony directed at this institution.

January 23, 2019January 23, 2019 Ross Sempek Censorship, General Interest, Programming, Self-Censorship
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Censure & Erasure: The Strange Case of Hans Fallada

As adherents and defenders of the idea of intellectual freedom, librarians — both public and academic — are in a position of strength to shape the debates roiling through our communities … This is not about liberal or conservative; this is about demagoguery taking root. The strange case of Hans Fallada need not be repeated.

February 6, 2017February 6, 2017 Frederic Murray Book Review, Censorship, Diversity, General Interest

Countdown to Choose Privacy Week, May 1-7

In this era of “Big Data,” we know that our location, our phone calls, our purchases, our Facebook posts and our web site visits are being monitored, recorded, collected, and […]

April 17, 2013 Deborah Caldwell-Stone Choose Privacy Week, Privacy
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