Happy Move-In Day, Tars! Save the date for our next Banned Books Week Read-Out, sponsored by Olin Library. Noon to 2 pm on Wed., Sept. 25, on Rice Lawn. Read aloud from your favorite banned or challenged book (we’ve linked some examples below)! Faculty, bring your classes & join us. More details coming soon!
Banned Books Week is an annual event organized by the American Library Association and celebrated by libraries across the country to bring awareness to issues affecting censorship and our freedom to read. In our era of increased polarization of thought and expression, often fueled by the very media sources we are urged to trust, it is vital that we keep our ears and minds open to a diversity of voices and ideas, even if we find them disagreeable or unfamiliar. This is what global citizenship and lifelong learning look like.
Banned Books Week – https://bannedbooksweek.org/
Top Ten Most Challenged Books – http://www.ala.org/advoca…/…/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10