TOPIC
#BannedBooksWeek, Intellectual Freedom, and Libraries
It's banned books week from September 23-29 so let's have a chat about that and help each other brainstorm ideas!
Resources
ALA's Intellectual Freedom: Issues and Resources page
ALA's Banned & Challenged Books page
Celebrate Banned Books Year Round! from INALJ
Banned Books Week – our top 5 From INALJ
My Right to Read – Banned Books Week From INALJ
From Book Riot's Archive:
Resources
ALA's Intellectual Freedom: Issues and Resources page
ALA's Banned & Challenged Books page
Celebrate Banned Books Year Round! from INALJ
Banned Books Week – our top 5 From INALJ
My Right to Read – Banned Books Week From INALJ
QUESTIONS
We post the questions here in advance of the chat so you can decide whether or not this topic is of interest to you and/or prepare your answers in advance.
Q1 What is your favorite banned or challenged book and why?
Q2 Have you done a program at your library for banned books? What was the program? If not, what would you do for a program?
Q3 What are your thoughts on how libraries should be handling censorship? What are some good resources regarding censorship?
Q4 How can we as librarians advocate for intellectual freedom at our library or in our community? What resources can we turn to make this happen?
Q3 What are your thoughts on how libraries should be handling censorship? What are some good resources regarding censorship?
Q4 How can we as librarians advocate for intellectual freedom at our library or in our community? What resources can we turn to make this happen?
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