The theme for Banned Books Week 2024 (September 22-28) is "Freed Between the Lines." We can find freedom in the pages of a book — but book bans and censorship threaten that freedom, along with many other rights and institutions. During Banned Books Week 2024 and beyond, let’s share our love of right to read and the freedom found in books. Let’s be Freed Between the Lines!
CURRENT TOPICS books (2-week checkout) are shelved alphabetically by call number in the Reference Room on the main floor of the library. MAAG STACKS books (semester checkout) are located on floors 3-6A. Find the call number ranges for each floor on the Building Guide.
Banned Books: The Controversy Over What Students Read
Beyond Banned Books: Defending Intellectual Freedom Throughout Your Library
Burning the Books: A History of the Destruction of Knowledge
Controversial Books in K-12 Classrooms and Libraries
Free Speech and Censorship: Examining the Facts
Intellectual Freedom Issues in School Libraries
True Stories of Censorship Battles in America's LibrariesBanned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read and spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. For more than 40 years, the annual event has brought together the entire book community — librarians, teachers, booksellers, publishers, writers, journalists, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular. ~The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom
