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September 22nd – 28th is Banned Books Week. It is a week long celebration that highlights the value of free and open access to information. For more information, visit the Banned Books website. You can also use Twitter to search of banned book events by using the hashtag #bannedbooksweek. Below is a map of various …
Banned Books week enters it’s 30th anniversary this week. Books have been banned in communities and schools around the country for a variety of reasons. Mark Twain’s Huckelberry Finn has been banned for racism, and J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books have been banned because of witchcraft and “encouraging children to lie.” ALA’s Banned Books Week …
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Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States.(ALA) Some of you may have noticed the book collection featured in the exhibit window of the library. Each of the books on …
To combat the continued assault on Black history and culture, and especially books by Black authors, the African American Studies Department (AFR) and the Library hosted a Banned Black Book Month Panel for Black History Month 2024. Panelists: (l-r) Dr. Bennett (AFR), Dr, Biswas (AFR), Dr. Banks (AFR), Dr. Richards (ENG), Prof. Abdul-Wasi (AFR), Dr. …
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Freedom to Read Under Attack Banned Books Week, an annual celebration of the freedom to read, will be held September 18–24 this year. During this week, authors, booksellers, librarians, publishers, and readers come together to advocate for the right to read without censorship. The theme for 2022 is “Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us.” Free …
National Library Week is this week, with the first Monday of the week declared as Right to Read Day, to celebrate the one year anniversary of the formation of the United Against Book Bans Campaign. The City Tech Library has celebrate Banned Books Week over the years, including Prof. Prince exploring the history of Banned …
Betsy Fagin (she/they) joined the City Tech Library as an Adjunct Reference & Instruction Librarian in the fall of 2022. In a nutshell, what do you do at the City Tech Library? I provide reference services and teach in-person library instruction classes at City Tech. What is your academic and library background? Academically, I earned …
Behind the scenes at the City Tech Library we’re often thinking about how to reach students. It might seem strange to learn that the Library, which is right in the middle of campus and often so full of people that there isn’t an empty seat to be found, worries a lot about outreach. But we …
KIMBERLY ABRAMS Junior Tidal and I presented at Emerging Learning Design a presentation entitled “What’s Mine is YOURLS.” In addition, we also published an article by the same title in the proceedings issue of The Emerging Learning Design Journal. The presentation and article examine the way a short link manager can act as an electronic …
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