This week is the 28th edition of National Banned Books Week. The USF Polytechnic Library is celebrating in many ways:
- a display of challenged or banned books from our collections
- quotes on freedom of expression, censorship and the freedom to read
- our Read Out event, Tuesday September 29th, from 11:15AM to 1PM and 4:15PM to 6PM. Members of the campus community will be reading from banned or challenged books in 15-minutes increments on the patio outside the Library (LTB 1115)
- drawing of two prizes during the Read Out event
Here are some interesting sites about Banned Books Week or the issues behind it:
- the official site of Banned Books Week with a telling map and a Manifesto, by banned bestseller author Ellen Hopkins
- the Office of Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association
- the ACRL Intellectual Freedom Committee’s blog
- the Libraries and the First Amendment online exhibit from the McCormick Freedom Museum
- the Center for Campus Free Speech
Come and celebrate your freedom to read with us!