Banned Book Week
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"Artwork courtesy of the American Library Association."
Banned Book Week started in 1982 and is usually the last week in September.
The purpose of this week is to celebrate your freedom to express your opinions and to have the freedom to choose what you read.
"Challenges do not simply involve a person expressing a point of view; rather, they are an attempt to remove material from the curriculum or library, thereby restricting the access of others. As such, they are a threat to freedom of speech and choice."
Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/bbooks/
The Declaration for the Right to Libraries
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THINK about how important libraries are. They allow you to make CHOICES, explore ideas that INTEREST you, provide a variety of materials, encourage critical thinking, and so much more (Office for Intellectual Freedom, 2010, p. 7).
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Retrieved from http://ilovelibraries.org/declaration
