[kids-lib] Banned Books Week 2010 is next month!

[Katie Anderson]

Banned Books Week
September 25th—October 2, 2010

Please join us in celebrating our freedom to read!

The past three years the ACLU of Oregon, OLA’s Intellectual Freedom Committee, OASL’s Intellectual Freedom Committee, and the Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse have partnered together to promote Banned Books Week.  Last year, 260 libraries in 33 of Oregon’s 36 counties celebrated Banned Books Week through displays, activities, and lessons (see map below).  This effort was honored with the American Library Association Intellectual Freedom Roundtable Proquest-SIRSI State and Regional Intellectual Freedom Award at the 2009 ALA Annual Conference.

Here are some resources to help you plan your Banned Books Week activities:

·         2010 Annual Report on challenges to library material in Oregon: http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml#Annual_Reports_on_Challenges_in_Oregon

·         Display ideas, activity ideas, lesson plans, and general resources on Banned Books Week: http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml#Banned_Books_Week_Planning_Resources

·         American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression. Banned Books Week Handbook http://www.abffe.org/banned2007.htm

·         American Library Association. Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read. http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm

·         Banned Books Week http://bannedbooksweek.org/

The following map is from pages 8-9 of the ACLU of Oregon’s 2009-2010 Annual Report.  You may download and read the full report online at: http://www.aclu-or.org/content/2009-2010-aclu-oregon-annual-report

Please note that the book icon represents a library, school, college/university, or bookstore that participated in Banned Books Week in 2009.  The number listed in each county is the number of ACLU of Oregon members in that county.

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Katie Anderson, Library Development Services
* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
katie.anderson at state.or.us<mailto:katie.anderson at state.or.us>, 503-378-2528

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