[Libs-Or] Censorship Exhibit for Banned Books Week

[Katie Anderson]

Hello!  Once again the Long Island Coalition Against Censorship is offering their Banned Books Week exhibit to school and public libraries.  Excerpts from the exhibit are on our web site www.the-licac.org. 

You may order the exhibit by e-mail or sending a purchase   order to the LI Coalition Against Censorship, PO Box 296, Port   Washington, N.Y. 11050. The cost of the exhibit   including mailing charges is $40.00. They request payment within 30 days   after you receive the exhibit. If you need any additional information their   e-mail address is coalcen1 at verizon.net   or call (516) 944-9799.

This is not an endorsement, please be sure to review the exhibit to determine if it is appropriate for your library and community.


             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, 503-378-2528
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From: Donald Parker [mailto:Coalcen1 at verizon.net]
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Subject: Censorship Exhibit for Banned Books Week

              
  

   

Please   share the following information with members of your listserv.     

or   a posting on your web site. Thank you for your   cooperation.  

   

“Censorship   in Schools and Libraries" exhibit available for Banned Books Week – the last   week in September.  

   

The   Long Island Coalition Against Censorship   is an association of 22 educational and community organizations (16 are public   libraries and professional library organizations including the Long Island   School Media Association). The purpose of the Coalition is to defend challenges   to the First Amendment rights of school and public libraries when there are   efforts by individuals or groups to censor books and other   materials  

   

In   planning an exhibit for Banned Books Week in the fall, you might wish to   consider displaying the new edition of our exhibit, “Censorship in Schools and   Libraries.”  

   

The   exhibit presents 32 illustrations of censorship each one approximately 11" x 14"   with accompanying text that is 11" x 14." The history of censorship in public   libraries and schools highlights incidents of censorship that have occurred   nationally during the last 150 years. Included are descriptions of the   censorship of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, In the Night   Kitchen, The Catcher in the Rye, and the novels of Judy Blume and   Chris Crutcher. The censorship of Susan Patron’s novel, The Higher Power of   Lucky, which was awarded the Newbery Prize in 2007 is in the new edition.   U.S. Supreme Court decisions (including the landmark school case in the   Island   Trees School   District) and lower court decisions are an integral   part of the exhibit.   

   

The   2009 edition includes efforts to censor the popular Harry Potter’s children's   books (Harry Potter books were burned in Alamogordo, New   Mexico). Besides new cases, there is an update of   censorship incidents in school libraries and classrooms that have occurred in   the past. Quality copies have been reproduced which may be readily presented on   posters or bulletin boards in your library and then retained by you as a   reference source. If your space is   limited, we suggest that you rotate the incidents of censorship during the time   the exhibit is on display. Excerpts from the exhibit are on our web site www.the-licac.org. Click on Exhibits,   "Censorship in Schools and Libraries" (for a description of the exhibit) and   then Selected Cases. You may order the exhibit by e-mail or sending a purchase   order to the LI Coalition Against Censorship, PO Box 296, Port   Washington, N.Y. 11050. The cost of the exhibit   including mailing charges is $40.00. We request payment within 30 days   after you receive the exhibit. If you need any additional information our   e-mail address is coalcen1 at verizon.net   or call (516) 944-9799.  

   

Donald   Parker, Co-coordinator, LI Coalition Against Censorship  

   

   

   

   

     
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