Banned Books Week

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Banned Books Week

September 29-October 6, 2007

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Treasure Your Freedom to Read...

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This year's theme for Banned Books Week is "Banned Books Ahoy! Treasure Your Freedom to Read". Check out the displays in the library lobby!

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Background

Banned Books Week – Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, the annual event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. Many bookstores and libraries across the nation join in the celebration with displays and readings of books that have been banned or threatened throughout history. These include works ranging from the Bible and Little Red Riding Hood to John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. Each year the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom receives hundreds of reports on books and other materials that were “challenged” or asked to be removed from school or library shelves each year. The American Library Association estimates the number represents only about a quarter of the actual challenges. The challenges reported reflect a continuing concern with a wide variety of themes. “Most Challenged” titles include “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain, for its use of language, particularly references to race; “It's Perfectly Normal,” a sex education book by Robie Harris, for being too explicit, especially for children; and “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou, for the description of rape she suffered as a child.

~ALA Banned Books Week Fact Sheet, http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/mediarelationsa/factsheets/BannedBooksWeek.htm

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Reference Sources - Located in the Reference Area on the Main Level

Call Number	Title / Author
REF Z658.U5 C38 1997	*Censorship.*
REF Z657 .G73 1990	The Encyclopedia of Censorship / Jonathon Green.
REF Z1006 .E57	*Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science.*
REF KF4770.A59 H87 1985	Historical Dictionary of Censorship in the United States / Leon Hurwitz.
REF Z711.4 .S68 2006	Intellectual Freedom Manual / South Dakota Library Association.
REF Z1003 .S495 1998	The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written : the History of Thought From Ancient Times to Today / Martin Seymour-Smith.
REF Z665.2.U6 E243 2006	The Whole Library Handbook : Current Data, Professional Advice, and Curiosa About Libraries and Library Service / edited by George M. Eberhart.

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Books - Located on the Upper Level

Call Number	Title / Author
PS3573.A425 A6 1996	Alice Walker Banned.
Z659 .I57	An Intellectual Freedom Primer.
PN4751 .A88 2005	Attacks on the press in 2004 / by the Committee to Protect Journalists ; [editor, Bill Sweeney] ; preface by Tom Brokaw.
P96.C42 U654 1998	Banned in the Media : a Reference Guide to Censorship in the Press, Motion Pictures, Broadcasting, and the Internet / Herbert N. Foerstel.
PN2042 .S68 2004	Banned plays : censorship histories of 125 stage dramas / Dawn B. Sova.
Z658.U5 N6 1990	Bookbanning in America : Who Bans Books?--and Why? / by William Noble.
Z689 .M399	Book Selection and Intellectual Freedom.
PS65.C46 C45 2002	Censored books II : critical viewpoints, 1985-2000 / edited by Nicholas J. Karolides
Z658.U5 H84 1999	Censorship in America : a reference handbook
Z733.B283 R63 2000	The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown : Civil Rights, Censorship, and the American Library / by Louise S. Robbins.
Z1019 .P57 1996	Hit list -- frequently challenged books for children.
Z1019 .H68 1996	Hit list : frequently challenged books for young adults.
Z658.G3 H65 2001	The Holocaust and the book : destruction and preservation / edited by Jonathan Rose.
Z711.4 .I57 1999	Intellectual freedom manual / Compiled by the Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association.
Z718.1 .I572 2000	Intellectual freedom for children : the censor is coming / written and compiled by The Intellectual Freedom Committee, Association for Library Service to Children, a division of The American Library Association.
Z716.4 .S26 2001	Intellectual freedom and social responsibility in American librarianship, 1967-1974 / by Toni Samek ; with a foreword by Sanford Berman.
Z711.4 .J66 1999	Libraries, Access and Intellectual Freedom : Developing Policies for Public and Academic Libraries / Barbara M. Jones.
Z659 .K58 2003	Libricide : the regime-sponsored destruction of books and libraries in the twentieth century / Rebecca Knuth.
AS36 .A52 No. 22	The Limits of Expression in American Intellectual Life.
PN1995.9.A72 R63 2004	Operation Hollywood : how the Pentagon shapes and censors the movies / David L. Robb.
LC89 .E38 1998	Opposing Censorship in the Public Schools : Religion, Morality, and Literature / June Edwards.
ML3918.P67 P65 2003	Policing pop / edited by Martin Cloonan and Reebee Garofalo.
PS374.P63 S36 2002	Scorned literature : essays on the history and criticism of popular mass-produced fiction in America / edited by Lydia Cushman Schurman and Deidre Johnson
PN4736 .S55 2005	Silenced : international journalists expose media censorship / edited by David Dadge.
Z658.U5 S7 1999	Speaking Out! : Voices in Celebration of Intellectual Freedom.
HQ471 .W45 2006	Virtually obscene : the case for an uncensored internet / Amy E. White ; foreword by Nadine Strossen.

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Internet Resources

Web Site Title	Web Address
ALA Banned Books Week 2007	http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm
American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression - Banned Books Week 2006	http://www.abffe.com/banned.htm
The American Civil Liberties Union	http://www.aclu.org/
Amnesty International USA - Banned Books Week	http://www.amnesty-usa.org/bannedbooks/index.html
Banned Books from 1932-1939	http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/burnedbooks/documents.htm
Book Burning - from the American Library Association	http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bookburning/bookburning.htm
Censorship and Challenges - from the American Library Association	www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/censors.html
Censored 2006 - The Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2004-2005	http://www.albiomonitor.com/0509a/pc2005.html
The Censorship Pages	http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/banned-books.html
deletecensorship.org	http://www.deletecensorship.org/homepage.html
Explore Banned Books with Google	http://books.google.com/googlebooks/banned/
The Free Expression Network	http://www.freeexpression.org/
The Freedom to Read Foundation	http://www.ala.org/ala/ourassociation/othergroups/ftrf/freedomreadfoundation.htm
"He Who Destroyes a Goode Booke, Kills Reason It Selfe..."	http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/exhibits/bannedbooks/prelims.html
Most Frequently Challenged Books - from the American Library Association	http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm
Frequently Challenged Classics - from the American Library Association	http://www.ala.org/pio/presskits/bbwkit/classics.html
Most Challenged Books of the 21st Century - from the American Library Association	http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/topten2000to2005.htm
National Coalition Against Censorship	www.ncac.org/
Notable First Amendment Cases - from the American Library Association	www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/1stcases.html
Selective Timeline of Censorship in the USA	http://www.ncac.org/timeline/2002.cfm

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Search Terms / Electronic Resources
Listed below are terms you may wish to try using while searching various print and electronic resources.

Search Terms

Electronic Resources

Banned Books Week
Prohibited books
Censorship
Book burning
Freedom of the press
Libraries-Censorship
Prior restraint
First Amendment

Anticensorship activists
Challenged books
Expurgated books
Intellectual freedom
Literature-censorship
Literature and morals
Intellectual freedom

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Contact Information

Mailing Address:	American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611
Phone Number:	(800)545-2433 extension 4221
E-Mail Address:	oif@ala.org
Web Address:	http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm

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