[OPLINLIST] Banned Books Discussion

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  Banned Books Week: Sharing Session <http://www.gclc.org/viewevent?id=832>

Join us for a discussion of Banned Books Week and share your thoughts on 
censorship and intellectual freedom. What programs will your library 
promote during Banned Books Week? What displays will your library create 
for Banned Books Week? How can libraries stress the importance of free 
speech and how can intellectual freedom be promoted? To what extent do 
libraries "censor" their collections when pressured by the community? 
Come and share your tips and tricks while we discuss Banned Books!

If your library has put together displays for BBW or if you plan to, 
please bring these ideas (and the materials, if possible) to the 
discussion!


      Date

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006


      Time

2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.


      Location

SWON Libraries Office


      Description

Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read, and will be celebrated 
Sept. 23-30, 2006. Banned Books Week brings to light books that have 
been challenged or banned and questions the implications of censoring 
these materials.

According to ALA, "Banned Books Week (BBW) celebrates the freedom to 
choose or the freedom to express one's opinion even if that opinion 
might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance 
of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints 
to all who wish to read them. After all, intellectual freedom can exist 
only where these two essential conditions are met."

"Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and 
no such Thing as publick Liberty, without Freedom of Speech."---Benjamin 
Franklin


      Contributing Member of SWON Libraries

Free, but registration is required


      Friend of SWON Libraries

Free, but registration is required


      Contributing Member of NEO-RLS, NORWELD, or SERLS

Free, but registration is required


      Other

$10 donation to SWON Libraries

The deadline to register is Tuesday, August 29th, 2006


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