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Happy Banned Book Week!

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Thanks for everyone who took part in our Banned Book Week debate at the TAG meeting on Tuesday, though you probably all know my opinions on the subject, it was great to hear your opinions and I'm glad we were able to discuss them in a respectful way. :)

As this week draws to a close, I wanted to post a link to one of the greatest explanations I've read about why libraries do not (and should not) remove/ban books that are challenged. If you don't want to read it, that's cool but here it is: Letter to a Concerned Patron

And I really wish I'd found this website earlier: http://bannedbooksweek.org/index.html
Next year I'll be more prepared!

And of course this really interesting map of reported book challenges across the country: http://bannedbooksweek.org/Mapofbookcensorship.html from 2007-2009, but these are only the ones reported to the American Library Association.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!


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