If you, like me, are a resident of the United States and visit your local library frequently, you will have noticed that every year your library will do some sort of observance of the American Library Association’s “Banned Books Week.” Likely there will be a display of “banned books” in the library and on its social media.
I would like to direct the author to the special issue of Library Trends "“The West Bend Challenges: Open Access and Intellectual Freedom in the Twenty-First Century“ [which] serves as “a case study of a library confronting organized challenge to its execution of its role in American culture,” and the articles contained within the issue reflect a broad range of important perspectives to help understand the West Bend controversy, and apply its lessons beyond the borders of this Wisconsin city."
You might like this Lightning Round presentation "How DEI and Critical Librarianship Have Become Threats to Free Speech" that I am doing at the Florida Library Association Conference next month as I address deselection/failure to purchase as censorship. https://youtu.be/l4uUMnIuF5s
"The fact that I needed the First Amendment to protect me from other librarians is absurd". That truly is absurd, and what a disappointing statement on the change the profession has taken over the last ten years that this comment can even be made today. I'd be interested to hear how your presentation is received next month!
I would like to direct the author to the special issue of Library Trends "“The West Bend Challenges: Open Access and Intellectual Freedom in the Twenty-First Century“ [which] serves as “a case study of a library confronting organized challenge to its execution of its role in American culture,” and the articles contained within the issue reflect a broad range of important perspectives to help understand the West Bend controversy, and apply its lessons beyond the borders of this Wisconsin city."
I think being able to point to a collection that truly represents all viewpoints is the best defense to these challenges.
Interestingly I started working on a piece yesterday that shares some overlap with this one.
Thanks for this article. It’s so important to hear this perspective especially from the point of view of a library user.
You might like this Lightning Round presentation "How DEI and Critical Librarianship Have Become Threats to Free Speech" that I am doing at the Florida Library Association Conference next month as I address deselection/failure to purchase as censorship. https://youtu.be/l4uUMnIuF5s
"The fact that I needed the First Amendment to protect me from other librarians is absurd". That truly is absurd, and what a disappointing statement on the change the profession has taken over the last ten years that this comment can even be made today. I'd be interested to hear how your presentation is received next month!
Always an important discussion
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