Banned Book Week 2016

Artwork by ALA

Each year during September, Sullivan University Library joins the American Library Association in observing Banned Books Week. An annual celebration of our right to access books and materials without censorship, Banned Books Week commemorates the most basic freedom in a democratic society—the freedom to read freely—and encourages us not to take this freedom for granted.

Since 1990, the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom has recorded more than 10,000 book challenges. A challenge is a formal, written complaint requesting a book be removed from library shelves or school curriculum. While books have been and continue to be banned, the fact is that, in a majority of cases, the challenged books have remained available. This happens only thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, students, and community members who stand up and speak out for the freedom to read. (ALA, 2016).

Visit the library to browse through our Banned Books Week display, and go to the library’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/SullivanLex) and blog (http://lexlibrary.blogspot.com/) to see–and learn about–some of the books that have been banned or challenged. To learn more about Banned Books Week, you can also visit http://www.ala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/.

National Library Week @ the Sullivan Lexington Library

 

From the American Library Association:

National Library Week will be observed April 10-16, 2016 with the theme, "Libraries Transform."

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. All types of libraries - school, public, academic and special - participate.

Help us celebrate by coming in to the library and sharing how libraries (hopefully this one!) has transformed your life, or simply why you like our library.

You'll receive a blank sheet similar to this:

You'll be loaned a marker to fill in the blank. You may say something like this:

Really, you can say anything complimentary about the library that you want.