Society of Secret Library Friends
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A group of library workers and allies working together to support libraries. Idaho chapter.
This year for Banned Books Week, an Idaho sheriff has provided an amazing real life example of censorship that will help librarians across the state teach about the freedom to read cdapress.com/news/2023/se...
Sheriff scopes out explicit library books
Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris said he has heard from both sides about reportedly inappropriate materials available to youth at local libraries.
cdapress.com
September 27, 2023 at 10:48 PM
This year for Banned Books Week, an Idaho sheriff has provided an amazing real life example of censorship that will help librarians across the state teach about the freedom to read cdapress.com/news/2023/se...
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The freedoms to read, write, inquire, learn, and create are essential to the mission of public schools and libraries and fundamental elements of a free, informed, and educated citizenry.
September 24, 2023 at 7:06 PM
The freedoms to read, write, inquire, learn, and create are essential to the mission of public schools and libraries and fundamental elements of a free, informed, and educated citizenry.
“The bombarding of our local libraries with book challenges comes at a high cost. It is a cost burden that is borne by all taxpayers, yet it is being driven by very few people who are not representative of the majority of Americans who oppose book banning.” www.unionleader.com/opinion/op-e...
Pete Bromberg, Sy Montgomery and Katherine Towler: The overwhelming cost of book banning
BOOK CHALLENGES in libraries are nothing new, but until recently they generally involved a single title, in a single library, being filed by one person. Such challenges are best handled
www.unionleader.com
September 22, 2023 at 12:56 AM
“The bombarding of our local libraries with book challenges comes at a high cost. It is a cost burden that is borne by all taxpayers, yet it is being driven by very few people who are not representative of the majority of Americans who oppose book banning.” www.unionleader.com/opinion/op-e...
“Even those with sincere objections to books’ content are eliminating others’ agency to choose for themselves. They’re eliminating those students’ access to experience that will allow them to grow, to understand experiences and perspectives other than their own.” bycommonconsent.com/2023/09/19/m...
Mormons Don’t Ban Books
I remember a small handful of occasions sitting in sacrament meeting as a teenager and listening to a talk where the speaker mentioned that they had requested that their child be excused from readi…
bycommonconsent.com
September 20, 2023 at 11:06 PM
“Even those with sincere objections to books’ content are eliminating others’ agency to choose for themselves. They’re eliminating those students’ access to experience that will allow them to grow, to understand experiences and perspectives other than their own.” bycommonconsent.com/2023/09/19/m...
We’re in the top ten, folks! More than 100 different book titles were challenged in Idaho in the last 8 months.
September 20, 2023 at 10:46 PM
We’re in the top ten, folks! More than 100 different book titles were challenged in Idaho in the last 8 months.