Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States.
At the MidValley and Pecan campus libraries, displays are up showing books that have been banned in the past. In addition, the Pecan campus library will be showing the movie Salt of the Earth, an American classic film, but at the time time of it’s release, the movie had a lot of trouble getting released. The movie will be shown on Sept. 29 at 12pm at F-102.
Enjoy the displays below:
Display at Pecan Library
Display at MidValley Library
To find out more about Banned Books, please visit ALA’s website: http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/
Contributed by Patricia Saenz Library Technician at MidValley and Esther Garcia, Library Specialist at Pecan.
