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This is not just about opera

This is not just about opera
Roger Sutton | Blogs,  Jun 18, 2014

The Metropolitan Opera’s cancellation of the announced HD broadcast of The Death of Klinghoffer is galling for a number of reasons. The Met’s decision to stage the opera (albeit with a note in the program by Leon Klinghoffer’s daughters, who have condemned the work as anti-Semitic)  but not broadcast it will please nobody. It is […]

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Banned Comics Week is Coming

Banned Comics Week is Coming
Eva Volin | Blogs,  Jun 09, 2014
The Banned Books Week planning committee and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) are teaming up to bring us BBW with a twist: Banned Comics Week.
Representing the Muslim American Experience

Representing the Muslim American Experience
Laila Alawa,  May 01, 2014
In a world where misinformation about Muslim Americans takes place daily, we have a chance to build understanding among children through our library collections.
Request to Ban ‘Two Boys Kissing’ from Virginia High School Library Denied

Request to Ban ‘Two Boys Kissing’ from Virginia High School Library Denied
Sandy Chung,  Apr 30, 2014
On April 23, Virginia’s Fauquier County Public Schools held a review and public hearing to consider a parent’s appeal to remove David Levithan’s Two Boys Kissing—an LGBTQ-themed book—from the school district’s libraries. The board voted a unanimous decision to keep the title in the school district's libraries.
Idaho's Meridian School District Votes to Keep Hold on 'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian'

Idaho's Meridian School District Votes to Keep Hold on 'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian'
Carolyn Sun,  Apr 24, 2014
On April 2, Idaho’s Meridian County School Board voted 2-1 to continue the hold on Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian keeping the title off the school curriculum’s supplemental book list—and many Meridian educators are not happy about it. Alexie's book, published by Little Brown, is the #2 most banned book in the country, according to 2012 figures from the American Library Association.
SLJ Columnist Pat Scales Addresses Censorship Concerns in Libraries

SLJ Columnist Pat Scales Addresses Censorship Concerns in Libraries
Pat Scales,  Apr 17, 2014
Librarian and SLJ columnist Pat Scales responds to a range of censorship issues from librarians around the country.
8,000 Schools to Join 'Day of Silence' on April 11, Protesting LGBTQ Student Harassment

8,000 Schools to Join 'Day of Silence' on April 11, Protesting LGBTQ Student Harassment
Sarah Bayliss,  Apr 09, 2014
Hundreds of thousands of students will take a vow of silence on Friday, April 11, to raise awareness of the silencing impact of bullying, name calling, and harassment of LGBTQ youth in schools.
Banned Books Week Grant Applications Due April 30

Banned Books Week Grant Applications Due April 30
SLJ,  Apr 04, 2014
The Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund is disbursing grants to organizations to assist them stage "Read-Outs" or other events for this year's Banned Books Week (September 21 - 27).
Moving moment No. 6

Moving moment No. 6
Roger Sutton | Blogs,  Mar 17, 2014

Ooh, who remembers this one? In 1982, the library systems of Chicago, Milwaukee, and San Francisco banned Margot Zemach’s Jake and Honeybunch Go to Heaven from their collections (Chicago, from where I followed the whole story avidly, did include it in its two regional research libraries). Unlike the headlines, still popular today, that too-loosely use […]

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