“By releasing the list of Top 10 Most Challenged Books each year, ALA recognizes all of the brave authors whose work challenges readers with stories that disrupt the status quo and offer fresh perspectives on tough issues,” said ALA President Lessa Kanani’opua Pelayo-Lozada. “The list also...
Organized censorship groups, the report indicates, are creating lists of books they want to see banned from libraries. The use of these lists, the Office for Intellectual Freedom points out, “contributed significantly to the skyrocketing number of challenges and the frequency with which each title ...
the presentation of new ALA plats like Unite Against Book Bans and long-standing ones such as Banned Books Week or the review of the Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022 should not just be seen as data to consume,but rather as tools that can help libraries convene,empower,and mobilize ...
10、but preserve library services more broadly.Towards that end,the information and data contained in this report,the presentation of new ALA platforms like Unite Against Book Bans and long-standing ones such as Banned Books Week or the review of the Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022 should...
banned books to the shelves of the public library.In Arkansas,libraries,librarians,and library users joined to challenge Arkansas Act 372,a law passed in 2023 that would restrict minors access to books in bookstores and libraries located within the state and allow any person residing in Arkansas...