Please note the following updates to IRC hours for
Tues. April 13 - Thurs. April 15
Regular hours resume on Friday, 4/16. A complete listing of IRC hours and updates is available on our website.
New Database
Feature Films for Education, part of the Infobase Films on Demand Collection, has been added to our list of database resources. A complete listing of Library database resources is available on the A to Z Database List.
About the Resource:
"Teach with the best Hollywood has to offer and harness the storytelling power of film as a tool for engaging and inspiring students. The Feature Films for Education Collection offers hundreds of full-length feature films for educational instructional purposes. Brought to you in partnership with Global Eagle, this outstanding collection focuses on both current and hard-to-find titles, including dramas, literary adaptations, blockbusters, classics, science fiction, environmental titles, foreign films, social issues, animation studies, Academy Award® winners, and more" (Infobase, 2021).
Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2020
This infographic, from ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom, provides an overview of the ten most challenged books of 2020. Click here to view a full-sized version of the infographic.
About the Infographic: "The American Library Association tracked 156 challenges to library, school, and university materials and services in 2020. A challenge is an attempt to remove or or restrict materials or services based on content. Overall, 273 books were targeted" (ALA, OIF 2021)
Censorship by the Numbers
This infographic from ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom provides an overview of reasons for challenges, who initiated the challenge, where challenges take place, and additional book details. Click here to view the full-sized image.
It's National Library Week!
The American Library Association's State of America's Libraries report 2021 was released yesterday. It included the Top 10 #BannedBooksList, the most frequently challenged books of 2020.
"The American Library Association tracked 156 challenges to library, school, and university materials and services in 2020. Of the 273 books that were challenged or banned, here are the “Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2020,” along with the reasons cited for censoring the titles." - ALA YouTube Channel