Juvenile Books • Non Fiction

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the second floor, outside of the IRC, or in their regular location.

• The 21: the True Story of the Youth Who Sued the U.S. Government over climate Change
  GE230.R87 2023
• Loud and Proud: The Life of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm
  E840.8.C48 C55 2022
• A Few Beautiful Minutes; Experiencing a Solar Eclipse
  QB541.5.F68 2023
• They Hold the Line: Wildfires, Wildlands, and the Firefighters Who Brave Them
  SD421.23.P35 2023
• 365: How to Count a Year
  CE13.P38 2023
• My Life with Tourette Syndrome
  RJ496.T68 S38 2024
• Friend of Numbers: The Life of Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan
  QA29.R3 N36 2023
• The Antiracist Kitchen: 21 Stories (and Recipes)
  HT1563.A58 2023
   

Juvenile Books • Fiction & YA Fiction

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the second floor, outside of the IRC, or in their regular location.

• Three Tasks for a Dragon
  PZ7.C677475 Th 2023
• Tiger Daughter
  PZ7.L6342 ti 2023
• Finch House
  PZ7.1B8725 Fi 2023
• Wrecker
  PZ7.H493 Wr 2023
• I'll Tell You Know Lies
  PZ7.1.M4334 Il 2023
   

Juvenile Books • Picture Books

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the second floor, outside of the IRC, or in their regular location.

• There Was a Party for Langston
  PZ7.R33593 Th 2023
• The Walk
  PZ7.1.B5347 Wal 2023
• Something, Someday
  PZ7.1.G65767 So 2023
• Stickler Loves the World
  PZ7.S6538 St 2023
• Once, A Bird
  PS8587.I5583.O53 2023
• The Truth About Dragons
  PZ7.1.L4856 Tr 2023
   

Juvenile Books • YA Fiction

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the second floor, outside of the IRC, or in their regular location.

• Where You See Yourself
  PZ7.1.F66266 Wh 2023
• Forgive Me Not
  PZ7.1.B3513 Fo 2023

Juvenile Books • Fiction

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the second floor, outside of the IRC, or in their regular location.

• Kin: Rooted in Hope
  PZ7.5.W31 Ki 2023
• Dogtown
  PZ7.A6483 Dn 2023
• Stuntboy, In-Between Time
  PZ7.R33593 Ss 2021
• The Lost Library
  PZ7.S80857 Lo 2023

IRC Fall Break Hours

IRC Fall Break Hours 

The IRC will be closed Friday, October 13th through Sunday, October 15th during fall break.  Our fall hours schedule resumes on Monday, October 16th. A complete listing of IRC Hours & Updates is posted on the main library calendar.  We wish you a relaxing fall break!

Juvenile Books • Non Fiction

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the second floor, outside of the IRC, or in their regular location.

• Tenacious: Fifteen Adventures Alongside Disabled Athletes
  GV22.5.P37 C57 2023
• Recipes for Change: 12 Dishes Inspired by a Year in Black History
  Tx715.2.A47
• When Moon Became the Moon
  QB582.H63 2023
• Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and heroism in Nazi Europe
  D804.34.S537 2023

Juvenile Books • Picture Books

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the second floor, outside of the IRC, or in their regular location.

• ¡Vamos! : Let's Go Read
  PZ7.1.R383 Va 2023
• I'm From
  PZ7.1.G7328 Iam 2023
• It's Fall!
  PZ8.3.K956 It 2023
• I am Cat!
  PZ8.3.B4466 Iam 2023
• In the Dark
  PZ7.1.H62 In 2023
• Cat Sees Snow
  PZ7.G2588 Cats 2023
• Harlem at Four
  PZ7.1.D33557 Har 2023

Banned & Challenged Books • 2023

2023 Preliminary Data

School Library Journal reports that the American Library Association has released the following preliminary data on 2023 Book Bans.

Between January 1 and August 31, ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom reported: 

•  Documented challenges to 1,915 unique titles (a 20 percent increase from 2022) 
•  695 attempts to censor library materials and services 
•  Most challenges were to books written by or about a person of color or a member of the LGBTQIA+ community 
•  Cases documenting a challenge to 100 or more books were reported in 11 states, compared to six during the same reporting period in 2022 and zero in 2021. 
• Record surge of challenges in public libraries.

Read the SLJ News & Features article here, it includes the full ALA Press Release.

Banned Books Week Library Guide

Celebrate Banned Books Week 

Take time this week to explore Archer Library's Banned Books Week library guide. Learn more about the differences between banned vs challenged books, resources available in library collections, Banned Book Week infographics, and additional details about the Top 10 Challenged Books in 2022. New titles are not the only ones being challenged, view the section on Challenged Classics and titles such as Of Mice and Men, The Call of the Wild, and Beloved.

Censorship by the Numbers

A Closer Look • Top 13 Banned Books of 2022

Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022

Banned Books Week Display 

Visit our Banned Books Week display on the second floor, directly outside of the Instructional Resource Center for bookmarks, buttons, word search puzzles, and flyers. Stay tuned to the IRC Blog, more Banned Books Week posts are planned.

Banned Books Week