The Value of Free & Open Access - Banned Books Week
It is Banned Books Week. Banned Books Week, sponsored by the American Library Association, is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Books featured in the Copley Library at Eaglebrook this week have all been targeted for removal or restrictions in libraries and schools. Banned Books Week highlights the value of free and open access to information.
Eaglebrook’s librarian Anna Bognolo had this to say about Banned Books Week, “More often than not, banned (or challenged) books deal with topics and/or real-life situations that make some people feel very uncomfortable -- uncomfortable because such books pose difficult questions that are hard to answer. Ironically, these books are precisely the ones that we should be making available in our libraries and teaching in our schools. The banning of books means we lose an opportunity to have a conversation, to better understand the multiple perspectives of our world, and to become better global citizens. This is why I choose to celebrate banned books.”
See photos of Eaglebrook students and faculty showing their support for banned and challenged books, and watch a video about Banned Books Week here.
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