Save the Date!
Following the tradition established by the American Library Association (ALA) to observe Banned Books Week in each fall, we will dedicate a few posts to challenged and banned books this year too. Our goal is to join “the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers — in shared support of the freedom to seek and express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular,” as suggested by ALA. Stay tuned!
Resources
- Guide to Banned Books: Curated by New Brunswick librarians, this LibGuide provides an overview of challenging books and a brief summary of events at Rutgers-New Brunswick.
Selected posts from previous years
Banned books display in Chang Library (2023)
- Introduction to Banned Books (Nicholas Allred)
- What is a Zine? (Megan Lotts)
- What is Samizdat? (Judit H. Ward)
- Banned No More (Nancy Kranich)
- Banned Bestsellers (Julie Rossano)
- Big Ben Lying Down with Banned Books (Judit H. Ward)
- Banned Books as a Parenting Tool (Becky Diamond)
- New Hungarian Law Challenges Librarians (Judit H. Ward)
- The Banned Books of Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives (Tara Maharjan)
- The Library Book (Becky Diamond)
- Intellectual Freedom Stories from a Shifting Landscape (Judit H. Ward/Megan Lotts)
- Slaughterhouse Five: Recreational Reading to Research Paper (Lindsey Jones)
- The Judy Blume Rest Area: A Lesson in Free Speech and Democracy (Judit H. Ward)
- Banned or Challenged (Judit H. Ward)