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News and Events:
Events:
2009 Banned Books Week (September 27 - October 3) at Rutgers University Libraries
Welcome to Banned Books Week at Rutgers University Libraries
Banned Books Video PodcastsThe Libraries presented during Banned Books Week, a series of video podcasts of volunteer readers from Rutgers faculty, staff, and students, all reading their "favorite" banned/challenged books. These podcasts were only posted temporarily (for fair use purposes) and are no longer available.
IntroductionBanned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, the annual event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them. Books are usually challenged with the best intentions--to protect others, frequently children, from difficult ideas and information. Throughout history, more and different kinds of people and groups of all persuasions, for all sorts of reasons, have attempted--and continue to attempt--to suppress anything that conflicts with or anyone who disagrees with their own beliefs. Most of the books featured during Banned Books Week were not banned, thanks to the efforts of librarians to maintain them in their collections. Banned Books Week provides opportunities to reflect on the importance of our First Amendment rights and the power of literature, while drawing attention to the danger that exists when restraints are imposed on the availability of information in a free society. The Rutgers University Libraries are proud to mark Banned Books Week, for a second year in a row, with a series of events open to students, faculty, staff, and the general public. Background on Banned Books Week Faculty Panel Discussions
Academic and Intellectual Freedom Climate on Campus--Are our Freedoms
Secure in the Next Generation?
Panelists:
I Know Why the Caged Book Sings - Reading and Identity
Panelists: Movie Nights at the Library
Fahrenheit 451° (1966) Fahrenheit 451°(1966) based on novel of the same name by Ray Bradbury. Directed by François Truffaut (his first color film, first and only English language film); Produced by Lewis M. Allen; Screenplay by Jean-Louis Ricard, François Truffaut. Discussion following the screening facilitated by Kevin Mulcahy, Faculty Librarian.
Salt of the Earth (1954) Salt of the Earth (1954), blacklisted American film made during the height of the McCarthy era by a group of blacklisted filmmakers who were among the best the brightest Hollywood talent of the day. The film is based on a 1950 strike by zinc miners in Silver City, NM. Directed by Herman Biberman; Produced by Paul Jarrico, Sonja Dahl Biberman, Adolfo Barela; Screenplay by Michael Wilson, Michael Biberman. Discussion following the screening facilitated by Donna Schulman, Faculty Librarian.
Paul Robeson Library on the Rutgers-Camden campus And Tango Makes Three was challenged in school districts all over the United States. Parents claimed that it was unsuitable for young readers, promoted an anti-family point of view, and was thematically of a highly sexual nature. This highly controversial story of forbidden love behind bars will be read by Paul Robeson Reference Librarian, Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic. An in-depth discussion and analysis will be led by Mary Krebs Flaherty, M.A., English (Rutgers Camden), & Senior Administrative Assistant in the Camden FMS Department. Parents nationwide demanded that this book be removed from library shelves. Are some books simply too shocking to allow children to read? Come hear the story and decide for yourself. | ||||
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Posted September 24, 2009
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