October 5th marked the start of Banned Books Week, an annual event launched in 1982 to bring awareness to efforts to ban or challenge books in libraries, schools, and bookstores. This year’s theme, Censorship is so 1984, speaks to the continued encroachment of outside voices attempting to control what people can and cannot read.
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Sunday September 22nd marks the start of Banned Books Week 2024! This annual event brings awareness to library censorship happening around the country.
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Highlighting the work of Indigenous writers, poets, and storytellers.
Our latest display places the spotlight on some of the most interesting nonfiction received at the library during the last three months. Before they dissolve into the vastness of our stacks, we want to bring them to your attention. Here you will find a wide variety of highly recommended academic titles, as well as bestselling nonfiction that will appeal to all readers.
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March is Women’s History Month! While the very first International Women’s Day dates back to 1911, the designation of a full Women’s History Month didn’t happen until 1987 after being petitioned to Congress by the National Women’s History Project, an advocacy group based out of California.
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