Many libraries, including the SWOSU Libraries, will celebrate the 2018 Banned Books Week and the freedom to read during the week of September 23-29. Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States. Hundreds of books are challenged or removed from libraries each year. A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group, but a banning is the actual removal of those materials. More information on banned/challenged books can be found on the American Library Association's frequently challenged books pages.
We hope you will come by and see our displays of just some of the hundreds of books that have been banned or challenged over the years.
Come help us celebrate our freedom to read!
