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Banned Books Week 2010 (Sept. 25-Oct.2, 2011)

Banned Books Week 2010 (September25- October2): Display Contest

The Intellectual Freedom Committee urges all libraries to mark Banned Books week this year by creating displays in your facilities. Library users might not realize that many books are vulnerable to being banned, not just the books that they do not like. For example, the Bible is [...]

IFC Announces Banned Books Week Display Contest Winner

The winner of the 2009 Intellectual Freedom Committee’s Banned Books display contest is the Henrico County Public Library System for its innovative involvement of the library building and its users in its Banned Books week display. The runner-up this year is the Jefferson Madison Regional Library for its reaching out and partnering with the Thomas [...]

IFC Announces ProQuest VLA Intellectual Freedom Winner

The VLA Intellectual Freedom Committee is pleased to announce that the 2009 ProQuest VLA Intellectual Freedom Award winner is Judith Krug. The Committee recommended that the award honor Ms. Krug posthumously for her lifetime of work on behalf of intellectual freedom. The cash award has been presented to the Freedom to Read Foundation in Ms. [...]