Virginia Library Association » Intellectual Freedom http://www.vla.org Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:25:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Banned Books Week 2010 (Sept. 25-Oct.2, 2011) http://www.vla.org/2010/06/30/banned-books-week-2010-sept-25-oct-2-2011/ http://www.vla.org/2010/06/30/banned-books-week-2010-sept-25-oct-2-2011/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:42:43 +0000 tcoggins http://www.vla.org/wordpress/?p=1657 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 [...]]]> 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 one of the most banned books of all time.

Send photos of your display by Oct. 9, 2010 to Jim Sanderson IFC Chair, either by mail to James W. Sanderson; West Avenue Library; 2907 West Avenue; Newport News, VA. 23607; or by email to jsanderson@nngov.com.

What is the prize? Bragging Rights when the winner is announced at the VLA Conference in Portsmouth!

For more information, use the following URL: http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm

]]> http://www.vla.org/2010/06/30/banned-books-week-2010-sept-25-oct-2-2011/feed/ 0 IFC Announces Banned Books Week Display Contest Winner http://www.vla.org/2009/11/10/ifc-announces-banned-books-week-display-contest-winner/ http://www.vla.org/2009/11/10/ifc-announces-banned-books-week-display-contest-winner/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:41:36 +0000 tcoggins http://www.vla.org/wordpress/?p=1040 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 [...]]]> 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 Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression (http://www.tjcenter.org/monument/) to spread the message about access to information and ideas. The VLA IFC congratulates both library systems.

]]> http://www.vla.org/2009/11/10/ifc-announces-banned-books-week-display-contest-winner/feed/ 0 IFC Announces ProQuest VLA Intellectual Freedom Winner http://www.vla.org/2009/11/10/ifc-announces-proquest-vla-intellectual-freedom-winner/ http://www.vla.org/2009/11/10/ifc-announces-proquest-vla-intellectual-freedom-winner/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:38:27 +0000 tcoggins http://www.vla.org/wordpress/?p=1039 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. [...]]]> Judy KrugThe 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. Krug’s honor.

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