2016 Banned Books Week Display Winners

Congratulations to the staff at the Augusta County Library and the Chesapeake Public Library, Central Branch — co-winners of the VLA 2016 Banned Books Week display contest, sponsored by the Intellectual Freedom Committee!

Augusta County Library

To celebrate Banned Books Week, Augusta County Library commissioned a local artist, Ben Thomas, to create a "mixed media piece by deconstructing and burning banned or challenged books" which had been donated to the library and which were in poor condition. The library also featured a “caught reading banned books” mugshot station, and separate displays of banned and challenged books in adult, teen, and children's areas. The library’s teen librarian visited a local middle school and gave 3 book talks about banned and challenged books. Get more information about the August County Library's Banned Books Week displays here.

FREE Job Search Workshop on Saturday November 12th at Alexandria Public Library

The Virginia Library Association is sponsoring a FREE Job Search Workshop on Saturday November 12th at Alexandria Public Library

Speakers with experience in Academic, Public and Federal libraries will offer tips for the entire job search process, from cover letters to interview skills. Reviewers will also be on hand to provide feedback on resumes and cover letters.

2016 Annual Banned (and Challenged) Books Week Display Contest

This week is Banned Books Week (September 25 - October 1) and if you're like many of us, your planned events are in full swing and your display is already generating conversation with your patrons. Fantastic!

Don't forget to document your events and displays so that you can submit them for our annual Banned (and Challenged) Books Week display contest. The Virginia Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee supports access to information in all its wonderful varieties, formats and genres. We want to help libraries across Virginia highlight their collections, including materials which have been challenged. 

Advance Registration for #2016VLA Ends October 12

More than 450 of your colleagues have already registered – please join us! Keynote address by Kwame Alexander, preconferences by national speakers such as Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, Jamie LaRue and Marci Merola, our inaugural Scholarship and Awards banquet, indoor mini-golf with the New Members Round Table, a VLACRL Conference-Within-A-Conference, a meal bundle, and almost 100 sessions to choose from, and so much more…join us as we Educate, Advocate, Promote, Praise and Repeat!