[LM_NET] Fwd: Censorship in Schools and Libraries Exhibit Available

[Carrie Gardner <carrieif@AOL.COM>]

Censorship 
in Schools and Libraries" exhibit available for Banned Books Week – September 27 
– October 4, 2008.


 


The 
Long Island Coalition Against Censorship 
is an association of 22 educational and community organizations (16 are public 
libraries and professional library organizations). The purpose of the Coalition 
is to defend challenges to the First Amendment rights of public and school 
libraries when there are efforts by individuals or groups to censor books and 
other materials


 


In 
planning an exhibit for Banned Books Week in the fall or at another time in 
2008-2009, you might wish to consider displaying the new edition of our exhibit, 
“Censorship in Schools and Libraries.”


 


The 
exhibit presents 32 illustrations of censorship each one approximately 11" x 14" 
with accompanying text that is 11" x 14." The history of censorship in public 
libraries and schools highlights incidents of censorship that have occurred 
nationally during the last 150 years. Included are descriptions of the 
censorship of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, In the Night 
Kitchen, The Catcher in the Rye, and the novels of Judy Blume and 
Chris Crutcher. The censorship of Susan Patron’s novel, The Higher Power of 
Lucky, which was awarded the Newbery Prize in 2007 is in the new edition. 
U.S. Supreme Court decisions (including the landmark school case in the 
Island 
Trees School 
District) and lower court decisions are an integral 
part of the exhibit. 


 


The 
2008 edition includes efforts to censor the popular Harry Potter’s children's 
books (Harry Potter books were burned in Alamogordo, New 
Mexico). Besides new cases, there is an update of 
censorship incidents in school libraries and classrooms that have occurred since 
1990. Quality copies have been reproduced which may be readily presented on 
posters or bulletin boards in your library and then retained by you as a 
reference source. If your space is 
limited, we suggest that you rotate the incidents of censorship during the time 
the exhibit is on display. Excerpts from the exhibit are on our web site 
www.the-licac.org. Click on Exhibits, "Censorship in 
Schools and Libraries" (for a description of the exhibit) and then Selected 
Cases. You may order the exhibit by e-mail or sending a purchase order to the LI 
Coalition Against Censorship, PO 
Box 296, Port Washington, N.Y. 11050. The cost of the exhibit 
including mailing charges is $40.00 postpaid by check. If you need 
further information our e-mail address is coalcen1@verizon.net or call (516) 
944-9799.


 


Donald 
Parker, Co-coordinator, LI Coalition Against Censorship


 


 


 


 


 


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