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=Banned Books Week=

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September 25−October 2, 2010
Banned Books Week (BBW): Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, this annual ALA event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. BBW celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them. After all, intellectual freedom can exist only where the freedom to express oneself and the freedom to choose what opinions and viewpoints to consume are both met. As the Intellectual Freedom Manual (ALA, 7th edition) states:

"Intellectual freedom can exist only where two essential conditions are met: first, that all individuals have the right to hold any belief on any subject and to convey their ideas in any form they deem appropriate; and second, that society makes an equal commitment to the right of unrestricted access to information and ideas regardless of the communication medium used, the content of the work, and the viewpoints of both the author and receiver of information. Freedom to express oneself through a chosen mode of communication, including the Internet, becomes virtually meaningless if access to that information is not protected. Intellectual freedom implies a circle, and that circle is broken if either freedom of expression or access to ideas is stiflled. "

Map of Challenged or Banned Books in the U.S.

=Links from the American Library Association site about Banned Books= [|Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read] [|Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2008] [|Banned and Challenged Classics] [|Most Frequently Challenged Authors] [|100 most frequently challenged books: 1990–1999] [|Reasons for Challenges]

[|The Online Books Page presents Banned Books Online]
This page was created by John Mark Ockerbloom from the University of Pennsylvania and features information about censorship throughout history and links to other information.

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