RT @internetarchive
It's #RightToReadDay, a national day of action to defend the freedom to read in your community. 📕 Did you know that @openlibrary librarians & volunteers curate collections of challenged & banned books? If it's banned locally, try our library ⤵️
https://openlibrary.org/collections/banned-books

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RT @internetarchive
Fight censorship on #RightToReadDay! Last week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a unanimous resolution supporting library digital rights: "Digital libraries are necessary to protect democratized access to information, knowledge, and truth"
http://blog.archive.org/2023/04/20/san-francisco-board-of-supervisors-unanimously-passes-resolution-in-support-of-digital-rights-for-libraries/
https://twitter.com/internetarchive/status/1650590436266737666

“Overall, more than 2,500 unique titles were targeted in 2022, the highest number of attempted book bans and restrictions since the association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom began keeping track of this data more than 20 years ago.”

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/the-most-banned-and-challenged-books-of-2022

#bannedbooks #library #RightToReadDay

Mrs. Seidman was the name of the children’s librarian at my public library when I was a kid. Ms. Mirer was the name of my elementary school librarian. We remember the names of the people who make a difference in our lives. #NationalLibraryWeek
#RightToReadDay

At least here in the Dragon Conspiracy Territory, it's a fine line to walk between providing information (which I can do on work time and with work resources) and political advocacy (which I can't,) so library workers, who know, often can't act.

If you are thinking the best thing to do on #RightToReadDay is to buy or read a banned book, you've bought into a shallow framing. The best thing you can do today is punish a politician for trying to ban your neighbor's, child's, or your existence.

As part of #RightToReadDay, I took a look at the Unlucky Thirteen (the top 10 had a tie at 5 and four books holding down the 10 spot), and let's see:

* All 13 challenged for acknowledging the existence of sex
* 7/13 challenged for queerness (and therefore queer sex)
* 1 explicitly challenged for "EDI content", several more likely tacitly challenged for non-whiteness.

Perhaps most tellingly, 90% of the challenges recorded came in packs, almost certainly cribbing or copying from created lists.

RT @ALALibrary
Calling all readers, library lovers, and advocates! It’s the Monday of #NationalLibraryWeek, and we’re kicking things off with #RightToReadDay. Suit up, because it’s time to protect your freedom to read. Let’s get started. https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-read-day/

RT @OCLC
It's #NationalLibraryWeek! ❤️📚 @ALALibrary is calling on readers, advocates, & library lovers to fight back against censorship today and beyond as part of #RightToReadDay.

⤵️ Learn how you can take action to defend the freedom to read from @UABookBans. https://oc.lc/3n7GOVz

@Mer__edith
#RightToReadDay

A memoir about growing up nonbinary and asexual has once again topped the American Library Association’s annual list of the most challenged books—and new data shows that in a year of record censorship attempts, the “vast majority” targeted books with LGBTQIA+ and/or BIPOC characters. #RighttoReadDay #QueerKidLit

Kicking off #NationalLibraryWeek, today is #RightToReadDay. Learn more about the annual list of Top 10 Most Challenged Books and State of America's Libraries Report: https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2023/04/national-library-week-kicks-highly-anticipated-annual-list-top-10-most

#libraries #censorship

As we start #NationalLibraryWeek and on this #RightToReadDay, let’s all resolve to show up at our local school board meetings this spring to speak out about book banning and censorship. Let’s all resolve to show up and vote in our local school board elections this spring. #ALA

"The Monday of National Library Week - April 24, 2023 - will mark one year since the launch of the Unite Against Book Bans campaign... We're calling it Right to Read Day.

...The American Library Association will release its list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2022. The list follows ALA's recent unveiling of data showing record-shattering attempts to remove books from school and public libraries...

Join us on #RightToReadDay "
https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-read-day/

#BannedBooks #BookBans #fREADom

Tomorrow (April 24) is #RightToReadDay. There are bunches of things you can do to mark the day, some as simple as checking out a banned book from your local library.

My (73 yo) mom & I were talking about the #GOPWarOnFreedom this morning--specifically about the ironically named Moms For Liberty, their book banning, & their efforts to destroy school libraries. She's pissed. We're all pissed. FIGHT AGAINST IT.

#USPolitics #Reading #BannedBOoks #WritingCommunity

https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-read-day/

The #RightToReadDay is tomorrow, Monday, April 24. Check out a frequently challenged book! Write a letter! Many ways to participate. https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-read-day/