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Banned Books Week
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Rationale:
According to the American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom (2014), “Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community –- librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types –- in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.” As such this promotional plan is essential to our high school community and to our continued commitment to fostering a love and curiosity of reading. It is most appropriately supported by the library staff, Social Studies Department and English Department. Banned Books Week is an avenue to communicate to our community that our school library collection provides access to a wide-array of titles. According to Tunnel et al. (2012), “a love of reading cannot be taught generally; it depends on contact with specific titles, certain subjects and particular authors”(pg. 224).
According to the American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom (2014), “Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community –- librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types –- in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.” As such this promotional plan is essential to our high school community and to our continued commitment to fostering a love and curiosity of reading. It is most appropriately supported by the library staff, Social Studies Department and English Department. Banned Books Week is an avenue to communicate to our community that our school library collection provides access to a wide-array of titles. According to Tunnel et al. (2012), “a love of reading cannot be taught generally; it depends on contact with specific titles, certain subjects and particular authors”(pg. 224).