Archive for the ‘Sellwood Library’ tag
Banned Book Week – Read & Celebrate!
Libraries and Librarians are often under appreciated, overwhelmed, and seemingly at odds with the demands of contemporary culture. Yet, they have adapted remarkable well to digital shift and still function as a hub for community and culturally relevant information.
Since 1982, participating libraries across the United States have celebrated the last week of September as Banned Book Week. The event celebrates freedom of speech and to a larger extent complete intellectual freedom. Its aims to “teach the importance of our First Amendment rights and the power of literature, and to draw attention to the danger that exists when restraints are imposed on the availability of information in a free society.”
Sellwood Public Library : Portland, Oregon
The library and librarian were LexisNexus before there was Google. With all the discussion about Creative Commons, Google Book Search, and copyright, your local library just keep trudging onward. Godspeed Mr. and Mrs. Librarian, you’ve been with us for a few millennia and hopefully more than a few more. Enjoy banned book week.
Thanks to the ALA.
