Staff at StorySnoops hope to stimulate conversation surrounding the effects of censorship through interviews.

They’ll feature blogging librarians:

Abby the Librarian
Mighty Little Librarian
Ms. Yingling Reads

Plus these young adult authors whose novels have faced challenges:

Meg Cabot
Judy Blume
Ellen Hopkins

They also have Carol Rasco, President and CEO of Reading is Fundamental, in the guest lineup.

Watch for interviews via storysnoops.com/blog during Banned Books Week from Sept. 25th, – Oct. 2nd.

Reminder: this Friday, August 27th is the deadline for two Freedom to Read Foundation grants.

“The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF), through its Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund, will provide two grants—one for $2,500 and one for $1,000—to two organizations to support “Read-Outs” celebrating Banned Books Week 2010.  Applications for the grants will be accepted through Aug. 27, and the announcements will be made the week of Sept. 6.  Banned Books Week 2010 will be held Sept. 25–Oct. 2.”

related NDLA IF Blog post

From article by Sharon Roznik | August 11, 2010

“Parents of students in Fond du Lac Schools will be notified during the first week of school that they can monitor what their child is reading.

Although means to block library reading materials has been in place since the days of card catalogs, a new state-of-the art software program makes it that much easier, said Fond du Lac School District Curriculum and Instruction Coordinator John Whitsett.

During a work session held Monday, the Fond du Lac Board of Education got an overview of the new Alexandria Library Automation software program. Blocks can be put on authors, book titles and certain subjects, to an extent.

“It can be used as an alert system if parents want to tag authors and book titles they do not want their children to read, but it will not be a content filter,” said School Board President Eric Everson.

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The ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom provides access to IF-related speaker sessions from ALA Annual 2010 via their blog http://www.oif.ala.org/oif/.

Embedded videos and links are provided for:

• Blasphemy! When Religious Values Clash with Intellectual Freedom Values
• Burning Man, Libraries and the 21st Century: The Intersection of the Individual and Society
• Ethics in a Digital World: Using Policies to Guide Professional and Personal Presence in Social Networking Spaces
• Intellectual Freedom Issues Briefing