Celebrate Banned Books Week

Subversive. Objectionable. Offensive. Inappropriate. These are just a few of the terms used to describe many of the books that are challenged by society every year.

Once again, to participate in national Banned Books Week (Sept 26 - Oct 3, 2009), we have invited our staff to highlight some of their favorite banned books in our library collections!

The freedom to make your own decisions about what you want to read, and to have access to these items, are rights that libraries fully support. The University of Michigan's library collection reflects these
principles in its diversity - come get to know both our staff and our
collections a little better through these photos.

For more information on intellectual freedom, censorship, and to view
some banned book lists, go to:

Banned Books Week

Top 10 Challenged Books of 2008

Frequently Challenged Books

OCLC Banned
Book List

ACLU
FreedomWire

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items are from between 21 Sep 2007 & 01 Oct 2007.