Banned Books Read-Out!

BANNED BOOKS READ-OUT!
Monday, Sept. 23 - Friday, Sept. 27

Join us at the Library for Banned Books Week as members of the Champlain community read out from their favorite banned books.  Readings will be going on periodically throughout each day from 10am-4pm.  We'll be outside if it's nice, inside the Tower Room (in the corner with all the windows) on the First Floor if it's not.  Check back often, and hang out with us!

For more on Banned Books Week, visit our Banned Books blogpost.

Banned Books Week! Monday, Sept. 23-Friday, Sept. 27

Greetings, provocateurs, creative minds, and proponents of free-speech --

The Library is excited to announce an event in honor of Banned Books Week, running this year from Monday, Sept. 23 through Friday, Sept. 27.  

What's a Banned Book?  Banned books are those that have restricted access.  These books have been removed from libraries and classrooms in areas across the country based upon objections of a person or group.  Proposals to ban books stem from many different causes, from profanity to sexuality, and other topics that some consider "unpopular" or even "unorthodox."  Check out our display on the First Floor featuring a number of banned books from our collection.  We bet you'll be surprised by some of the titles you see there!

What's Banned Books Week?  An annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment by bringing attention to the dangers of censorship.  Libraries promote the freedom to choose or express any and all opinions, even if those opinions go against the grain or challenge the "status quo."  Ensuring that even those "objectionable" viewpoints are available for anyone who wishes to read them is important to us.  Banned Books Week gives us a time to showcase and talk about these topics to make people aware.

TLDR: Be on the Look-Out for Events at the Library!

We will have displays devoted to banned books, some sweet buttons, and other fun swag to celebrate Banned Books Week.  As a special highlight this year, we are holding our first Banned Books Read-Out.  From 10am-4pm, at various times throughout the day, members of the Champlain community will be reading aloud from their favorite banned books.  Story time from objectionable books?  What's not to like?  Come hang out with us!

For more, visit http://www.ala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek.

DISPLAY: Famous and Infamous Mustachioed Men

Gentlemen of the 'stache had a hand in shaping the world into what it is today. Read about their inspiring, fascinating, shameful, and sometimes terrifying exploits today!

Books on Photography and World Cultures

Books on Photography and World Cultures come together in this library exhibit assembled in conjunction with the 3rd Annual International Photo Contest being held at the Miller Information Commons

April is National Poetry Month

Celebrate the month of April by reading some great poetry! We have created a great display of poetry books in the display case in the foyer of the Miller Information Commons. Enjoy!

DISPLAY: The Community Book Program

On Display at the Library: Champlain College’s Community Book Program

No matter what you do at Champlain, you can talk to someone else on campus about the book we’re all reading this year.

The 2009 Community Book is Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times by Amy and David Goodman.

Previous books include T.C. Boyle's Tortilla Curtain, Dave Egger's What is the What, Julie Otsuka's When the Emperor Was Divine, and Khaled Husseini's The Kite Runner. And MORE! Stop by the display to say more titles from previous Community Book's on display.

Champlain’s Community Book Program—
Books that matter.

DISPLAY: John Updike

John Updike died on the 27th of this month from lung cancer. He was 76 years old. With over 50 books and hundreds of articles, Updike’s work has made a lasting impression on American letters. To commemorate Updike’s life, the Library has created a display of his books. Come check them out!

DISPLAY: T.C. Boyle

Champlain College welcomes acclaimed author T.C. Boyle to campus on Tuesday, Oct. 7th to discuss the 10th Annual Community Book, “Tortilla Curtain.” But that’s not his only book!

The Library has put together a small display of Boyle’s fiction at the Circulation Desk.
Come up to the Library to peruse just a few of Boyle’s other works including “Tooth and Claw,” “Drop City,” “The Inner Circle,” and a collection of short stories.

We hope to see you at the Library, and at the Community Book Talk on Tuesday at 7:30.

Blogs at the MIC

Blogs are everywhere at Champlain: the Library, the Emergent Media Center, Faculty Blogs, tools in the classroom. Blogs are a way to share and communicate experiences! Browse the display of blogs and books about blogs in the glass case on the Main Level of the Miller Information Commons.