BANNED BOOK WEEK
September 16, 2006
by: jovial_cynic
by: jovial_cynic
Nothing says unamerican and reflects a lack of freedom like the banning of books in schools and public libraries.
(I made this)
September 29 - October 6 is Banned Book Week, cosponsored and promoted by the American Library Association (ALA). The annual celebration has been observed since 1982, and it's designed to encourage folks to read the books deemed unacceptable due to reasons such as "anti-family," "racism," and "promoting religious viewpoint," as well as to educate folks on the assault on intellectual freedom.
It doesn't matter which side of an issue you stand on. An attack on intellectual freedom is an attack on everyone, even if you disagree with the content of a particular book.
From the Intellectual Freedom Manual, 7th edition:
"Intellectual freedom can exist only where two essential conditions are met: first, that all individuals have the right to hold any belief on any subject and to convey their ideas in any form they deem appropriate; and second, that society makes an equal commitment to the right of unrestricted access to information and ideas regardless of the communication medium used, the content of the work, and the viewpoints of both the author and receiver of information. Freedom to express oneself through a chosen mode of communication, including the Internet, becomes virtually meaningless if access to that information is not protected. Intellectual freedom implies a circle, and that circle is broken if either freedom of expression or access to ideas is stifled."
The ALA has an icon they're using to promote Banned Book Week shown here:
However, since most bloggers use the standard 80 x 15 icon banners, I've decided to make my own, using the same colors used in the official icon.
I've posted the image in my site navigation - feel free to use. Here's some code you can use:
If you want to link to the image, here's the code:
If you want the link to point to my site, it's like this:
And if you want it to point to the ALA site, it's like this:
Note: I've got everything on my site under a Creative Commons license, so please just site this post as the source (maybe you can just mention it in a blog post or something) if you post the image on your own site. Thanks!
In the meanwhile, here's the official "action guide" which gives a monstrous list of suggested activities you can do to support this week long celebration.
(I made this)
September 29 - October 6 is Banned Book Week, cosponsored and promoted by the American Library Association (ALA). The annual celebration has been observed since 1982, and it's designed to encourage folks to read the books deemed unacceptable due to reasons such as "anti-family," "racism," and "promoting religious viewpoint," as well as to educate folks on the assault on intellectual freedom.
It doesn't matter which side of an issue you stand on. An attack on intellectual freedom is an attack on everyone, even if you disagree with the content of a particular book.
From the Intellectual Freedom Manual, 7th edition:
"Intellectual freedom can exist only where two essential conditions are met: first, that all individuals have the right to hold any belief on any subject and to convey their ideas in any form they deem appropriate; and second, that society makes an equal commitment to the right of unrestricted access to information and ideas regardless of the communication medium used, the content of the work, and the viewpoints of both the author and receiver of information. Freedom to express oneself through a chosen mode of communication, including the Internet, becomes virtually meaningless if access to that information is not protected. Intellectual freedom implies a circle, and that circle is broken if either freedom of expression or access to ideas is stifled."
The ALA has an icon they're using to promote Banned Book Week shown here:
However, since most bloggers use the standard 80 x 15 icon banners, I've decided to make my own, using the same colors used in the official icon.
I've posted the image in my site navigation - feel free to use. Here's some code you can use:
If you want to link to the image, here's the code:
If you want the link to point to my site, it's like this:
And if you want it to point to the ALA site, it's like this:
Note: I've got everything on my site under a Creative Commons license, so please just site this post as the source (maybe you can just mention it in a blog post or something) if you post the image on your own site. Thanks!
In the meanwhile, here's the official "action guide" which gives a monstrous list of suggested activities you can do to support this week long celebration.
