SJSU SLIS Celebrates Banned Books Week
By: Jessica Creighton, Customer Solutions Intern
Sunday, September 30th marked the kick-off of this year’s Banned Books Week, a week focused on collaborative observance of books that have been either challenged or banned in the past year. In celebration of BBW, as it is affectionately called by librarians far and wide, San Jose State University School of Information Science student groups SLISConnect and ALASC hosted a virtual Banned Books Week Read-Out. The Read-Out, which was led by SLISConnect member Jessica Creighton and ALASC member Dena Gould, featured volunteers taking turns reading from such banned or challenged books as And Tango Makes Three, My Mom’s Having a Baby, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and Norwegian Wood, among others. The Read-Out also featured the presentation of Banned Books Week poster entries conducted by ALASC. Excerpts read were met with laughter, tears, and a general camaraderie to fulfill the slogan of this year’s Banned Books Week: “Celebrating the Freedom to Read.”
If you missed the live event, don’t fret! The full recording can be accessed via the following link: https://sas.elluminate.com/
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