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ALA compiled data on censorship attempts in libraries and schools during 2023. Learn about the most challenged books of 2023. Censorship data paints a vivid picture of attempts to ban or restrict library books and resources across the U.S. Banned Books Week is September 22-28, 2024.
Banned Books Week 2024 is September 22-28. It brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.
List of 100 most frequently challenged books 2010-2019. OIF receives reports from libraries, schools, and the media on attempts to ban books and compiles this information into lists in order to inform the public about censorship in libraries and schools.
As part of Banned Book Week, the American Library Association (ALA) combed through censorship reports from the past ten years to determine the top 100 books requested to be banished...
To kick off the 2020 edition of Banned Books week, the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom has unveiled the Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books for the past decade.
OIF tracked 156 challenges to library, school and university materials and services in 2020. This is a complete list of book titles that were banned, challenged, or restricted during the year.
Quick Links. From the Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association. Covers Banned Books Week, Frequently Challenged Books, Resources for Librarians facing challenges. Statement first adopted in 1952 jointly by the ALA Council and the AAP Freedom to Read Committee.
In 2020, more than 273 books were challenged or banned. Demands to remove books addressing racism and racial justice or those that shared the stories of Black, Indigenous, or people of color grew in number. At the same time, books addressing themes and issues of concern for LGBTQIA+ people continued to dominate the list.
In 2023 alone, the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom found that there had been 1,247 attempts to censor books and other resources in libraries across America, which was a 65 percent increase from 2022. ... The American Library Association holds an annual ‘Banned Books Week’ which includes discussions from ...
In preparation for Banned Books Week (September 22-28, 2024), the American Library Association released preliminary data documenting attempts to censor books and materials in public, school, and academic libraries during the first eight months of 2024.