Banned Books Week 9/29/07-10/6/07

The American Library Association (ALA) is celebrating the 26th anniversary of Banned Books Week. This week celebrates banned, as well as, challenged books. Banned books have been removed an unavailable to read, at some point in time. Challenged books weren't removed, however, an attempt to remove the material has been made. Banning or challenging may be due to sexual content, inappropriateness for age group, or offensive language -to name a few.

For more information on banned and challenged books go to ALA's website:http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm#booksandauthors
You will find lists such as the 100 Most Challenged Books or the top ten books for certain years. You may be surprised to find you've read several of the books listed or seen the movie based on the book. I was certainly surprised to see several of favorite books I've read listed.

Wikis

You may be wondering about the signs in the library that have leis on them. The leis are there to advertise that we have a SheltonLibWiki. If you are on the library's homepage you can click on the link. But wait...... What is a wiki? A wiki is a quick and collaborative way to search for information and edit webpages. Wikis can be edited by all of its users. The most well known is Wikipedia. Tell us about your wiki experience!

Remember, this is not just about your wiki experience. Tell us about any experience you have while at Shelton. We want to hear it all, good and bad! Hopefully, we'll hear more good than bad.