Book Challenges in 2022

Take action

Alarmed by the escalating attempts to censor books? Here are five steps you can take now to protect the freedom to read.

1. Follow news and social media in your community and state to keep apprised of organizations working to censor library or school materials.
2. Show up for library workers at school or library board meetings and speak as a library advocate and community stakeholder who supports a parent’s right to restrict reading materials for their own child but not for all
3. Help provide a safety net for library professionals as they defend intellectual freedom in their communities by giving to the LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund.
4. Educate friends, neighbors, and family members about censorship and how it harms communities. Share information from Banned Books Week 2021.
5. Join the Unite Against Book Bans movement to learn what you can do to defend the freedom to read in your community.

From ilovelibraries.org

Digital Divide

LIBRARIES BRIDGE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.

49% of teachers say lack of digital access at home is a major barrier to using technology in instruction.* 

As technology takes on an increasingly central role in teaching, internet connectivity offered by libraries gives lower-income students a chance to succeed.

* “Technology and Effective Teaching in the US,” The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2012.

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