ERIC Number: EJ1353055
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 4
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377 Book Challenges Tracked by ALA in 2019--and the Problem Is Growing: Book Banning and Its Adverse Effects on Students
Joshua Spilka
Knowledge Quest, v50 n5 p30-33 May-Jun 2022
Parents and politicians feel it is their duty to assert control over the information within school libraries. According to Joshua Spilka, a high school junior, book banning has affected no one more than students and school librarians. Students find that the people who are supposed to advocate for them, parents and guardians, are often working against them. In this article, he examines two issues that stand out: (1) student voice and representation--or, rather, the lack thereof; and (2) how book banning can affect students' lives, not only on an educational and informational level but on a deeper, more-personal level.
Descriptors: Books, School Libraries, Censorship, Intellectual Freedom, Library Role, Students, Problems, Barriers, Student Empowerment, Librarians
American Association of School Librarians. Available from: American Library Association. 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. Tel: 1-800-545-2433; Web site: http://knowledgequest.aasl.org/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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