Banned Books Week and Our Favorite Banned Books

In this episode, Bob speaks with Director of the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom, Deborah Caldwell-Stone and SDPL Supervising Librarian of Technical Services, Robyn Gage-Norquist about intellectual freedom, censorship, and the ethics of librarianship. Also, Bob and Scott hang with Listeners’ Advisory Executive Producer and Supervising Librarian, Jennifer Jenkins. They discuss their favorite banned books and trolling book censors. 

Banned Books Week

• Deborah Caldwell-Stone
• Library Bill of Rights
• Freedom to Read Statement
• Freedom to View Statement
• SDPL’s Collection Development Policy

Banned Books Week at SDPL

• John Steinbeck - Of Mice and Men
• Tim O’Brien - The Things They Carried
• Katherine Paterson - The Bridge to Terabithia 
• Raina Telgemeier - Drama
• Anna Sewell - Black Beauty 
• The Library Shop

This podcast is supported by the Library Foundation SD.