Putting Your Graphic Novels On Vacation Is Censorship
A trend has developed among school librarians which we need to question and firmly eradicate. It is the trend of putting the graphic novel section or popular series on “vacation” to eliminate student...
View ArticleWhat Does Intellectual Freedom Mean for Collection Development
Recently, a fellow blogger from NYC, Ashley Hawkins, penned an excellent post about a disturbing trend of school librarians putting graphic novels on “vacation.” Ashley labeled such actions censorship....
View ArticleLEAD OUT LOUD: Access Defended in the May/June 2022 Issue of Knowledge Quest
School librarians and information professionals unconditionally endorse the power of voice. We personify speaking up, advocating, and sharing our truths. Ensuring our communities are seen and...
View ArticleBook Challenges: Lessons from a Panel Discussion
Sharing Ideas As we all know, school librarians are facing what may be some of the most challenging conditions to ever confront the profession (pun intended). It seems like most practitioners have...
View ArticleHallway Conversations as Book Challenge Repellent, Part 1
Laying the Groundwork Ahead of Book Challenges There is a lot of information about book challenges out there. I’m just one of several folks who have written about this in Knowledge Quest previously....
View ArticleBanned Books Week 2022 – September 18-24, 2022
On August 24, 2022, I participated in the #BannedBooksChat on Twitter which was sponsored by the Banned Books Week Coalition. George M. Johnson, the Banned Books Week Author Honorary Chair and author...
View ArticleSupporting Each Other: Book Challenges
On September 16, 2022, the American Library Association (ALA) reported that “total book challenges in 2022 set to exceed 2021 record.”...
View ArticleHallway Conversations as Book Challenge Repellent, Part 2
Previously on “Hallway Conversations as Book Challenge Repellent”… Last month, I shared some topics that school librarians might want to discuss with colleagues, supervisors, administrators, and...
View ArticleAASL Leadership Travel and FAME
AASL highly respects and values its relationship with the AASL Chapter organizations. In order to stay connected with the chapters, AASL is committed to its policy of leadership travel to the AASL...
View Article“Turn It Up!” Helping the Message Escape the Echo-Chamber
“Oh, No; Not Again!” I saw the above Tweet, and it hit me all over again. We are all tired of hearing about the ongoing onslaught of book challenges across the nation. School librarians have been...
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