{"id":17756,"date":"2025-08-15T14:59:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/?p=17756"},"modified":"2025-08-15T14:59:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:59:40","slug":"call-for-favorite-banned-or-challenged-book-titles-iacrl-newsletter-feature-deadline-wed-sept-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/call-for-favorite-banned-or-challenged-book-titles-iacrl-newsletter-feature-deadline-wed-sept-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Favorite Banned or Challenged Book Titles: IACRL Newsletter Feature&#8211;Deadline Wed., Sept. 24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(via Kaitlyn Weger, Illinois Eastern Community Colleges)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Banned Books Week&nbsp;is coming up, and the IACRL Communications Committee&nbsp;wants to celebrate the freedom to read by spotlighting the books that have challenged norms, sparked conversations, and stood strong against censorship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We invite you to share your favorite banned or challenged book title&nbsp;for a special feature in the IACRL Fall <em>Newsletter<\/em>.&nbsp;Whether it\u2019s a classic, a childhood favorite, or a book that changed your perspective\u2014we\u2019d love to hear about it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To participate, please send:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Your favorite banned or challenged book title, along with a brief synopsis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>(Optional)<\/em>\u00a0A brief note on why it\u2019s meaningful to you<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your name and institution&#8211;or let us know if you&#8217;d prefer to remain <strong>anonymous<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Send your responses to <a href=\"mailto:wegerk@iecc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wegerk@iecc.edu<\/a>\u00a0by <strong>Wednesday, September 24<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s celebrate the stories that refuse to be silenced and the readers who keep them alive. We look forward to your contributions!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via Kaitlyn Weger, Illinois Eastern Community Colleges) Banned Books Week&nbsp;is coming up, and the IACRL Communications Committee&nbsp;wants to celebrate the freedom to read by spotlighting the books that have challenged norms, sparked conversations, and stood strong against censorship. We invite you to share your favorite banned or challenged book title&nbsp;for a special feature in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,58,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calls-and-requests","category-illinois-association-of-college-and-research-libraries","category-library-associations-non-hsli"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17757,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17756\/revisions\/17757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}