Sep 14, 2022–Dec 22, 2022 @ All Day - Censorship divides us. Join us as we continue to raise awareness of our nation's most challenged books. An extension of Banned Books Week, which ended on September 24, this exhibit celebrates the freedom to read and draws attention to the harms of censorship. Did you know every year the Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) compiles [...]
To celebrate our freedom to read and highlight the value of open access to information, the UC San Diego Library is proud to participate in Banned Books Week from September …
What do To Kill a Mockingbird, The Kite Runner, and Thirteen Reasons Why have in common? Believe it or not, they were among the most banned books in the United …
Did you know that the American classic Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was once banned in the United States? Twain’s book is one of the most-challenged of all time and …
In recognition of Banned Books Week, October 1 – 7, 2023, UC San Diego librarians have compiled this list of recently challenged books available for checkout through our library. During …
Banned Books Week 2014 @ UC San Diego Library Virtual Read-Out Invitation The Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event promoting the freedom to read by the American Library …
Jan 15, 2020–Mar 31, 2020 @ All Day - The Library has partnered with the UC San Diego Bookstore to curate Science!, an exhibit featuring fiction and non-fiction science books handpicked by Bookstore staff along with other educational novelties. The exhibit is located at the Biomedical Library Building in the breezeway display cases and will be on view through March 31. Science! also promotes [...]
Nearly everyone swears—whether it’s over a few too many drinks, in reaction to a stubbed toe, or in flagrante delicto. And yet, we sit idly by as words are banned …
Apr 26, 2017 @ 5:00 PM–6:30 PM - Nearly everyone swears—whether it’s over a few too many drinks, in reaction to a stubbed toe, or in flagrante delicto. And yet, we sit idly by as words are banned from television and censored in books. We insist that people excise profanity from their vocabularies and we punish children for yelling the very same dirty [...]
