{"id":28196,"date":"2023-11-20T19:16:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T00:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-clarivate-innovative.pantheonsite.io\/?post_type=blog&p=28196"},"modified":"2023-11-20T20:20:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T01:20:15","slug":"webinar-recap-the-fight-against-book-bans","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.iii.com\/whats-new\/webinar-recap-the-fight-against-book-bans\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar recap: The fight against book bans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Innovative, part of Clarivate\u2122, hosted a webinar with Illinois State Senator Laura Murphy and Chicago Public Library Commissioner Chris Brown on the topic of book bans in America.<\/p>\n

The webinar, hosted by Innovative Director of Sales Carrie Pearson, started with a discussion of Illinois\u2019s anti-book ban legislation, which made history when it was passed in June of 2023<\/a>. The way the legislature enacted this \u201cBan against book bans\u201d is to require that, in order for any public or school library in the state to receive state funding, they must adopt the American Library Association\u2019s Library Bill of Rights<\/a>, which \u201cindicates materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.\u201d (Click here for the full text of the Illinois legislation<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

\u201cRecently I\u2019ve had to focus on library legislation\u2014a whole realm of library legislation because we\u2019ve seen a movement of people trying to prevent libraries from doing what they do best. And that is providing an opportunity for people to come and learn and grow,\u201d said Senator Murphy. \u201cWe in Illinois wanted to be proactive and ensure that we had legislation that prevented people from banning books.\u201d<\/p>\n

As groundbreaking as this legislation is, however, the state\u2019s recent embrace of challenged books could be said to have started when Chicago declared itself a book sanctuary in September of 2022<\/a>. The Chicago Public Library has made a point of making endangered books available to borrow across their 81 branches for those who want to read them and has gone a step further to make information and materials available to any library who wants to emulate the Book Sanctuary ethos outlined on the website booksanctuary.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this year we\u2019re celebrating our 150th<\/sup> anniversary,\u201d Chicago Public Library Commissioner Chris Brown contributed. \u201cChicago Public Library was the first library in the country to put forward an intellectual freedom statement all the way back in 1936\u2026 We\u2019ve been a forerunner in the advocacy for intellectual freedom, and it goes to the heart of our mission and our values.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown also made sure to acknowledge the importance of the Illinois legislation. \u201cI want to thank the senator because Illinois is the first to put this forward. And I think it always takes some extra courage, especially right now to politically come out and say this is where we stand in terms of our values, in terms of defending our intellectual freedom and our First Amendment rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

One theme in the discussion highlighted the current surge of book challenges is part of an organized effort by a minority of citizens. Said Senator Murphy, \u201cIt\u2019s a very, very vocal minority. And they are still the minority. And when we keep that in perspective, we can\u2019t allow that minority to derail what we know is the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

EveryLibrary in partnership with BookRiot have found that indeed, most Americans<\/a> and even most American parents do not support book bans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What can you do to support libraries and counteract censorship? \u201cHelp to push to our national legislators to ensure they know what\u2019s going on; that their colleagues are passing laws in their states that are doing this\u201d says Senator Murphy.<\/p>\n

Brown supports being vocal. \u201cProvide a counter narrative. We need to make sure that we\u2019re engaging our friend groups. We need to make sure that our civic leaders are engaged and going to our board meetings, going to our city councils and commending our library leadership or library boards for the work that they\u2019re doing and to point to best practices around the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senator Murphy emphasizes that parents do still have a say in what their children read. \u201cYou still have the choice to determine what is read in your household. You can be a parent, you can make those choices. You just can\u2019t make the choices for the rest of the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hear the rest of what Senator Murphy and Commissioner Brown have to say by signing up to see the webinar on demand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Additional Resources:<\/strong>
\nChicago Public Library\u2019s resources for becoming a book sanctuary: https:\/\/www.booksanctuary.org<\/a><\/p>\n

American Library Association\u2019s Office for Intellectual Freedom: https:\/\/www.ala.org\/tools\/challengesupport<\/a><\/p>\n

Text of the Illinois state legislation on book bans: https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/publicacts\/fulltext.asp?Name=103-0100<\/a><\/p>\n

Clarivate\u2019s partner EveryLibrary\u2019s statistics on what Americans really think about book bans: https:\/\/www.everylibraryinstitute.org\/bookbanpoll<\/a><\/p>\n

PEN America\u2019s key findings on book censorship in schools: https:\/\/pen.org\/report\/banned-usa-growing-movement-to-censor-books-in-schools\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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