February 22-27, 2010 is Freedom to Read Week in Canada.
Did you know that Harry Potter, The Golden Compass, The Handmaid’s Tale, To Kill a Mockingbird, Maxim for Men, Of Mice and Men, The Bible, Huckleberry Finn, Lord of the Flies, Catcher in the Rye are all titles which appear on the list of challenged books and magazines in Canada?
This selective list provides information on more than 100 books and magazines that have been challenged in the past decades. Each challenge sought to limit public access to the books in schools, libraries, or bookstores. Some challenges were upheld; others were rejected.
Freedom to Read Week provides an opportunity for Canadians to focus on issues of intellectual freedom as they affect your community, your province, our country, and countries around the world.
All poster images are provided from:
Freedom to Read. “Freedom to Read Poster Gallery”. Image from Freedom to Read Poster Gallery. http://www.freedomtoread.ca/default.asp ( 25 Febraury, 2010).
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Freedom to Read Week
Have you ever really considered how many books have been challenged or banned? Freedom to Read Week runs from February 22nd to the 28th and, to bring awareness to censorship issues, the Welland Campus Library has a number of previously challenged books on display. These books have been brought to the attention of school boards or libraries by people who have found something objectionable in them. Come in and have a look…take one out and see what all the fuss is about!
Challenged books and why they've been challenged.
“I Love Canada” Event Prize Winners
Congratulations to the winners of our “I Love Canada” Event! We hope that you are enjoying your prizes and had a great time at the Ice Dogs game on Sunday!
The winner from the Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus Library was Lyn Garrah, an Ecosystem Restoration student.
Lyn Garrah
The winner from the Welland Campus Library was Will Duclos, a Construction Engineering Technology-Architecture student.
Will Duclos
Stay tuned for more great events and prizes at the Library. Student Appreciation Day is just around the corner and we’re busy planning games and prizes that we’re sure you’ll enjoy!
Coming Soon to a Library Near You…
The Great “I 
Canada” Event!
From Monday, March 10th at 8:00 am to Thursday, March 13th at 12:00 pm, the Libraries of Niagara College will be hosting our “I Love Canada” Event.
Come into either Campus Library to check out our great displays of Canadian books, videos and DVDs, as well as enter our contest to win 1 of 2 “I Love Canada” Baskets!
Each prize basket contains:
- 4 tickets to the Ice Dogs hockey game for Sunday, March 16th, 2008.
- a hockey stick signed by the Ice Dogs team members
- a Canada T-shirt
- Maple syrup and maple sugar candy
- a book about the best of the Niagara Region
“I Love Canada” Prize Basket
This contest is open to Niagara College students, staff and community users. All you need to do to enter is ask for a ballot at the front desk at either Campus Library location and answer a couple of “skill testing” questions. It’s that easy!
A winner will be selected from each campus location. Winners will be notified by phone and must come to claim their prize by 12:00 on Friday, March 14th, or another winner will be randomly selected. (Since the Ice Dogs game is on Sunday, March 16th, we need to insure that the tickets are picked up by the time we close on Friday)
So with some luck, you may find yourself experiencing some treats that will make you a true Canuck!
Just for fun, test your knowledge of Canada by taking a Canada Quiz!
Freedom to Read
Caution: the following may contain objectionable language, witchcraft & magic or profanity & blasphemy.
Gulliver’s Travels
Macbeth
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Gone with the Wind
Should you refrain from reading these books, as well as many others, that have been challenged for their content? Should they be taken off the shelves of libraries and out of schools? Should other people be deciding for you what you can read?
That’s what Freedom to Read Week is about. It’s “an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed them under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.” (freedomtoread.ca)
Check out the Freedom to Read display at the Welland Campus right now or see the display in the NOTL Campus in the month of March. Sign out a challenged book today and exercise your intellectual freedom!
For more information, visit the Freedom to Read website.
Just for fun this week
The following is a list of love related quotes from famous people, including Benjamin Franklin, Dr. Seuss, John Lennon, Eden Ahbez, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Heinlein, Jimi Hendrix, Mother Theresa and Paul McCartney.
Check out the display case in the NOTL Campus Library or the Valentine’s book display in the Welland Campus Library for the answers!
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.
You know you’re in love when you fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.
All you need is love.
And in the end… the love you take is equal to the love you make.
If you would be loved, love and be lovable.
Love is a condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.
What Do Travel, The Sopranos and Origami Have in Common?
They’re all part of our book displays right now!
The Library always has great displays of books and other material for you to browse through.
Right now at the NOTL Campus, we’re featuring a travel display that you’ll notice as soon as you walk in our doors. Whether you want to start planning your next vacation or just learn more about a particular place or country, we’re bound to have a book that will interest you.
At the Welland Campus we have a Hmmm… Interesting display, which can be found next to the reference desk. Book topics range from organic crafts to The Sopranos and everything inbetween. Come in and pick up something interesting to read today!
Interested in Horticulture?
The Library has three new online Horicultural Journals available for you to use! Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, HortScience and HortTechnology can each be accessed on the Research Databases page of the Library’s website.
More New DVDs
We have some great new DVDs again at both campus locations. So stop by, sign one out and learn something new!
100 Days of Freedom – Welland Campus
Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide – Welland Campus
How the Kids Took Over – NOTL Campus
Sandwiches That You Will Like - NOTL Campus
Scared Sacred – NOTL Campus
Solar Energy: Saved by the Sun - Welland & NOTL Campus
The Steven Truscott Story: Moment of Truth – Welland Campus
Trouble’s Brewing – NOTL Campus
Wal-Town: The Film – Welland Campus
Did You Know?
DVDs and videos may be signed out for a period of 24 hours, BUT if you sign out a DVD or video on a Friday, you may keep it until the following Monday morning.
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