Jim & TLN- There was also a brief article in TIME earlier this week that addressed increasingly frequent challenges at school libraries: [ https://time.com/6117685/book-bans-school-libraries/ | https://time.com/6117685/book-bans-school-libraries/ ] M. Maria Williams Assistant Director Northville District Library 212 W. Cady Street Northville, MI 48167 248-349-3020, ext. 208 [ mailto:mwilliams@northvillelibrary.org | mwilliams@northvillelibrary.org ] [ https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_destination/9555257?utm_medium=reading_link&utm_source=email_signature | Currently Reading ] [ https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_destination/9555257?utm_medium=cover&utm_source=email_signature ] [ https://www.goodreads.com/?utm_medium=gr_logo&utm_source=email_signature | ] [ https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_instructions?utm_medium=gyo_link&utm_source=email_signature | Get your own email signature ] From: "Jim Flury" <jflury@tln.lib.mi.us> To: "all-tln" <all-tln@lists.tln.org>, "directors" <directors@lists.tln.org>, "partnerscda" <partnerscda@lists.tln.org>, "michlib-l" <michlib-l@mcls.org> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2021 8:50:51 AM Subject: [all-tln] Challenged/Banned Books Good Morning, Thought I would share this PW article that discusses what appears to be an increasingly organized, possibly national trend to challenge and/or ban books. I am not on the "front lines" as nearly all of you are, so just wondering if we are seeing this trend in Michigan as well. If not, then the increased number of challenges/ban efforts that are taking place in other states might be something to keep in mind. [ https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.publishersweekly.com_pw_by-2Dtopic_industry-2Dnews_libraries_article_87920-2Dlibrarians-2Deducators-2Dwarn-2Dof-2Dorganized-2Dbook-2Dbanning-2Defforts.html&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=LHMBuN8L2Y6IxcHD6lrbABorptvUX4FXRP-_DHNXNO0&m=yFTCYNCgbXHGqVf__Y_hlVzNPNCE9w6j6CAITuKAlEw&s=InPCYmCMG2DZQZicNClO-UcH_mMyQorTdtz7l7k9VnM&e= ] [ https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.publishersweekly.com_pw_by-2Dtopic_industry-2Dnews_libraries_article_87920-2Dlibrarians-2Deducators-2Dwarn-2Dof-2Dorganized-2Dbook-2Dbanning-2Defforts.html&d=DwQFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=LHMBuN8L2Y6IxcHD6lrbABorptvUX4FXRP-_DHNXNO0&m=yFTCYNCgbXHGqVf__Y_hlVzNPNCE9w6j6CAITuKAlEw&s=InPCYmCMG2DZQZicNClO-UcH_mMyQorTdtz7l7k9VnM&e= | https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article... ] Jim Jim Flury Technical Services Manager The Library Network 41365 Vincenti Court Novi, MI 48375 248-536-3100, ext 133 Fax 248-536-3098 jflury@tln.lib.mi.us