It’s actually kind of goofy how much I look forward to doing a Freedom to Read Week display at the library each year.
A couple years ago, I did one at Central and this year, I got to do one for my new branch. Luckily, I still had my “Caution” tape but unlike before when I did a single static display, this time I decided to extend the display out into the stacks as well.
How’d I do that?
I borrowed a bunch of FTRW quotes that Calgary Public Library posted (can’t find the link now as I can’t remember if it was Twitter, Facebook or somewhere else I saw it. Edit: Found it – and that reminds me that I was on the Calgary Freedom to Read Week Committee the first year that CPL ran their Teen Freedom to Read Week Contest – we even did a presentation to the winners at the annual WGA FTRW Fundraiser Night) and then posted them around the library in relevant sections (it helps that Regent uses a BISAC-based classification system so it’s more like a bookstore than a traditional library.)
Here’s some examples…
Gardening: “Reading can be a freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life.” – Katherine Paterson
Computers: “Stopping leaks is a new form of censorship” – Julian Assange
Children’s Area: “Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won’t have as much censorship because we won’t have as much fear.” – Judy Blume
