Submit a YouTube Video for the Virtual Read-Out

The Century College Library will be celebrating the freedom to read during Banned Books Week, September 30 – October 6,  by sponsoring a Virtual Read-Out via YouTube.  

•  Create a video no more than 3 minutes long of a reading from a banned book. 
• The video should include information on where and why the book was banned, and you can also comment on why the book is important.   
• Post the video to YouTube and send the URL of the video by October 2 to randi.madisen@century.edu.   

We will create a playlist of videos for Banned Books Week at Century.  To get you started, here is a list of banned literary classics and lists of frequently challenged books.
For an example, here's Whoopi Goldberg reading Shel Silverstein. 

Bannned Books: Why Can't I Read That?

September 30 is the beginning of Banned Books Week: time to review the many titles that have been banned, objected to, or criticized because the content was offensive (to someone or some group).  Here are some examples from the Huffington Post: "Anne Frank's diary has been banned on multiple occasions. The most recent was in January 2010 when the book was pulled from a Virginia school for "sexually explicit" and "homosexual" themes." Interested in other "objectionable" titles?  Check out the display in the library and take home a banned book to see for yourself what all the fuss is about!

New Look for Our Subject Guides

Having trouble figuring out which of our many online resources would be best for you? Check out the list of Subject Guides on the library's main page.  Each subject guide provides access to resources for a particular topic.  All of our Subject Guides are in a new tabbed format that lets you easily find books, articles, ebooks, multimedia, recommended websites, and even get help with writing and citing.