Banned Books Week: Sep. 27-Oct. 4, 2008

"Intellectual Freedom is the right of every individual to both seek and receive information from all points of view without restriction. It provides for free access to all expressions of ideas through which any and all sides of a question, cause or movement may be explored. Intellectual freedom encompasses the freedom to hold, receive and disseminate ideas." -- www.ala.org ( http://www.ala.org/ ) (Intellectual Freedom and Censorship Q & A)

Chabot Library will once again mark Banned Books week with a DISPLAY in the library of books that have been challenged over the years.

Stop by for a copy of the list: "The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000"

"The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) received a total of 420 challenges last year. A challenge is defined as a formal, written complaint, filed with a library or school, requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness. Public libraries, schools and school libraries report the majority of challenges to OIF.

'The number of challenges reflects only incidents reported,' said Judith F. Krug, director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom."

What to Do When the Library and College Web Sites are Down

1. Bookmark the blog. You will get the latest information on this page, as well as key links.

2. The link to your Blackboard courses is: http://clpccd.blackboard.com/

3. For Library research purposes, you have access to one of the following:

a. The Library Catalog can be searched at: http://tinyurl.com/8mo5z

b. Proquest Diversity Databases: http://tinyurl.com/8mj36

c. EBSCOhost Databases: http://tinyurl.com/65ztma

The username and password for EBSCOhost is different. To get this information, Email the Library at: chabotref "at" clpccd.cc.ca.us

d. Find sources that have been selected for quality by searching Public WWW Sites Selected by Librarians at: http://tinyurl.com/yugjcn

e. With your Alameda County Library card, enter your library card number for a desired database at: http://tinyurl.com/6yk6h8

The Library Celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month

Right behind the Main Desk of the Library, we always have great books to read from contemporary authors or people's history, and this month, the Library is honoring National Hispanic Heritage Month. Authors featured include Isabel Allende, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Esmeralda Santiago, Sandra Cisneros, and Carlos Fuentes. Please take a look at our selection on the contemporary reading shelves, and by all means check out a great book!