All About Banned Books Week in Second Life September 27 - October 4, 2008!
Here are the events that we have scheduled so far for ALA Island in Second Life for 2008 Banned Books Week. More events to be announced. Locations subject to change. See the (new!) ALA Island Facebook Fan Page for latest information.
Last revised: September 29, 2008
NEW ON ALA ISLAND FOR BANNED BOOKS WEEK! BE SURE TO SEE!
Banned Books Week Town Square - Main site for this week's Banned Books Week events!
Come see how many book references you can spot!
Banned Books Week Town Square on ALA Island (203, 55, 61)
ALA Garden Storytelling Area - A whimsical and calming place to sit and chat, listen to the current audio program, or just take a moment to chill out and think.Enter the Name the Garden contest for a free READ poster of your choice.
Garden Storytelling Area on ALA Island (28, 103, 21)
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Saturday, Sept. 27th
- Censorship and School Libraries (30 min) ALL DAY
Galen Noltenius Sky Platform on ALA Island (206, 100, 46) -- New Coordinates!
March 5, 1982 episode of "The Open Mind"
Host: Richard D. Heffner, University Professor of Communications and Public Policy at Rutgers University
Guests: George W. Lipp, Jr., counsel for the Board of Education, and Alan H. Levine, counsel for Steven Pico and the other students, for the legal case, Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District Number 26 et al vs. Steven Pico et al, 457 U.S. 853, which helped bring about Banned Books Week. Read the transcript. Courtesy of the Internet Archive of The Open Mind episodes.
(FYI: See the book Board of Education v. Pico (1982) by John C. Gold. New York: Twenty-First Century Books, 1994)
Sunday, Sept. 28th
- Frank Zappa On Crossfire, 1986-03-28 (30 min) ALL DAY
Galen Noltenius Sky Platform on ALA Island (206, 100, 46) -- New Coordinates!
March 28, 1986 episode of "Crossfire"
Hosts: Tom Braden and Robert Novak
Guests: Rock musician Frank Zappa and Washington Post reporter John Lofton debate labeling of rock music records and censorship of music videos
Courtesy of the Internet Archive of Open Source Movies.
Monday, Sept. 29th
12:30 Second Life Time/Pacific Time - 2:30 Central Time
Banned Books Week Town Square on ALA Island (203, 55, 61) -- New location!
- Discussion of And Tango Makes Three, written by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, and illustrated by Henry Cole.
What makes this the most challenged book for the last two years?
Comments and questions from audience encouraged
Judy Blume . . . and Our Children's Freedom to Read (1992) (30 min) ALL DAY
Galen Noltenius Sky Platform on ALA Island (206, 100, 46) -- New Coordinates!
1992 episode of "The Open Mind"
Host: Richard D. Heffner
Guest: Author Judy Blume
Courtesy of the Internet Archive of The Open Mind episodes
Tuesday, Sept. 30th
- Storylines Midwest episode (60 min) ALL DAY
Garden Storytelling Area on ALA Island (28, 103, 21) -- New location!
Featuring A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley, winner of Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1991
Successfully banned at high school in Lynden, WA in 1994; successfully retained at high school in Round Rock, TX in 1996
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Storylines Midwest episode (60 min) ALL DAY
Featuring Native Son by Richard Wright. Challenged in New Hampshire and in New Jersey in 1978; challenged in Massachusetts in 1982; challenged in Michigan in 1988; challeneged in Washington in 1994; challeneged in North Carolina in 1996; challeneged in California and in Indiana in 1998.
Sky Book Platform on ALA Island (129, 156, 69)
Wednesday, Oct. 1st
12:30 Second Life Time/Pacific Time - 2:30 Central Time
Banned Books Week Town Square on ALA Island (203, 55, 61) -- New location!
- Discussion Topic: Is Banned Books Week Necessary?
Do you think Banned Books Week is necessary? Important? Or is it all just National Hogwash Week?
Discussion moderated by Second Life avatar Bryan Anderton/Bryan Campbell of ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom.
Comments and questions from audience expected!
Thursday, Oct. 2nd
4:00 Second Life Time/Pacific Time - 6:00 Central Time
- Dance at *new* Garden of ALA Island
Garden Storytelling Area on ALA Island (28, 103, 21) -- New location!
Theme: Arabian Nights or The Thousand and One Nights by Anonymous
Not allowed into the USA (1927-1931) and confiscated in Egypt (1985), said to threaten moral fabric of citizens.
SPECIAL!! -- Don't forget to enter the Name the Garden Contest!
Friday, Oct. 3rd
12:30 Second Life Time/Pacific Time - 2:30 Central Time
Banned Books Week Town Square on ALA Island (203, 55, 61) -- New location!
- Open debate on The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
What makes this book so objectionable to the parents of high school students?
Several volunteers needed to debate the two main opposing sides -- please contact Bryan Campbell of ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom about participation. Or send an IM (Instant Message) to Second Life avatar Bryan Anderton.
Comments and questions from audience encouraged, but this will be more of a structured debate than a discussion.
Judy Blume (2000) (30 min) ALL DAY
Galen Noltenius Sky Platform on ALA Island (206, 100, 46) -- New Coordinates!
October 20, 2000 episode of "The Open Mind"
Host: Richard D. Heffner
Guest: Author Judy Blume
Courtesy of the Internet Archive of The Open Mind episodes
Saturday, Oct. 4th
12:30 Second Life Time/Pacific Time - 2:30 Central Time
Banned Books Week Town Square on ALA Island (203, 55, 61) -- New location!
- ALA Island Banned Books Week Read-Out & Fireworks
ALA Staff and guests will read aloud from selected works that have been banned or challenged. Readers will include Oberon Octagon, ALALibraryVal Miles, Bryan Anderton, Kay Tairov, Elaine Tulip, Bunny Iwish, and more.
Reading will use voice chat.
Feel free to volunteer -- more participants needed!
Party on the riverboat will follow.
The Delta Lady Riverboat on ALA Island (84, 15, 26)
5:00 Second Life Time/Pacific Time - 7:00 Central Time
Main Stage on ALA Island (127, 103, 29)
In-world appearance by author Chris Crutcher
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If you have questions or comments, please send IM or note card to Second Life avatars Kay Tairov, Oberon Octagon, or ALALibraryVal Miles.
Or send e-mail to the ALA Second Life Team.