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This week we celebrate Banned Books Week! from ala.org/bbooks What is Banned Books Week? Banned Books Week, typically falling in the last week of September each year, is a week that recognizes and highlights the importance of our right and freedom to read as we please, as well as the freedom of free and open access to information. These are freedoms that, as librarians, we celebrate every day. Many of us became librarians because we believe so strongly in upholding these freedoms. We hope that Banned Books Week can remind you! of this freedom you may often take for granted.  Why Do People Want to Ban Books? Most book challenges and bans are based on claims that the literature is inappropriate, obscene, a danger to the innocence of children, or a danger to the public. Some examples: A K-12 parent is concerned that a book from their child’s school library is inappropriate for them; a book at the public library speaks candidly about a controversia...

In today's Database Spotlight, the lightning bolt is going to hit the  NC Live Home Grown eBook Collection !  As a student or faculty member at LR, you have access to wonderful library resources*. Some of the resources are provided to us by NC Live and you have access to them because you live in North Carolina. How cool is that? This database is one of them. The Home Grown eBook Collection  is a collection of hundreds of ebooks curated by NC Live. Explore all the genres from academic literature to poetry to fiction and much more. There are so many to find and devour, either for research or pleasure...and if you're lucky...both!  You can access the ebooks on your computer and/or download them to an e-reader using the Biblioboard app. It is super easy. Want to know the BEST part? These ebooks are a "permanent part" of the NC Live collection and they have unlimited and simultaneous  user access! That means  NC Live will always have these...