To our patrons, neighbors, and friends throughout Monroe County:
On behalf of the Monroe County Public Library, its staff, and its Board of Trustees, I want to draw your attention to a development of great significance to MCPL and to libraries across the country.
Banned Books Week, launched in 1982 by the American Library Association, highlights the value of free and open access to information and brings together the entire book community—librarians, educators, authors, publishers, booksellers, and readers of all types—in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas. Right now, intellectual freedom and the right to read are in jeopardy due to organized attempts of censorship across the country.
Reviewed by Bill K., Materials Handler
1984 is also available on Hoopla.
George Orwell’s 1984 is one of those books most people read at some point and everyone knows. “Big Brother,” “War is Peace,” even the term “Orwellian” are regular phrases in our political vernacular.
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