Event Let FREADOM Ring: Celebrate Banned Books Week on 10/1 at 4:30 PT at Banned Books Week Town Square on ALA Island (197, 53, 61)
Dr. Rebecca Knuth, Professor of Library and Information Science at University of Hawaii at Manoa, recipient of the Sarah Vann Intellectual Freedom Award, and author of Libricide: The Regime-Sponsored Destruction of Books and Libraries in the Twentieth Century and Burning Books and Leveling Libraries: Extremist Violence and Cultural Destruction speaks on "Silencing Books: The Suppression of Ideas and FREADOM."
In addition, there will be a hunt, music, dancing, a photo contest and other activities. Attend in costume representing a banned/challenged book or author if you like; but this is not required.
Free costumes available on site. Have your photo taken and win prizes for best costume 1000L for 1st, 500L for 2nd, and 250L for 3rd.
Produced by the LIS Student Union Second Life Group!