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Weekly News Digest
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September 21, 2023 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today. For other up-to-the-minute news, check out ITI’s Twitter account: @ITINewsBreaks.
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ALA Shares Preliminary Data on 2023 Book Challenges
ALA “released new preliminary data documenting the continued rise in attempts to censor books and materials in public, school and academic libraries during the first eight months in 2023.” The organization’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) reports that between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31, 2023, there were “695 attempts to censor library materials and services and documented challenges to 1,915 unique titles.”OIF says the number of unique titles increased 20% from the same period last year, “the year in which the highest number of book challenges occurred since ALA began compiling this data more than 20 years ago. Most of the challenges were to books written by or about a person of color or a member of the LGBTQIA+ community,” ALA notes. For more data and examples of book challenges, read the press release.
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