Banned and Censored Media

Our Circulation staff and students are preparing a blind date with a book display!  

• ALA: Banned Book Week is October 5th to the 11th
• PEN America:  New report: The Normalization of Book Binding (10/1/2025)

PCIM is planning this event (I'll be there!):

Banned Books Week: Censorship is so 1984
Thursday, October 9th | 10-11:15am
James J. Whalen Center 2105, Robert A. Iger Lecture Hall 

Award winning student film, Pages of Protest, screening. 
Followed by Q&A with filmmakers and other IC experts on banned books. 
Moderated by Mickey Huff of PCIM. 

For more details, visit: https://www.parkindymedia.org

Free and open to the public.  For more information and individuals requiring accommodation, please contact PCIM Distinguished Director, Mickey Huff, mhuff2@ithaca.edu and Research & Communications Coordinator, Marcy Sutherland, msutherland1@ithaca.edu.

Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Books are most frequently banned or challenged if an institution or individual deems their content to be offensive.

Use this guide to Banned and Censored Media to find books to explore and learn more about the event.  Ask a librarian to help you find a book to check out from our stacks.   

Definition:  Intellectual Freedom: