{"id":158422,"date":"2024-09-23T16:20:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T20:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=158422"},"modified":"2024-09-23T16:20:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T20:20:30","slug":"this-banned-books-weeklisten-to-a-banned-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=158422","title":{"rendered":"This Banned Books Week\u2026 Listen to a Banned Book!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-158423 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Banned-books-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" \/>This Banned Books Week (September 22\u201328), you can listen to some of the most frequently challenged books on the Libby app, accessible via the NMC Library. Libby has both audiobooks and ebooks, with a growing collection of popular fiction and nonfiction. All of the titles featured on this list are available on audiobook. <a href=\"https:\/\/teaching.nmc.edu\/student\/libby-by-overdrive-account-setup-audiobook-and-ebook-platform\/\">Follow these instructions to download Libby and set up your account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ALA reports that its Office for Intellectual Freedom documented an unprecedented 1,247 demands to censor library books in the past year, and that \u201ctitles representing the voices and lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC individuals made up 47% of those targeted in censorship attempts.\u201d Browse a list of Banned Books available to read and listen on Libby at <a href=\"https:\/\/libbyapp.com\/library\/omia\">libbyapp.com\/library\/omia<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Banned Books Week (September 22\u201328), you can listen to some of the most frequently challenged books on the Libby app, accessible via the NMC Library. 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