Pictured are the exteriors of the IUPUC building and the Columbus Learning Center in Columbus, Ind., Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017.
As part of Banned Books Week, the University Library of Columbus and the Division of Education at IUPUC are hosting a panel discussion focusing on censorship.
The event will be at 4:30 p.m. Monday in the Summerville Room at the Columbus Learning Center.
Guest panelists will be Samantha Bresnahan, public policy and community engagement associate for the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana and Jason Hatton, director of the Bartholomew County Public Library. The event is free and light refreshments will be served.
Banned Books Week is an annual event sponsored by the American Library Association that celebrates the freedom to read. Events are held in libraries, schools and cultural organizations across the U.S. to highlight attempts to censor books and the efforts of libraries and educators to push back against censorship.
For more information about this event, visit go.iu.edu/4wMF and for more information about Banned Books Week, visit bannedbooksweek.org.
