Check It Out! -- 10-1-10

Friday's Challenged Title:

Reason this was banned:

Challenged at the Easton, Penn. School District
(2010), but retained despite a parent’s claim the
book promotes “economic fallacies” and socialist
ideas, as well as advocating the use of illegal drugs
and belittling Christians. Source: May 2010, p. 107.

Banned Books Week Daily Challenge (Friday)

Quiz Question #5

What novel, written by the author of Fight Club, features a main character who devises an elaborate scam to pay for his mother's nursing home costs?

Bonus Question #5

What D.H. Lawrence novel was banned in 1929 by the U.S. Customs/U.S. Postal Service? (The ban was overturned in 1960 by the U.S. Court of Appeals.)

Thanks to all who have participated this week. This is your last day to collect a prize -- stop by the reference desk in the library.

Check It Out! -- 9-30-10

Today's Challenged Title:

Reason this title was challenged:

Boyle, T. Coraghessan
The Tortilla Curtain
Viking
Challenged on the Santa Rosa, Calif. High
School reading list (2010). A review committee
approved the continued use of the book with the
following guidelines: “The teacher must appropriately
prepare students for parts of the book that may be
considered provocative; limit the book to juniors and
seniors; should a parent object to the book, board
policy is currently in place that allows a student to
be excused from the book assignment, and provides
for an alternative assignment without penalty to the
student.” Source: Mar. 2010, pp. 55–56.

Banned Books Week Daily Challenge (Thursday)

Wednesday's answers: First Ammendment and Kurt Cobain

Quiz question #4

What recent book series that takes place in rainy Washington state has been banned from all primary schools in Australia?

Bonus question #4

The concept of the waterbed was introduced in this 1961 science fiction cult classic.

Check It Out! -- 9-29-10

Wednesday's Featured Banned Book:

Reason this was banned:


Merriam-Webster Editorial Staff
Merriam-Webster Collegiate
Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
Pulled from the Menifee, Calif. Union School District
(2010) because a parent complained when a child
came across the term “oral sex.” Offi cials said
the district is forming a committee to consider
a permanent classroom ban of the dictionary.
Source: Mar. 2010, p. 55.

Banned Books Week Challenge (Wednesday)

The first fifteen respondents to get the correct answer will win a prize; you must stop by the reference desk in the library to collect. Be the first person to answer the daily bonus question and win an even bigger prize!! Run, don't walk, to the library...

Tuesday's answers: Diary of Anne Frank and Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People

Quiz question #3

What is the part of the Bill of Rights that guarantees the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition?

Bonus question #3

What rock star's biography was removed from all Farmington, MN elementary and middle school libraries in 2009 because it was "...very dark and violent and made references to the use of Ritalin as being a precursor to the use of illicit drugs. It also covered topics such as mental illness and suicide."

Check It Out! 9-28-10

Tuesday's Featured Banned Book:

The reason this title appears on the list:

Removed from all school libraries (1978) in Gardner KS due to a sexually
explicit section; challenged at the Ogden School District (1979), Ogden, UT, and placed in a restricted circulation category; removed from all elementary and middle school libraries (1980) in Clinton NC due to "objectionable" language, challenged in the Gwinnett County public schools (1986) because of "obscene language."

Banned Books Week Challenge (Tuesday)

Monday's answers: To Kill a Mockingbird and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

The first fifteen respondents to get the correct answer will win a prize; you must stop by the reference desk in the library to collect. Be the first person to answer the daily bonus question and win an even bigger prize!! Run, don't walk, to the library...

Quiz question #2
This world famous, widely read Holocaust memoir has been banned for complaints ranging from "pornographic sexual content" and "homosexual themes", to it simply being a "real downer". What is this book?

Bonus question #2
What late 19th century play, set in a coastal Norwegian town, is Peter Benchley's novel Jaws partially based on?

*Present your answers to the librarian at the reference desk to collect your cool prize!!

Check It Out! -- 9-27-10

Banned Books Week, September 25 - October 2, 2010

For each day of Banned Books Week, the IHCC Library Blog is featuring a different title from the American Library Association's list of challenged and/or banned books, along with an explanation of the documented challenge. We have selected titles from the list that are available in the IHCC library. Today's banned/challenged feature is Hills Like White Elephants: A Short Story: The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway.
The reason this appears on the list:

Pulled from a Litchfield, N.H. Campbell High School elective course classroom (2009) after parents voiced their concerns about a short-stories unit
called “Love/Gender/Family Unit” that dealt with
subject matters including abortion, cannibalism,
homosexuality, and drug use. The parents said
the stories promoted bad behavior and a “political
agenda” and they shouldn't be incorporated into
classroom teachings. The Campbell High School
English curriculum adviser eventually resigned.
Source: Sept. 2009, p. 154.

For more information on how the list is compiled, stop into the library and view Robert P. Doyle's guide, Banned Books: Challenging our Freedom to Read, or check out the ALA website:
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/aboutbannedbooks/index.cfm

Banned Books Week Challenge

Test your knowledge with our daily banned book quiz. Each day, the first fifteen respondents to get the correct answer will win a prize. Stop by the reference desk in the library to collect. Be the first person to answer the bonus question and win an even bigger prize!! Run, don't walk, to the library...

Quiz question #1
What is the popular book in many high school English classes by Harper Lee that has been banned or challenged?

Bonus question #1
Which author/poet said "Every burned book enlightens the world"?

*Present your answers to the librarian at the reference desk to collect your prize!!

Check It Out! -- 9-24-10

Support Banned Books Week at the IHCC Library
September 25 - October 2, 2010

For each day of Banned Books Week, the IHCC Library Blog will feature a different title from the American Library Association's list of challenged and/or banned books, along with an explanation of the documented challenge. We will select titles from the list that are available in the IHCC library.

Also, next week you will have the opportunity to test your knowledge with a daily banned book quiz. Each day, the first fifteen quiz-takers to get the correct answer will win a prize! Don't miss out!

For more information on Banned Books Week and how the list is compiled, stop into the library and view Robert P. Doyle's guide, Banned Books: Challenging our Freedom to Read. Also check out the ALA website:
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm

Check It Out! 9-22-10

Student Success Happens at the Library!

Check It Out! -- 9-2-10

New Media Titles -- Late Summer 2010

Documentaries and Instructional Titles:

CT1919.P38 B547 2010
Blessed is the match [videorecording] the life and death of Hannah Senesh. [United States] : Docurama Films : Distributed by New Video, [2010]

D769.2 .W85 2010
WWII in HD. Discs 1-3 [videorecording]. [New York] : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, [2010]

D769.8.A6 P37 2008
Passing Poston [videorecording] an American story. [Standard format]. [New York] : Docurama : Distributed by New Video, c2008.

DB2040 .P75 2008
Private century [videorecording]. Chicago, Ill. : Facets Video, c2008.

DT157.672 .J35 2008
Jal, Emmanuel. War child [videorecording] a new fight, a new weapon. Widescreen format (16:9). Washington, D.C. Reel U Films 2008.

GA130 .M36 1993
Maps and mapmaking [videorecording]. Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities, c1993.

GE195 .A44 2010
Earth days [videorecording]. [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Distribution, c2010.

GV885.43.S745 M67 2010
More than a game (Motion picture). More than a game [videorecording]. Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, c2009.

GV1713.G4 T73 2003
Traditional dances of Ghana [videorecording] instructional DVD. Ghana, West Africa : Vijay Rakhra Productions, c2002.

HB3722 .C65 2010
Collapse [videorecording]. [United States] : Film Buff ; [Distributed by] MPI Media Group, c2010.

HC79.P6 E53 2010
The end of poverty? [videorecording]. [S.l.] : Cinema Libre Studio, c2010.

HD8055.I4 .W6288 2006
The Wobblies [videorecording]. [New York?] : Docurama : Distributed by New Video Group, c2006.

HD9566 .F84 2010
Fuel [videorecording]. [Canoga Park, Calif.] : Cinema Libre Studio, c2010.

HJ2051 .T46 2009
Ten trillion and counting [videorecording]. Boston, Mass. : WGBH Educational Foundation ; Alexandria, Va. : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2009.

HM831 .P46 2010
The people speak [videorecording]. [New York] : A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, [2010]

HN49.W6 T44 2009
They killed Sister Dorothy [videorecording]. [New York?] : First Run Features, [2009?]

HQ759.92 .R44 2007
Remarriage and stepfamilies [videorecording]. Pasadena, CA : INTELECOM Intelligence Telecommunications : Eight Mile Plans, Qld. : Marcom Projects, c2007.

HV2476.4 .I35 2008
Idioms & phrases in American Sign Language. Volume 1&2 : [videorecording]. [United States] : Everyday ASL Productions, c2008.

M1500 .P37 2010
Passing strange [videorecording]. New York, NY : IFC Films ; [Orland Park,IL] : Distributed by MPI Media Group, [2010]

ML421.D6 W44 2010
When you're strange [videorecording] a film about the Doors. [United States] : Eagle Vision, 2010.

PN1993.5.N54 W45 2009
Welcome to Nollywood [videorecording]. [S.l.] : Indiepix Films, c2009.

QL50 .P583 2007
Planet Earth. The complete series. Disc 1 – 5 [videorecording]. [S.l.] : BBC Video ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2007.

SH329.O94 E43 2010
The end of the line [videorecording]. Deluxe ed. [United States] : Docurama : Distributed by New Video Group, c2009.

TT505.M33 E44 2009
Eleven minutes [videorecording]. Port Washington, NY : E1 Entertainment, 2009, c2008.

TT920 .R43 2010
Reason, Emily. Wheel throwing. 1st ed. New York : Lark Books, c2010.

TX667 .P74 2010
Pressure cooker [videorecording]. [New York] : First Run Features, 2009.

Exercise:

GV548.N38 S915 1989
Strength training with Nautilus equipment [videorecording]. Quincy, Mass. : On Screen Video Productions, c1989.

GV1798.O99
Oxycise! Introduction to Oxycise! ; Basic breath and techniques [videorecording]. Littleton, CO : Oxycise International, [2006] .

GV1798 .O99
Oxycise! Level one. 15-minute workout and body positions demonstration [videorecording]. Littleton, CO : Oxycise International, [2006].

Feature Films:
24 City
35 rhums = 35 shots of rum
A day at the races
A night in Casablanca
Abrazos rotos
Alice in Wonderland : 1933
Alice in Wonderland : 2010
The art of being straight
Beeswax
The book of Eli
Crazy heart
Darling (directed by John Schlesinger)
Dear John
Death of a salesman
Everlasting moments
From Paris with love
The girl with the dragon tattoo = Man som hatar kvinnor
Go West
Green Zone
Hamlet
Happy Tears
The horse boy
Invictus
It's complicated
Summer hours =L'heure d'ete
The last station
Like stars on Earth
Lolita (Motion picture : 1962).
Lovely bones
Make way for tomorrow
Mammoth
The memory thief
The messenger
The missing person
Mommo the bogeyman
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Monty Python's the meaning of life
Monty Python the other British invasion
La nana
Night at the opera
Nordwand = North face
Postmen in the mountains = Na shan na ren na gou
Remember me
Revanche
The Road
Room service At the circus
Runaway
Shutter Island
Toe to toe
Valentine's Day
A voyage round my father
The white ribbon
The young Victoria