<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Jim & TLN-</div><div><br>There was also a brief article in TIME earlier this week that addressed increasingly frequent challenges at school libraries:</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><a href="https://time.com/6117685/book-bans-school-libraries/">https://time.com/6117685/book-bans-school-libraries/</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>M.</div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__SIG_PRE__"><div>Maria Williams<br>Assistant Director<br>Northville District Library<br>212 W. Cady Street<br>Northville, MI 48167<br>248-349-3020, ext. 208<br><a href="mailto:mwilliams@northvillelibrary.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mwilliams@northvillelibrary.org</a><br></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;font-size:10px"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_destination/9555257?utm_medium=reading_link&utm_source=email_signature" style="color:rgb( 24 , 24 , 24 )" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Currently Reading</a></div><div style="font-family:'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;font-size:10px"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_destination/9555257?utm_medium=cover&utm_source=email_signature" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img width="50" alt="Book Cover" src="https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_cover/9555257" style="margin:10px 0px 5px"></a></div><div style="font-family:'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;font-size:10px;margin-top:5px"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/?utm_medium=gr_logo&utm_source=email_signature" style="border:0px" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img width="16" height="16" alt="Goodreads Logo" src="https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/icons/goodreads_icon_32x32-6c9373254f526f7fdf2980162991a2b3.png" style="vertical-align:middle;margin-right:2px"> </a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_instructions?utm_medium=gyo_link&utm_source=email_signature" style="color:rgb( 170 , 170 , 170 );vertical-align:middle" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get your own email signature</a></div></div><br><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"Jim Flury" <jflury@tln.lib.mi.us><br><b>To: </b>"all-tln" <all-tln@lists.tln.org>, "directors" <directors@lists.tln.org>, "partnerscda" <partnerscda@lists.tln.org>, "michlib-l" <michlib-l@mcls.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, November 19, 2021 8:50:51 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>[all-tln] Challenged/Banned Books<br></div><br><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div id="zimbraEditorContainer" style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000" class="2"><div>Good Morning,</div><br><div>Thought I would share this PW article that discusses what appears to be an increasingly organized, possibly national trend to challenge and/or ban books. I am not on the "front lines" as nearly all of you are, so just wondering if we are seeing this trend in Michigan as well. If not, then the increased number of challenges/ban efforts that are taking place in other states might be something to keep in mind.</div><br><div><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.publishersweekly.com_pw_by-2Dtopic_industry-2Dnews_libraries_article_87920-2Dlibrarians-2Deducators-2Dwarn-2Dof-2Dorganized-2Dbook-2Dbanning-2Defforts.html&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=LHMBuN8L2Y6IxcHD6lrbABorptvUX4FXRP-_DHNXNO0&m=yFTCYNCgbXHGqVf__Y_hlVzNPNCE9w6j6CAITuKAlEw&s=InPCYmCMG2DZQZicNClO-UcH_mMyQorTdtz7l7k9VnM&e=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.publishersweekly.com_pw_by-2Dtopic_industry-2Dnews_libraries_article_87920-2Dlibrarians-2Deducators-2Dwarn-2Dof-2Dorganized-2Dbook-2Dbanning-2Defforts.html&d=DwQFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=LHMBuN8L2Y6IxcHD6lrbABorptvUX4FXRP-_DHNXNO0&m=yFTCYNCgbXHGqVf__Y_hlVzNPNCE9w6j6CAITuKAlEw&s=InPCYmCMG2DZQZicNClO-UcH_mMyQorTdtz7l7k9VnM&e=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/87920-librarians-educators-warn-of-organized-book-banning-efforts.html</a><br></div><br><div>Jim</div><br><div>Jim Flury<br>Technical Services Manager<br>The Library Network<br>41365 Vincenti Court<br>Novi, MI 48375<br>248-536-3100, ext 133<br>Fax 248-536-3098<br>jflury@tln.lib.mi.us</div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>