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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Join Western Michigan University Libraries and MCLS in welcoming Dr. Emily Knox for a lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 7 and a workshop on Wednesday,
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Book bans are on the rise in schools and libraries across the U.S., including in our West Michigan communities. While the effectiveness of these campaigns is unclear, the attempts continue. Why do people ban...</div>
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bans are on the rise in schools and libraries across the U.S., including in our West Michigan communities. While the effectiveness of these campaigns is unclear, the attempts continue. Why do people ban books? What are they trying to accomplish? What are the
effects, and how should we respond? Dr. Emily Knox from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will explore the answer to these questions in a lecture on the rise of banned books and what it means for communities.</span></span><span class="eop" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; color:rgb(32,31,30)"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:9pt; font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> A
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<span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; font-size:12pt"><b><span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">About Emily Knox</span></b></span><span class="eop" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; font-size:12pt"><span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt; font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:rgb(31,55,99)"> </span><br>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Emily is an associate professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.</span></span><span class="eop"><span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Her book,
<i class="ContentPasted0">Book Banning in 21st Century America</i> (Rowman & Littlefield) is the first monograph in the Beta Phi Mu Scholars’ Series. She also recently edited
<i class="ContentPasted0">Trigger Warnings: History, Theory Context</i> (Rowman & Littlefield) and co-edited
<i class="ContentPasted0">Foundations of Information Ethics</i> (ALA Neal-Schuman). Her most recent book is
<i class="ContentPasted0">Foundations of Intellectual Freedom</i> (ALA Neal-Schuman). Emily’s articles have been published in
<i class="ContentPasted0">The Library Quarterly</i>, <i class="ContentPasted0">Library and Information Science Research</i>,
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Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy</i>.</span></span><span class="eop"><span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Her research interests include information access, intellectual freedom and censorship, information ethics, information policy, and the intersection
of print culture and reading practices. She is also a member of the Mapping Information Access research team.</span></span><span class="eop"><span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Emily received her Ph.D. from the doctoral program at the Rutgers University School of Communication & Information. Her master’s in library and
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