We’ve curated a list of links to professional statements and resources developed in response to, or useful in responding to, recent challenges and/or public attacks of library and classroom materials.
News
Myers’ Zolotow Lecture Available to View
If you missed watching Christopher Myers’s 2021 Charlotte Zolotow Lecture on September, “What Is Your Water: Establishing a Lingua Franca in Community Literatures,” the archived video is now available.
Christopher Myers to Deliver 2021 Charlotte Zolotow Lecture September 30
Artist, author, and editor Christopher Myers will deliver the 2021 Charlotte Zolotow Lecture on Thursday evening, September 30, at 7:30 pm, in Great Hall, Memorial Union, on the UW-Madison campus. Mr. Myers is the author …
CCBC Stats Featured on CBS This Morning
CCBC Director Kathleen T. Horning was interviewed along with author Renée Watson as part of a story on CBS This Morning on the importance of diverse books. The story also featured the CCBC diversity statistics.
CCBC Open By Appointment This Summer
Beginning Monday, June 7, the CCBC will be open by appointment to individuals on a limited basis Monday – Friday. We will follow UW-Madison COVID policies for summer and all visitors must also do so. …
Recent CCBC Web Site Additions
Recent additions to the CCBC web site highlight the library’s work in diversity in literature for children and teens and intellectual freedom, including: Diversifying Your Classroom Bookshelf with the CCBC : A presentation by librarians …
CCBC Diversity Statistics in the News
CCBC Director Kathleen T. Horning was interviewed for a March 16, 2021 AP news story focusing on diversity in literature for children and teens. The library’s work documenting diversity in children’s and young adult literature …
CCBC Choices 2021 Available
CCBC Choices 2021, the most recent edition of the CCBC’s annual best-of-the-year list, is now available. For decades the annual list has been published as a fully annotated printed booklet. This year’s list, recommending 257 …
CCBC in the News
The January/February 2021 issue of The Horn Book Magazine featured two pieces by by CCBC librarians: “CCBC Diversity Statistics: New Categories, New Data” by Madeline Tyner looks at our diversity statistics for 2019 “Sometimes You …
Charlotte Zolotow Award Change Due to COVID
The term of the current Charlotte Zolotow Award has been extended for an additional year due to challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021-2022 Charlotte Zolotow Award will consider eligible books published during both the …