Ala Banned Books Week 2024. This website is maintained and updated by the banned books week coordinator and the ala office for intellectual freedom in partnership with the banned books week coalition. It's banned books week, and the american library association (ala) has released new preliminary data today documenting attempts to censor books and materials in.
Banned books week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores, and schools. In a time of intense political polarization, library staff in every state are facing an unprecedented number of attempts to ban books.