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28th Annual UToledo Banned Books Vigil
Free Books! Door Prizes!Light Refreshments! Extra Credit Attendance Vouchers for Classes!
2025 Dr. Linda Smith Lecturer:
Jodi Jameson, MLIS, Nursing Libarian: “Veiled Nevermore: Masked Meanings and Mythologies of Edgar Allan Poe
Campus friends:
The generosity of our friends empowers use to provide refreshments, banned books, and door prizes. Here is a list of last fall’s donors:
The UToledo President’s Office, Judith Herb College of Education, Campus Activities and Programming, Student Government, Office of Accessibility and Disability Resources, UToledo Counseling; Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, UToledo Departments: Art, Women & Gender Studies, Theatre & Film, and the Division of Student Affairs, The Carver Center, Jerry & Ann Garden Gifts, Phoenicia Cuisine, Barry’s Bagels, and Huntington Bank.
Special thanks to Provost Scott Molitor, University Libraries, Jesup Scott Honors College, the Communication and Media Department, the College of Arts and Letters, Office of Multicultural Student Success, Mojisola Tiamiyu, Marcia King-Blandford, and WXUT.
Related Websites:
- American Library Association: https://www.ala.org/
- ALA Banned and Challenged Books: https://www.ala.org/bbooks
- ALA,Office for Intellectual Freedom Blog: https://www.oif.ala.org/
- Banned Books Awareness and Reading for Knowledge, Project Website: https://bbark.deepforestproductions.com/column/banned-books-awareness-and-reading-for-knowledge-project/
- Banned Books, Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/bannedbooks
- Banned Books Week: https://bannedbooksweek.org/
- City of Toledo, Office of the Mayor, "Banned Books Week" Proclamation, October 5, 2025 [image]
- Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), The Banned Book Club: https://www.thebannedbookclub.info/?mc_cid=30a7bc7c2a&mc_eid=454be9db19
- Freedom to Read Foundation: https://www.ftrf.org/
- Goodreads, Listopia, Banned Book Lists: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/banned
- People for the American Way: https://www.peoplefor.org/
- Pen America, The Freedom to Write: https://pen.org/
- ShortList: 10 Banned Films: https://www.shortlist.com/news/10-banned-films
- UToledo Libguides:Banned Books Information and Resources: https://libguides.utoledo.edu/bannedbooks
Video Recordings of UToledo Banned Books Vigils from 2015 to Present
2024 - No recording is available
2023 - 26th UToledo Banned Books Vigil (YouTube)
2022 - 25th UToledo Banned Books Vigil (YouTube)
2021 - 24th UToledo Banned Books Vigil (YouTube)
2020 - 23rd UToledo Banned Books Vigil (YouTube)
2015-2019 UToledo Banned Books Vigils (KnowledgeStream)
The UToledo Banned Books Coalition:
Paulette D. Kilmer (Emeritus, Communication & Media), coordinator with Mojisola Tiamiyu (Psychology); Cathy Bukowski (University Libraries); Saadia Farooq (BGSU graduate student); Ali Imami (UToledo HSC graduate student); Alieah Jones (Co-Director of the Office of Student Engagement and Connections); Laura Mitchell (UT alumna); and Arjun Sabharwal (University Libraries)
