RegisterandVoteApr 28, 2023
Will Robinson
Please Reblog to get this to those who can use it.... Teens and young adults ages 13 to 26 living anywhere in the U.S. can access the entire collection of e-books and audiobooks from the Seattle Public Library. "We believe in your right to read what you want, discover yourself and form your own opinions." Fill out the form to get a Books Unbanned card.
https://www.spl.org/programs-and-services/teens/books-unbanned#GetaBooksUnbannedCard
Books Unbanned

Teens and young adults ages 13 to 26 living anywhere in the U.S. can access our entire collection of e-books and audiobooks.

Apr 28, 2023 at 11:10amWeb
Show threadJerameeApr 28, 2023

@WillRobinson
This is great!

Additionally, Archive.org and OpenLibrary.org have hundreds of thousands of books to lend also. These are sibling websites. One account (that can be anonymous) provides access to both. They have the banned books too.

I use these 2 websites daily. I'll have to go check out the Seattle site too.

Show threadsettimaApr 28, 2023
@Jeramee @WillRobinson And of course #ProjectGutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org/ #books #ebooks #UnbannedBooks
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Show threadBritish Tech GuruApr 28, 2023
@WillRobinson Danger Will Robinson Danger. You are likely to spread knowledge to people the GOP wants to be clueless worker drones.
Show threadElric the damnedApr 28, 2023
@WillRobinson “danger danger warning Will Robinson”
Show threadReay JespersenApr 28, 2023
@WillRobinson I kind of like that people who ban books are so wilfully ignorant and blinded by their own self-importance that they don’t grasp that doing so literally has the exact opposite effect of what they’re trying to achieve.
Show threadAllpointsApr 29, 2023
@reay @WillRobinson Banned books are the best books. Not sure what to read next? Grab something from a banned book list
Show threadJon_OstroveApr 28, 2023
@WillRobinson I’m a regular patron of the SPL and I was not aware of this. This is an excellent comeback to the Christo-fascist book-banners and it would be great to see libraries all over the country taking up a policy like this.
Show threadNew Door BooksApr 28, 2023
@WillRobinson Thanks for posting!
Show threadRev. Dr. Oswald J. RheaApr 29, 2023
@WillRobinson also libgen.
Show threadHumble Fan of Atty. WooApr 29, 2023
@WillRobinson
right on, @will Robinson
Show threadCykonotApr 29, 2023
@WillRobinson always so proud of my hometown
Show threadUbergeekApr 29, 2023

@WillRobinson I think we need to start building lists of these

LA Publix Lib allows anyone to get a card. Brooklyn has a similar program as your post. NYPL has pretty loose requirements for non residents. Etc.

Show threadLGsMomApr 29, 2023
@WillRobinson My daughter signed up last night.
Show threadLisa HamiltonMay 6, 2023

@WillRobinson So does the Brooklyn Library, for teens. Scroll down near the bottom of the page for the email to send to

https://www.bklynlibrary.org/books-unbanned

Books Unbanned | Brooklyn Public Library

In April 2022, Brooklyn Public Library joined those fighting for the rights of teens nationwide to read what they like, discover themselves, and form their own opinions. Inspired by the American Library Association's Freedom to Read Statement, Books Unbanned is a response to an increasingly coordinated and effective effort to remove books from library shelves.