N.J. librarian who fought book banning co-creates app to help others do the same

Boston-based software company ioard has collaborated with N.J. librarian Martha Hickson to create free book banning reporting resource.

Legislative Consultant Mary Moyer Stubbs saying that the association has seen a rise in challenges to books, as well as in self-censorship, across New Jersey in recent years.

“I had attended an iorad demonstration that conducted last spring, and I had been using the tool in my teaching since then. It’s a simple, interactive way to create “how to” demos,” Hickson said. North Hunterdon- Voorhees Regional High School Librarian Martha Hickson speaks about winning the American Library Association's 2022 Lemony Snicket Prize and her work she is still doing to fight against book banning., which begins on Sunday, Sept. 18-24, is more important now than ever.

When using Demo Defense, users can report a book banning attempt that is happening at their school district or public library to the American Library Association, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, National Coalition Against Censorship, and/or the National Council of Teachers of English.

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