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The 91´«Ã½ Office of Intellectual Freedom (OIF) offers a variety of resources for libraries, schools, and other organizations that want to get involved with and promote Banned Books Week. Stock up on promotional material from the 91´«Ã½ Store, download free images, and learn about hosting community programs that celebrate your freedom to read.

• - This resource offers issues, strategies, and resources for preparing your professional community (teacher librarians and public librarians) to celebrate Banned Books Week.

• - Fight censorship with these 10 tips. For more ideas, take a look at our .

• - Proclaim Banned Books Week at your local library. Feel free to use it as is, or modify it for your own celebration of the freedom to read.

• - For more ideas, take a look at our .

• - Screening a film or sponsor a First Amendment film festival for Banned Books Week. Film and video productions can vividly depict the impact of censorship on individuals and society.

• - Enhance your physical and online presence with graphics, social media tools, and read-alikes.

• - Edit and adapt this opinion column "Read a Banned Book" for your local newspaper. Share your local events and ways for your community to support their right to read.

• - Help support the Office for Intellectual Freedom by purchasing Banned Books Week promotional materials. The Resource Guide contains an annotated list of challenged or banned books and is an excellent reference for conducting research on censorship. The latest edition is .

• Virtual Read-Out Videos - Readers from across the country and around the world have participated in the 2016 Banned Books Virtual Read-Out! These videos are also featured on the . Find out how you can by making your own video!