There are many reasons for why a government might think a book is a dangerous thing to let into the country (or state). Often, books are banned for ideological reasons - although religion and sex play a big role in why many "powers that be" decide they don't want people to be able to read certain books. Some of the books we regard today as classic texts, like All Quiet on the Western Front or Moll Flanders were banned by at least one government at some point in time. Translations of both the Bible and the Qu'ran have been banned for various reasons in various states. And, judging by the number of countries that have banned them, Satanic Verses and Mein Kampf seem to be vying for the title of "least popular book". But very few books are banned at the level of a state or country government. Most censorship happens closer to home, with books being banned in schools and communities. At this level, the banned books tend to face opprobrium because they feat
In support of Dementia Action Week 2021, James Cook University Library is launching A Long Goodbye: Ed and Mary’s Journey with Lewy Body Dementia . This eBook is centred around the heartfelt journal of a husband, Ed, documenting his wife Mary’s rapid mental and physical decline after being diagnosed with Lewy body dementia (LBD). It is the first book to be launched on JCU Library’s Pressbooks platform, a key element in the Library’s ongoing Open Education Initiative, bringing open educational resources not only to the JCU community but to a much wider audience. The JCU Open Education Initiative aims to provide a platform for the development of Open Educational Resources (OERs) that are licensed in ways that allow them to be legally and freely copied, used, adapted and re-shared. The Library led initiative is currently developing a variety of openly available textbooks in a number of subject discipline areas for the benefit of Australian undergraduate students. Librarians