Fall Library Newsletter 19/20

797 Game Farm Road Yorkville, IL 60560 YORKVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2019 Banned Books Week Your library would like you to take a moment with us to observe Banned Books Week: Censorship leaves us in the dark: keep the light on, September 22nd to September 28th.

Library Hours By focusing on efforts across the country 7:00am - 3:00pm to remove or restrict access to books, Monday thru Friday Banned Books Week draws national atten- Tel: (630) 553-4380 tion to the harms of censorship. The books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted with removal or re- strictions in libraries and schools. While books have been and continue to be banned, part of the Banned Books Week celebration is the fact that, in a majority of cases, the books have remained available. This happens only thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, students, and community members who stand up and speak out for the freedom to read. Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it high- lights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community – librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types – in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.

“Cultivating learners who apply skills and experiences to enrich society”

797 Game Farm Road Yorkville, IL 60560 YORKVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2019 National Cyber Security Month 2019 National Cybersecurity Awareness Month “Own IT. Secure. IT. Protect IT.” https://staysafeonline.org/ncsam/about-ncsam/ Library Hours 7:00am - 3:00pm Monday thru Friday Tel: (630) 553-4380

Own IT. -Never Click and Tell: staying safe on social media -Update Privacy Settings -Keep Tabs on Your Apps: best practices for device applications -Never Click and Tell: staying safe on social media

Secure IT. -Shake Up Your Passphrase Protocol: create strong, unique pass- “Cultivating learners who phrases. apply skills and experiences -Double Your Login Protection: turn on multi-factor authentication to enrich society” -Shop Safe Online -Play Hard To Get With Strangers: how to spot and avoid phish

Protect IT. -If You Connect, You Must Protect: update your security software, browser and O.S. -Stay Protected While Connected: Wi-Fi safety -If You Collect It, Protect It: keeping customer/consumer data and information safe Fall Library Newsletter 19/20

797 Game Farm Road Yorkville, IL 60560 YORKVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2019 Veterans Day

On Monday, November 11, 2019, the Yorkville High School Library played host to an incredible assembly for our students in honor of Veteran's Day. We'd also like to thank our faculty guest speakers Dan Cornwall and David Orton for sharing their stories, experiences, and most im- portantly their service to our country!

2019 Fall Blood Drive On Thursday, December 5, 2019, the Yorkville High School Library will serve as host to Heartland Blood Centers as our school took part in our annual fall blood drive. Facts About Blood and Blood Donation 4.5 million Americans would die each year without life saving blood transfusions. Approxi- mately 32,000 pints of blood are used each day in the United States. Just one pint of donat- ed blood can help save as many as three people's lives. The average adult has 10 pints of blood in his or her body.

https://www.bnl.gov/hr/blooddrive/56facts.asp

Fall Library Newsletter 19/20

797 Game Farm Road Yorkville, IL 60560 YORKVILLE HIGH SCHOOL Faculty Book Recommendations In our continuing effort to provide you with quality literature your library recommends: She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by authors Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey.

For many years, reporters had tried to get to the truth about Harvey Weinstein’s treatment of women. Rumors of wrongdoing had long cir- culated. But in 2017, when Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey began their investigation into the prominent Hollywood producer for the New York Times, his name was still synonymous with power. During months of confidential interviews with top actresses, former Weinstein em- ployees, and other sources, many disturbing and long-buried allegations were unearthed, and a web of onerous secret payouts and nondis- closure agreements was revealed. These shadowy settlements had long been used to hide sexual harassment and abuse, but with a break- through reporting technique Kantor and Twohey helped to expose it. But Weinstein had evaded scrutiny in the past, and he was not going down without a fight; he employed a team of high-profile lawyers, pri- vate investigators, and other allies to thwart the investigation. When Kantor and Twohey were finally able to convince some sources to go on the record, a dramatic final showdown between Weinstein and the New York Times was set in motion.

Nothing could have prepared Kantor and Twohey for what followed the publication of their initial Weinstein story on October 5, 2017. Within days, a veritable Pandora’s box of sexual harassment and abuse was opened. Women all over the world came forward with their own traumatic stories. Over the next twelve months, hundreds of men from every walk of life and industry were outed following allegations of wrongdoing. But did too much change—or not enough? Those questions hung in the air months later as Brett Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court, and Chris- tine Blasey Ford came forward to testify that he had assaulted her decades earlier. Kantor and Twohey, who had unique access to Ford and her team, bring to light the odyssey that led her to come forward, the overwhelming forces that came to bear on her, and what happened after she shared her allegation with the world.

In the tradition of great investigative journalism, She Said tells a thrilling story about the power of truth, with shocking new information from hidden sources. Kantor and Twohey describe not only the consequences of their reporting for the #MeToo movement, but the inspiring and affecting journeys of the women who spoke up—for the sake of other women, for future generations, and for themselves.

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