Researcher Molly Molloy to Present Program on Censorship
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Jeanette Smith, NMSU Library, (575) 646-7492, jcsmith@lib.nmsu.edu
The New Mexico State University Library announces the second program in a Speakers Series on Censorship that is running throughout October.
Molly Molloy
NMSU researcher and Latin American & Border Studies Librarian Molly Molloy will discuss “The Shifting Realities of Mexico’s ‘Drug War’ Death Toll: Will We Ever Know How Many Have Died?” The presentation will take place at 10 a.m. on Monday, October 10, on the fourth floor of NMSU’s Branson Library.
Also featured in the series are El Paso poet and publisher Bobby Byrd on October 17 and author Alex Sanchez on October 24.
The series of presentations continues the celebration of Banned Books Week, an annual national event sponsored by the Office of Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association. Banned Books Week stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints for all who wish to read and access them.
For more information, visit http://lib.nmsu.edu or contact Ingrid Schneider at (575) 646-4707 or ingschne@lib.nmsu.edu.
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