{"id":26502,"date":"2023-07-14T09:44:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T16:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pro-migration.local\/?post_type=resource&p=26502"},"modified":"2025-10-22T05:42:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:42:39","slug":"brooklyn-public-library-books-unbanned","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/c\/case-studies\/brooklyn-public-library-books-unbanned\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Public Library raises over $77k on GoFundMe Pro in one year to fund Books Unbanned program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Books Unbanned results in the first year:<\/h2>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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$77,000+<\/h3>\n

raised on GoFundMe Pro for Books Unbanned through program designation<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n

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6,000+<\/h3>\n

e-library cards issued to teens nationwide<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n

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88,000+<\/h3>\n

e-books checked out<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

The Brooklyn Public Library<\/a> (BPL) is the sixth largest library system in the U.S., encompassing 61 branches across the borough of Brooklyn. The library offers free resources and services like literacy programs, lectures, resume and career help, computer centers, teen internships, and more. You can even check out records and musical instruments. It\u2019s an inclusive place anyone can go, no matter their age or background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Granting access to banned books to reignite teen learning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When BPL joined GoFundMe Pro, its team launched a program called Books Unbanned<\/a> in response to the growing and coordinated attempts to ban books in libraries and schools across the country. BPL believes everybody, especially teens, has the right to intellectual freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A group of BPL staff members, including Chief Librarian Nick Higgins and Young Adults Internship Coordinator, Jackson Gomes, designed the program to extend their digital library card to teens aged 13-21 throughout the country so they could access the extensive digital catalog of e-books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With Books Unbanned, we wanted to give support to young people and tell them they do matter, that their stories are important, and that they\u2019re fully supported by a public library.<\/p>\n\n \n