While many librarians teach courses on information literacy or research skills at their institutions, teaching in other subject areas is less common. Many librarians find their instruction and reference consultations to be rewarding, but want the chance to interact in a more meaningful way with students, and forge longer-term relationships.

This poster session will look at the process that a librarian went through in creating a course proposal and subsequently teaching a class on Banned Books, a subject that was close enough to familiar library roots, but very different from the normal library instruction.

The course was a first-year seminar, which meant additional responsibilities. First-year seminar faculty serve as their students' academic advisor until they declare majors, thus providing additional insight into student work patterns, their academic anxieties, and the university's curriculum.

The poster will detail the author's experiences teaching a discussion and literature-based class with sometimes controversial topics, advising first-year students, all while juggling regular library responsibilities.