Libraries & democracy : the cornerstones of liberty / Nancy Kranich, editor.

"From Librarian of Congress, James Billington, to founding director of the Center for the Book. John Cole, the leading-edge information specialists of the day come together to discuss the role that libraries play in advancing democracy in the twenty-first century. As issues such as filtering an...

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Other Authors: Kranich, Nancy C.
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Language:English
Published: Chicago : American Library Association, 2001.
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505 0 |a Historic and theoretical overview of the role of libraries and democracy: Reconsidering Arsenals of a democratic culture; Balancing symbol and practice / Frederick Stielow -- Imagining fairness; Equality and equity of access in search of democracy / Jorge Reina Schement -- Poverty, democracy, and public libraries / Kathleen de la Pena McCook -- Libraries and civil society: Libraries and civil society / Joan C. Durrance, Karen Pettigrew, Michael Jourdan, Karen Scheuerer -- Civic librarianship / Ronald B. McCabe -- Information literacy for the twenty-first-century citizen / Elizabeth L. (Betty) Marcoux -- Libraries, technology, and democracy: Libraries, the Internet, and democracy / Nancy C. Kranich -- Library Internet access controversy and democracy / Susan B. Kretchmer -- Libraries, the new media, and the political process / Nancy C. Kranich -- Sex, democracy, and videotape / Randy Pitman -- Libraries supporting democratic information policy: In support of democracy; The library role in public access to government information / Anne Heanue -- Information ethics and government power; from the White House e-mail to the Stasi files / Thomas S. Blanton -- Libraries; where the first amendment lives / Paul K. McMasters -- First amendment, libraries, and democracy / Susan B. Kretchmer -- Copyright and democracy; its implications for the public's right to know / Siva Vaidhyananthan -- Library of Congress and democracy: Library of Congress and the democratic spirit / John Y. Cole -- Library of Congress and the widening horizons of democracy building / James H. Billington -- Library advocacy for democracy: Advocating for America's right to know / Patricia Glass Schuman -- Advocacy for democracy I; the role of the American Library Association / William R. Gordon -- Advocacy for democracy II; the role of the Swedish Library Association / Joneta Belfrage. 
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