Questioning library neutrality : essays from Progressive librarian / edited by Alison Lewis.

Questioning Library Neutrality: Essays from Progressive Librarian presents essays that relate to neutrality in librarianship in a philosophical or practical sense, and sometimes both. They are a selection of essays originally published in Progressive Librarian, the journal of the Progressive Librari...

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Other Authors: Lewis, Alison M., 1959- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Duluth, Minnesota : Library Juice Press, 2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / by Alison Lewis
  • Politics and anti-politics in librarianship / by Mark Rosenzweig
  • Corporate inroads in librarianship : the fight for the soul of the profession in the new millennium / by Peter Mcdonald
  • Librarianship and resistance / by Sandy Iverson
  • A few gates redux : an examination of the social responsibilities debate in the early 1970s and 1990s / by Steven Joyce
  • Activist librarianship : heritage or heresy? / by Ann Sparanese
  • Activist librarianship bibliography / by Ann Sparanese
  • The myth of the neutral professional / by Robert Jensen
  • Information criticism : where is it? / by Jack Andersen
  • Towards self-reflection in librarianship : what is praxis? / by John J. Doherty
  • The professional is political : redefining the social role of public libraries / by Shiraz Durrani and Elizabeth Smallwood
  • The hottest place in hell : the crisis of neutrality in contemporary librarianship / by Joseph Good.