Libraries & democracy : the cornerstones of liberty /

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

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Other Authors: Kranich, Nancy C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : American Library Association, 2001.
Subjects:
Libraries and society > United States.
Libraries and state > United States.
Information policy > United States.
Freedom of information > United States.
Internet access for library users > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • 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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