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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456905803321

Titolo

Questioning library neutrality [[electronic resource] ] : essays from Progressive librarian / / edited by Alison Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Duluth, Minn., : Library Juice Press, 2008

ISBN

1-936117-26-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LewisAlison M. <1959->

Disciplina

021.2

Soggetti

Libraries and society

Library science - Political aspects

Library science - Social aspects

Library science - Moral and ethical aspects

Librarians - Professional ethics

Libraries - Censorship

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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 millenium / 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 -- 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.