03655nam 2200673Ia 450 991045165550332120200520144314.00-8389-9841-00-8389-9919-0(CKB)1000000000345687(EBL)289117(OCoLC)171272447(SSID)ssj0000191892(PQKBManifestationID)11168225(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000191892(PQKBWorkID)10186033(PQKB)11027660(MiAaPQ)EBC3001592(MiAaPQ)EBC289117(Au-PeEL)EBL3001592(CaPaEBR)ebr10194633(OCoLC)929146107(Au-PeEL)EBL289117(EXLCZ)99100000000034568720010302d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLibraries & democracy[electronic resource] the cornerstones of liberty /Nancy Kranich, editorChicago American Library Association20011 online resource (233 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8389-0808-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Historic and Theoretical Overview of the Role of Libraries and Democracy; Reconsidering Arsenals of a Democratic Culture: Balancing Symbol and Practice by Frederick Stielow; Imagining Fairness:Equality and Equity of Access in Search of Democracy by Jorge Reina Schement; Poverty, Democracy, and Public Libraries by Kathleen de la Peña McCook; Part II: Libraries and Civil Society; Libraries and Civil Society by Joan C. Durrance, Karen Pettigrew, Michael Jourdan, and Karen Scheuerer; Civic Librarianship by Ronald B. McCabeInformation Literacy for the Twenty-First-Century Citizen by Elizabeth L. (Betty) MarcouxPart III: Libraries, Technology, and Democracy; Libraries, the Internet, and Democracy by Nancy C. Kranich; The Library Internet Access Controversy and Democracy by Susan B. Kretchmer; Libraries, the New Media, and the Political Process by Nancy C. Kranich; Sex, Democracy, and Videotape by Randy Pitman; Part IV: Libraries Supporting Democratic InformationDuring World War II when the future of democracy was uncertain, Franklin D. Roosevelt described libraries as ''the great symbols of the freedom of the mind,'' ''essential to the functioning of a democratic society.'' Kranich begins this new collection of essays with Roosevelt's sentiment in mind. 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 share their insights on the role libraries play in advancing democracy. One of the few institutions in the world where people have free access tLibraries and societyUnited StatesLibraries and stateUnited StatesInformation policyUnited StatesFreedom of informationUnited StatesInternet access for library usersUnited StatesElectronic books.Libraries and societyLibraries and stateInformation policyFreedom of informationInternet access for library users021/.0973Kranich Nancy C1052617MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451655503321Libraries & democracy2484031UNINA