Libraries & democracy [[electronic resource] ] : the cornerstones of liberty / / Nancy Kranich, editor

• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : American Library Association, 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 021/.0973
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Altri autori: KranichNancy C
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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. McCabe ; Information 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 Information
• Sommario/riassunto: During 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 t
• Titolo autorizzato: Libraries & democracy
• ISBN: 0-8389-9841-0; 0-8389-9919-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784206703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II