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1018184
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b772554
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Libraries democracy : : the cornerstones of liberty /\ Nancy Kranich, editor.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: American Library Association,, 2001.
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1 online resource (viii, 223 pages)
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0838998410
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: 9780838998410
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083890808X
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9780838908082
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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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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.
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Freedom of information-- United States.
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Information policy-- United States.
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Internet access for library users-- United States.
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Libraries and society-- United States.
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Libraries and state-- United States.
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Bibliothèques et société-- États-Unis.
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Bibliothèques-- Politique gouvernementale-- États-Unis.
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Information-- Politique gouvernementale-- États-Unis.
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Internet dans les bibliothèques-- États-Unis.
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Liberté d'information-- États-Unis.
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Freedom of information.
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Information policy.
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Internet access for library users.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Library Information Science-- General.
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Libraries and society.
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Libraries and state.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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021.0973
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Z716.4.L459 2001eb
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| Added Entry
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Kranich, Nancy C.
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| Parallel Title
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Libraries and democracy
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