Intellectual Freedom and Social Responsibility in American Librarianship, 1967-1974
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| Year of Publication |
2001
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Author:
Toni Samek |
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| Number of Pages |
179 pp.
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| Publisher |
McFarland
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| City |
Jefferson, NC
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| ISBN |
9780786409167
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| Annotation |
Examines debates within ALA and the profession over calls for libraries and librarians to serve as instruments of social change.
Contents:
The 1960s and alternative press
The ethos of intellectual freedom
Calling for change, 1967-1969
Intellectual freedom and social responsibility, 1970
The changing of the guard, 1971-1972
Epilogue: reaffirming "neutrality," 1973-1974
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