Libraries and democracy : the cornerstone of liberty.

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 essa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kranich, Nancy (Ed.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : Amer Library Association, 2001.
Temas:
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.
Bibliothèques et société > États-Unis.
Bibliothèques > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Information > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Liberté d'information > États-Unis.
Internet dans les bibliothèques > États-Unis.
Freedom of information
Information policy
Internet access for library users
Libraries and society
Libraries and state
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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