Progressive Librarians Guild
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LIBRARIANS GUILD
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Progressive Librarian | Issue #25

Summer 2005

 

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ARTICLES

Tabloid Ethics, News Reporting on the Iraq War & the Simulacrum of Objectivity
by Frank Louis Rusciano, page 1 [.pdf file]

Information Criticism: where is it?
by Jack Andersen, page 12 [.pdf file]

The Digital Divide and Public Libraries: a first-hand view
by Denise E. Agosto, page 23 [.pdf file]

Libraries and National Security Law: an examination of the USA PATRIOT Act
by Heather Phillips, page 28 [.pdf file]

Ethical Reflection on 21st Century Information Work: an address to teachers and librarians
by Toni Samek, page 43 [.pdf file]

Out of the Closet...But Not on the Shelves? an analysis of Canadian public libraries' holdings of gay-themed picture books
by Vivian Howard, page 62 [.pdf file]

Freedom or Micro-Fascisms: debates in ethics & information studies
by Natasha Gerolami, page 76 [.pdf file]


BRAVERMAN PRIZE ESSAY

Public Library Collection Development Issues Regarding the Information Needs of GLBT Patrons
by Jennifer Downey, page 86 [.pdf file]


FROM THE ALTERNATIVES LIBRARY

Update on Prison Projects
by Lynn Andersen, page 96 [.pdf file]


ADDED ENTRIES

Inaugural
by Peter McDonald, page 100 [.pdf file]


DOCUMENTS

Salinas Public Library Support
page 101 [.pdf file]

Resolution on the Federal Library Depository Program and the Print-on-Demand Allowance Program
page 104 [.pdf file]

Secrecy Report Card: quantitative indicators of secrecy in the federal government
page 106 [.pdf file]


BOOK REVIEWS

Introduction to Public Librarianship, by Kathleen de la Peña McCook
reviewed by Mark Hudson, page 110 [.pdf file]

On Bullshit, by Harry G. Frankfurt
reviewed by John Buschman, page 113 [.pdf file]


Notes on Contributors
page 115 [.pdf file]