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]