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Title:

Democracy and the public library : essays on fundamental issues / edited by Arthur W. Hafner.

Publisher:

Greenwood Press,

Copyright Date:

1993

Description:

viii, 336 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Libraries and society--United States.
Public libraries--United States.
Public libraries
United States

Other Authors:

Hafner, Arthur Wayne, 1943-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 310-312) and index.

Contents:

An overview : complexity, diversity, and the management of modern libraries / Arthur W. Hafner -- Democratic ideals and the American public library / Arthur W. Hafner and Jennifer Sterling-Folker -- The canonicity debate : an overview for the librarian / Brian Folker and Arthur W. Hafner -- Mortimer J. Adler's and Robert M. Hutchins's vision of the great books / Arthur W. Hafner and Thomas M. Mick -- The American public library and the constitutional right to freedom of expression / Arthur W. Hafner and Jennifer Sterling-Folker -- The Morristown, New Jersey, experience : the public library as a limited public forum and lessons from the Richard R. Kreimer case / Arthur W. Hafner, Jennifer Sterling-Folker, and Brian Folker -- The Illinois library records confidentiality act : a qualified privilege / Arthur W. Hafner ... [et al.] / Librarians and activism in support of democracy / Valerie Camarigg and Arthur W. Hafner.

Series:

Contributions in librarianship and information science, 0084-9243 ; no. 78

ISBN:

9780313286674 (alk. paper)
0313286671 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)27936904
(OCoLC)30157657

LCCN:

93013014

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

IAOX771 -- State Library of Iowa (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)