Libraries and Democracy : The Cornerstone of Liberty.

Intro -- Contents -- 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 -- Information Literacy for the Twenty-First-Century Citizen by Elizabeth L. (Betty) Marcoux -- Part III: Libraries, Technology, and Democracy -- Libraries, the Internet, and Democracy by Nancy C. Kranich -- The Library Internet Access Controversy and Democracy by Susan B. Kretchmer -- Libraries, the New Media, and the Political Process by Nancy C. Kranich -- Sex, Democracy, and Videotape by Randy Pitman -- Part IV: Libraries Supporting Democratic Information Policy -- In Support of Democracy: The Library Role in Public Access to Government Information by Anne Heanue -- Information Ethics and Government Power: From the White House E-Mail to the Stasi Files by Thomas S. Blanton -- Libraries: Where the First Amendment Lives by Paul K. McMasters -- The First Amendment, Libraries, and Democracy by Susan B. Kretchmer -- Copyright and Democracy: Its Implications for the Public's Right to Know by Siva Vaidhyanathan -- Part V: The Library of Congress and Democracy -- The Library of Congress and the Democratic Spirit by John Y. Cole -- The Library of Congress and the Widening Horizons of Democracy Building by James H. Billington -- Part VI: Library Advocacy for Democracy -- Advocating for America's Right to Know by Patricia Glass Schuman.

Advocacy for Democracy I: The Role of the American Library Association by William R. Gordon -- Advocacy for Democracy II: The Role of the Swedish Library Association by Joneta Belfrage -- Contributors -- Index.

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