seven social responsibility debates in American librarianship, 1990-2015 /
Elaine Harger.
Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2016]
vii, 225 pages :
illustrations ;
26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-213) and index.
In denial : speaking about The speaker -- Singing (and silencing) solidarity : interrupting legacies of racism and the anti-apartheid "book boycott" -- Censuring a censor : the debate on censorship in Israel and the Occupied Territories -- Speaking with one voice, strangling others : McDonald's and the Boy Scouts of America -- Abandoning Snowden ... and privacy? : Hegemony at play in ALA -- Charting a new course -- ALA and climate crisis.
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"Shattering any idea that librarianship is a politically neutral realm, this insider's account of seven debates from the floor of the American Library Association Council illustrates the mechanisms the governing body used to maintain the status quo on issues like racism, government surveillance and climate change"--
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American Library Association-- History-- 20th century.
American Library Association.
Librarians-- Political activity-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Libraries and society-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Library science-- Political aspects-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Library science-- Social aspects-- United States-- History-- 20th century.