Librarian 1.3

Nick Laird wins Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize,

2009-04-02T04:47:00.000-07:00

Nick Laird has said that Seamus Heaney's debut Death of a Naturalist changed everything for him, so it must be particularly satisfying for the poet and novelist to pick up the prize which helped launch Heaney's own career over 40 years ago.

Laird's second poetry collection, On Purpose, was selected as the winner of the £1,000 Geoffrey Faber memorial prize, an annual award given to verse and prose in alternate years in honour of the founder of Faber & Faber.

Uncut Leaves

2009-03-06T05:33:00.000-08:00

seen on the BookArts discussion list...

I just read a good bookbinding quote in Charles Reade's "Christie Johnstone", published in 1853. Describing how a gentleman passes time on a journey:

"[Your manservant] puts in your hand a new tale like this; you mourn the superstition of booksellers, which still inflicts uncut leaves upon humanity, though tailors do not send home coats with the sleeves stitched up..."

Bob Roberts
www.gildedleafbindery.com

Immigration

2009-03-02T03:54:00.000-08:00

Feet in 2 Worlds reports on Rep. Luis Gutierrez' (D.-Ill.) five-week, 14-city tour “to document the harm caused to citizens across our nation in the absence of comprehensive immigration reform.

Illinois LIS Collection to Close

2009-01-21T10:44:00.000-08:00

The largest LIS collection in the U.S., the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has announced the end of its physical manifestation on May 15, 2009.

longlisted titles for the 'Best Translated Book'-award.

2009-01-16T20:15:00.000-08:00

The Book of Chameleons.
By José Eduardo Agualusa
Translated from the Portuguese by Daniel Hahn.

Longlisted titles for the 'Best Translated Book'-award.

WSF 2009: registration opened

2008-10-29T15:03:00.000-07:00

WSF 2009: registration opened
From October 7th to November 7th, organisations can register their activities for the WSF 2009, that will happen in Belem.

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USSF Social Forum Report.
TITLE: PLG -- IPRESENTÉ! REPORT FROM THE UNITED STATES SOCIAL FORUM
SOURCE: Progressive Librarian no30 79-102 Wint 2007/2008.

Although the joint delegation of Progressive Librarians Guild (PLG) and Radical Reference (RR) members at the first United States Social Forum was small, we certainly put librarians "on the map" at this important social movement gathering. The welcome message in the USSF's Spanish/English program book read in part,

... Corporate globalization and repressive neo-liberal policies have left deep marks on our communities: increasing poverty; multiple oppressions rooted in class, race, nationality, gender, sexuality, ability, and age; environmental destruction; and increasing militarism. The USSF is an opportunity to explore the interconnections between these critical issues. It is an opportunity to come together to share lessons and questions, to learn from each other's struggles. Finally, it is an opportunity to develop the bold collaborative visions, leadership, and strategies that we need to realize the call from our communities: Another world is possible! Another US is necessary!... Para que Otro Mundo es possible otro Estados Unidos es necesario. (United States Social Forum, p.3)

ALA Council Posting Mistaken on Alleged Banned Book List of Governor Palin

2008-09-08T08:20:00.000-07:00

E-mails from ALA Council Discussion List regarding the list of books Sarah Palin supposedly asked to be banned are reposted below. The list as posted by Sue Kamm has been dis-credited.

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Pam

Pamela C. Sieving, MA, MS, AHIP

RUSA Councilor
Biomedical Librarian/Informationist
National Institutes of Health Library
10 Center Drive room 1L09G msc 1150
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1150 USA
301 451-5862 phone 301 402-0254 fax
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From: Charlotte Glover [mailto:charg@firstcitylibraries.org]
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 11:27 PM
To: suekamm@mindspring.com
Cc: ALA Council list
Subject: [alacoun] Re: FW: Fwd: is the list accurate?
For one thing, "Fallen Angels" was published in 1998..I just checked the date again....two years after Palin took office. That was one clue we had earlier this week that the list was false.

Charlotte

On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Charlotte Glover wrote:
Hello All-

I am absolutely certain that this list is false. I know that Mary Ellen has not made any statements to the press as she returns to work tomorrow after a vacation. Also, there is no public record in the Wasilla press or in Wasilla City Council minutes of exact titles as far as anyone has found. People in Alaska and the Seattle Times have been checking the archives. Excellent article about a journalist going through the original sources in one of the weekend Seattle Times. My husband found it on-line for me and it's called something like "Palin had turbulent first year in Wasilla". I am afraid that Mary Ellen and Sarah Palin may be the only people who know for certain what books were discussed. As soon as I know anything for sure, I will share it with you.

Best,

Charlotte Glover
ALA Chapter Councilor for Alaska
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On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 6:39 PM, Sue Kamm wrote:
Forwarded at the request of Ruth Gordon, Councilor-at-Large Emerita. Most of these have been listed in OIF's Banned Books Week kits.

I agree with Dr. Gordon - why ban My Friend Flicka?

----- Original In the world of the right wing, you can sort of understand why some of these books are on the list, but "My Friend Flicka?" I read that as a child, and remember it as a horse story. What am I missing?

>> Subject: Palin the book-banner

>> Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 19:27:57 -0400

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>> Here is a list of books that Sarah Palin tried to have banned from

>> the Wasilla Public Library, according to the official minutes of

>> the Library Board. When she was unsuccessful at having these books

>> banned, she tried to have the Librarian fired.

>>

>> As many of you will notice, it is a hit parade for book burners.

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Blubber by Judy Blume

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Canterbury Tales by Geof frey Chaucer

Carrie by Stephen King

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Christine by Stephen King

Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Cujo by Stephen King

Curses, Hexes, and Spells by Daniel Cohen

Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite

Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Peck

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

Decameron by Boccaccio

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Fallen Angels by Walter Myers

Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure) by John Cleland

Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Forever by Judy Blume

Grendel by John Champlin Gardner

Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

Have to Go by Robert Munsch

Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman

How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Impressions edited by Jack Booth

In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak

It's Okay if You Don't Love Me by Norma Klein

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Little Red Riding Hood by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Love is One of the Choices by Norma Klein

Lysistrata by Aristophanes

More Scary Stories in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

My House by Nikki Giovanni

My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara

Night Chills by Dean Koontz

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer

One Day in The Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Ordinary People by Judith Guest

Our Bodies, Ourselves by Boston Women's Health Collective

Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy

Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl

Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones by Alvin Schwartz

Scary Stories in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

Separate Peace by John Knowles

Silas Marner by George Eliot

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice B urroughs

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

The Bastard by John Jakes

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Devil's Alternative by Frederick Forsyth

The Figure in the Shadows by John Bellairs

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwoo d

The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Snyder

The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks

The Living Bible by William C. Bower

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

The New Teenage Body Book by Kathy McCoy and Charles Wibbelsman

The Pigman by Paul Zindel

The Seduction of Peter S. by Lawrence Sanders

The Shining by Stephen King

The Witches by Roald Dahl

The Witches of Worm by Zilpha Snyder

Then Again, Maybe I Won't by Judy Blume

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary by the Merriam-Webster

Editorial Staff

Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts: The Story of the Halloween Symbols by Edna Barth

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>> Courtesy of R. Matter

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Library Bill of Rights Revision Discussion

2008-05-20T19:06:00.000-07:00

Mark C. Rosenzweig
Janet Hill , 'ALA Council'

Subject: Date: Monday, May 19, 2008 12:32 PM

[alacoun-ro] [alacoun] Re: RE: IF Planned Revisions Size: 20 KB

Priority: Normal

Janet Hill says: "We are all presumably looking forward to a day in which making a list and saying “yes, these people, too, are included” is no longer necessary, because society has finally gotten to the point where all is really understood to mean all, and not to mean “all except …” Looking forward to, but perhaps not really expecting in our lifetimes."

It is because of the fact that we have clearly _not_ gotten to the point in social evolution where the necessity is obviated of enumerating those groups, behaviors and expresions which are illegitimately and invidiously discriminated against, often in ways which are institutionalized and deeply embedded in the accepted structures of life, that we must continue to concretely name and address and, indeed, list, specific cases.

Since the original Library Bill of Rights, noble document that it is, was penned, our country has seen the emergence of many struggles of social groups for fair, humane and equal status and treatmemnt.The document was written before the Civil Rights movement, before the womens' movement and prior to the struggle for gay rights. It is my feeling that Ms Pieper and those who may argue along the same lines, want to turn back the clock to the original letter of the documnet because, to put it bluntlym the wish to deny recognition of the valifity of the issue sthese mobvemnts have raised, thus the call for a "strict interpretation" of the original LBR, stripped of its enendations and interpretations which have addressed these among other changes in our society.What we have here is decidely NOT, as Janet Hill somehow suggests, a philosophical/semantic argument that "all means all" ; it is rather a political one which characterizes all these social struggles for equality and justice as a "laundry list" ( a demeaning term) of "special interests" to whose annoying importunings ALA , as many institutions of American society have "caved in". This runs counter to our association's whole orientation towards diversity, equity, equality, and the fight against prejudice. I believe it is a misreading of the intentions of the present intervention on this iussue of the current revision to ignore that it is based, not on some consideration of some semantic unclarity, but on a stated "sick-and-tired" attitude towards what are insultingly called "spcial interest groups" ostensibly seeking, with no legitimate, basis"special policy /law" .

Mark C. Rosenzweig
ALA Councilor at large

-----Original Message-----
From: Janet Hill
Sent: May 19, 2008 11:48 AM
To: 'ALA Council'
Subject: [alacoun] RE: IF Planned Revisions

Thanks to Susan Pieper for clarifying her position.

I am theoretically attracted by a philosophical/semantic argument that says “all means all.” It can be argued that by choosing to create a list of who/what is encompassed by “all”, we may inadvertently find that some group or other either IS, or BELIEVES itself to be excluded. …. And then, when we revise the statements again to include that group, the result is that some other group will arise that NOW believes itself to be excluded (they thought they were included before, but no longer think so).

As a practical matter, however, we (ALA) have felt it necessary to specify who is not to be excluded or discriminated against. Presumably that was because it was clear that not everybody really understood what “all” means. And probably partly because libraries whose boards/communities urged them to limit services/collections for some particular groups felt the need of a statement from ALA that they could point to and say “nope, it says that even THEY are to be included.”

So for me, the questions are:

Now that we have produced an extensive list of who is NOT to be discriminated against, have we reached a point of absurdity? Or have we at least reached the point where we can say “all” and have it understood?

Is there a practical reason (leaving aside theory and semantics) that libraries need to have a statement that includes a list of those not to be excluded?

If such a statement is needed, should it be in an “interpretation” of the statement, or in the statement itself?

Is a statement weaker if it includes a well-selected-and-constructed laundry list, or is it weaker if it is expressed so generally that it needs to be interpreted?

My personal philosophical and semantic preference is for the simple all-encompassing statement. But I’m willing to be convinced by those with more experience in this particular area that such a statement just doesn’t work or doesn’t adequately serve the purpose. Yet. We are all presumably looking forward to a day in which making a list and saying “yes, these people, too, are included” is no longer necessary, because society has finally gotten to the point where all is really understood to mean all, and not to mean “all except …” Looking forward to, but perhaps not really expecting in our lifetimes.

janet swan hill

councilor at large

janet.hill@colorado.edu

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Tradition is the handing-on of Fire, and not the worship of Ashes.
- Gustav Mahler

Librarians dedicated to Human rights

2008-05-05T06:29:00.000-07:00

Let‟s Honor the Qualities Required of a Librarian Dedicated to Human Rights

Memphis Public Library and Information Center- Closings & Comments

2008-04-22T02:46:00.000-07:00

Cost-cutting also hits 4 community centers; more 'hard decisions' ahead

By Amos Maki (Contact)
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Memphis will close five libraries and four community centers July 1 in an effort to make the organizations more efficient and keep a planned property-tax hike lower, Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton told the City Council on Tuesday.

Herenton said the closings will save $1.5 million to $2 million a year and are part of an overall "repositioningof city assets" that will require more "hard decisions" by the council.

Closing July 1.
Libraries
Cossitt, 33 S. Front
Gaston, 1040 S. Third
Highland, 460 S. Highland
Levi, 3676 U.S. 61
Poplar-White Station, 5094 Poplar
Community centers
Bethel-Labelle, 2698 Larose
Greenlaw, 190 Mill
Hamilton, 1363 E. Person
Simon/Boyd-Magnolia, 2130 Wabash

Herenton also forcefully defended his handling of the Public Library and Information Center, including his decision to not reappoint longtime director Judith Drescher.

"No individual owns the library system," said Herenton. "It is the city's library system."

Herenton said he was "embarrassed" by the condition of some library branches -- the Downtown Cossitt branch, in particular -- and that they needed to be closed.

"What we had at the library system was a culture of excellence centered around the (Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library at 3030 Poplar)," said Herenton. "With some of the other libraries, it was neglect."

Herenton also criticized the lack of diversity in library management under Drescher.

"They all look alike," said Herenton. "They had no respect for diversity."

Herenton said the decision to close the libraries and community centers was equitable, with rich and poor alike losing out -- "some of these libraries are in the ghetto and some are on Poplar" -- and that the city would study how to use the buildings for other purposes.

Herenton said the decision to close the libraries and community centers was the result of a $600,000 efficiency study he presented to council members last April.

The study said the city could save up to $19 million by implementing a number of cost-cutting measures, including closing underused community centers and libraries and redeploying police and firefighters.

Even after the libraries and community centers are shuttered, Herenton said citizens should be prepared for a property tax hike.

"I think it is inevitable that the administration will propose a property-tax increase," he said.

Contact reporter Amos Maki at 529-2351.
Comments:

City to shut down five libraries
Cost-cutting also hits 4 community centers; more 'hard decisions' ahead

By Amos Maki (Contact)
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Memphis will close five libraries and four community centers July 1 in an effort to make the organizations more efficient and keep a planned property-tax hike lower, Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton told the City Council on Tuesday.

Herenton said the closings will save $1.5 million to $2 million a year and are part of an overall "repositioningof city assets" that will require more "hard decisions" by the council.
Herenton also forcefully defended his handling of the Public Library and Information Center, including his decision to not reappoint longtime director Judith Drescher.

"No individual owns the library system," said Herenton. "It is the city's library system."

Herenton said he was "embarrassed" by the condition of some library branches -- the Downtown Cossitt branch, in particular -- and that they needed to be closed.

"What we had at the library system was a culture of excellence centered around the (Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library at 3030 Poplar)," said Herenton. "With some of the other libraries, it was neglect."

Herenton also criticized the lack of diversity in library management under Drescher.

"They all look alike," said Herenton. "They had no respect for diversity."

Herenton said the decision to close the libraries and community centers was equitable, with rich and poor alike losing out -- "some of these libraries are in the ghetto and some are on Poplar" -- and that the city would study how to use the buildings for other purposes.

Herenton said the decision to close the libraries and community centers was the result of a $600,000 efficiency study he presented to council members last April.

The study said the city could save up to $19 million by implementing a number of cost-cutting measures, including closing underused community centers and libraries and redeploying police and firefighters.

Even after the libraries and community centers are shuttered, Herenton said citizens should be prepared for a property tax hike.

"I think it is inevitable that the administration will propose a property-tax increase," he said.
Contact reporter Amos Maki at 529-2351.

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Posted by stevejoe on March 19, 2008 at 12:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

"What we had at the library system was a culture of excellence centered around the (Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library at 3030 Poplar)," said Herenton.

Did WW really say that after he fired Judith Drescher? He recognizes the "culture of excellence" she built, after he terminated her?

Did he really say "They all look alike?" referring to some lack of diversity?

What a national embarassment this vile man is. He is building himself some legacy.

Posted by djlmemphis on March 19, 2008 at 12:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Herenton probably has someone interested in the Poplar Library location and is lumping all the real estate together so he can sell it and ..... you can guess the rest.

Posted by DJB71 on March 19, 2008 at 2:38 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I am heartbroken to read this news. I am presently in graduate school in another city, and do not think I would have graduated from a top high school, private college and poised myself to pursue an advanced degree were it not for my early access to libraries. The Highland Library is walking distance from the elementary school I attended, and the White Station branch is walking distance from my high school. The previously relocated 'Main' branch (closed, razed and relocated to Poplar Avenue) was walking distance from the house where I grew up.

I was fortunate and had parents who were willing and able to drive me to any source of enlightenment required for my development, but not all youngsters have parents with this ability. Something must be done to keep the libraries on this list (and others that could face a similar fate) open and in service to the learners of all ages in the Memphis community.

Contributions of time and money from those who want to see the facilities remain open should not only be made, but should be matched by elected official and city employees who earn 6 figures. I am certain that they, too, can credit access to libraries for their life and carer success and should not turn a blind eye on those who wish to have similar access and success.

Posted by k9pad on March 19, 2008 at 3:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)

My experience with the Poplar- White Station and Highland libraries has been great. The staff at each library has been helpful at all times and i appreciate the ease and quickness of getting in and out of these branches. The mayor's comments about why he is closing these branches could only come from a demogogic politician with great skill at avoiding the truth.

Posted by anneb2 on March 19, 2008 at 3:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Poplar-White Station is a fine library with knowledgeable personnel who are eager to assist in any endeavor. This Library should never be closed.
IF Highland and Poplar-White Station are closed, this leaves a big section of Memphis without the opportunity to read, study and learn.
Education and Libraries are of equal value.
The Mayor needs to rethink his priorities.

Posted by blipintime on March 19, 2008 at 5:16 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Herenten's/Wharten's attack on literacy continues.

What in the world are they thinking? In a city with one of the highest number of dropouts, they continue to attack one institution that can offer some hope to people without access to reading and information?

I was amazed when I saw the headline. I thought it was some kind of sick joke when I first saw the headline.

His comments about "excellence at one library" and "they all look alike" are beyond contempt. Herenton has apparently lost it, or like another writer noted, probably sees the chance to help some of his buddies out.

It is time for residents to rise up and defend our Libraries!

Posted by waggener69 on March 19, 2008 at 5:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)

blipintime- Has an idea who's time has come. To defend our libraries is what we must do.

Posted by Molliemole on March 19, 2008 at 7:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I hope that there is such an outcry about Mayor Herenton's stupid, stupid decision to close libraries (libraries, of all things!) in a city where there is high illiteracy, poor educational facilities, and a high dropout rate in the schools, that he is forced to backtrack. But he's not one to ever admit a mistake, as we know, so I don't have really much hope. I can't believe that someone who used to be a school superintendent would ever choose to close libraries. It just boggles my mind.

Posted by COR415 on March 19, 2008 at 7:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The "king" can not fix anything. The only way he can save money to give raises to his high paid "Staff" is the cut the things that will raise the education of the youth of the city, so they do not know what he is really doing to them. Kings do not rule if the people are educated and understand what is being done to them by the "leaders".

Posted by ekit60 on March 19, 2008 at 7:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Mama always said "STUPID IS, WHAT STUPID DOES"

Posted by ten_a_c_girl on March 19, 2008 at 7:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)

My heart is broken. We cannot let this happen! Somebody please tell me what we can do?

Posted by happyshamrock on March 19, 2008 at 7:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Yeah - what Memphis needs is less libraries. Whatever!

Posted by jaker0826 on March 19, 2008 at 7:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Ya'll are forgetting that Willie is KING...and king's can do whatever they please...even if it is to destroy the very city he rules over. Closing community centers puts more kids on the street with nothing to do. That sure makes a lot of sense when teen crime is at an all time high in Memphis.

Posted by tjwillmsn on March 19, 2008 at 7:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I see that everyone is falling for the bait and switch yet again.
Herenton is threatening to close firehouses and libraries, and when there is a massive outcry from the community, the mayor proposes even higher taxes to placate the community (to maintain the level services they choose to accept) and also to keep the tax revenue coming in.

And, for the record, did anyone ever contemplate that the information age is changing the necessity of libraries? A brick and mortar library is becoming a niche informational source. I've not graced one since I left college - when the informational highway was taking off. Only the older sources and requirements of professors are there.

Posted by sunshinesusie on March 19, 2008 at 8:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I would like to speak to what the mayor says is a lack of diversity in management at the library. Two of the regional managers are black. Three of the branches that are closing are managed by lovely, dedicated and hard working African American women. I do not think it is a lack of diversity that is bothering the mayor. He will not stop until all of the management positions are held by his cronies who know nothing about running a library. As a former employee, I am saddened by the changes that have taken place over the last few months. The Memphis Public Library is now without some wonderful leaders who helped get the award that the mayor was happy to send his new director to retrieve. I only hope that this situation isn't going to get worse.

Posted by jbseymour on March 19, 2008 at 8:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)

tjwillmsn, how nice that you have the luxury of not gracing libraries. Many of your fellow residents do not share that option, and they are those most in need of the services that a library (and community center) provides. The gap between information haves and have nots is very real.

Further, another unshared luxury is that of private transportation; closing these units when gas is $3.15 a gallon and rising is despicable.

We know the new PL director and deputy director will have no comment on this development. I wonder, would a independent board of library trustees (such as the one the mayor dissolving when he purged the Drescher administration) have something to say...?

Posted by BUBBADUCK on March 19, 2008 at 8:24 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Jaker0826 hit the nail on the head. This only puts more kids on the streets and you and I all know what will transpire. Some kind of hidden agenda is going on here and it is at the kids expense.

Posted by hatxcat on March 19, 2008 at 8:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Folks...Willie is King because we keep re-electing him. Probably seems obvious to him that we really like what he is doing...AND of course diversity and majority put him where he is. Minority needs to be redefined in Memphis.

Posted by thefuture on March 19, 2008 at 8:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)

An idiot making an idiot decision. What is the Kings plan for reuse of these spaces? This is the multi-million $$$$ question. Bass Pro????? The Herenton Museum????? What are you going to do that makes these spaces productive for the community????

Posted by starforce on March 19, 2008 at 8:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)

This might be the information age but last time I checked, most books aren't on the internet. Sure, you can buy an electronic book reader but that isn't the norm. There is so much that a library provides that you can't get online.

Posted by mcdaniel65 on March 19, 2008 at 8:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Way to go Mayor, Show these whiners who's in charge. It takes a lot of backbone to make these tough and unpopular decisions. They, and you'll know who (they) are, are going to hate you no matter what. And another thing, these people keep throwing this out that mayor Herenton appoints people that are not qualified, Who told them that they could judge a person's qualifications? Sounds more like sour grapes to me.

One other thing, How many of these posts were written at the (liberry)?
with the Internet, libraries will soon be as obsolete as an encyclopedia or typewriter.

PS. I've got a good set of World Book Encyclopedias. "Cheap"

Posted by denniskaren on March 19, 2008 at 8:43 a.m. (Suggest removal)

tjwillmsn is right, this is just a ploy by King Willie for more tax revenue. Who in their right mind would ever make a statement such as this without a hidden agenda. How about the hundreds of positions that King Willie has appointed with payrolls far exceeding the savings by shutting down a few libraries. Its time to get Willie out of office. Shakin off the stupidity!!!!!!!!!

Posted by mandm8250 on March 19, 2008 at 8:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Why in the world would this egotistical illiterate close down Poplar-White Station when it is one of the busiest branches in the city. Memphis is going down a black hole.

Posted by mcdaniel65 on March 19, 2008 at 8:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)

mandm8250 , I take exception to that statement

Posted by passive_observer on March 19, 2008 at 8:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)

tjwillmsn hit it right on the head. Remember the "we're going to build a new stadium" speech?

People went crazy about paying $200M for a new stadium.

Then, when it became "well, we'll just make $40M of improvements to the Liberty Bowl" - nobody blinked.

Change that new year's day speech to "we need to make $40M of improvements" and people freak out still.

Maybe it's bait and switch, maybe it's not. But presenting a nasty situation, letting people get outraged, and then presenting an alternative that was probably the goal in the first place is a common tactic by Willie Herenton.

Posted by voiceofreason on March 19, 2008 at 8:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)

tj,

Can you point us toward your source of free, online literature? Thanks!

Posted by chantigger on March 19, 2008 at 8:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I am so ANGRY that I can not say anything. I'm at a loss for words. That says a lot.

Posted by POBOY56 on March 19, 2008 at 9:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Maybe King Willie was told by God to close them.
Diversity? Willie wouldn't know the word. He is the biggest racist in Memphis. Period.
He's also an arrogant idiot. I'm not sure the man has opposable thumbs. You know King Willie.. He doesn't have to answer to anybody about his decisions. Yet, he gets offended because people don't under his choices. His choices? Cronies, cronies, cronies.... This bad example of affirmative action needs to hit the road.

Posted by JJ613 on March 19, 2008 at 9:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I am very disappionted that the Commercial Appeal does not have this story on the front page of the paper. When crime is at an all time high in this city the last thing we need to do is close down alternative forms of entertainment for our kids. Even if only 10 children visit the libraries and community centers on a regular basis...that is 10 children who are not on the street.

Posted by awculv on March 19, 2008 at 9:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I suspect developers want the Poplar/White Station and downtown sites. And what developers want . . . .

Posted by Urbanut on March 19, 2008 at 9:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)

This is how the cycle of decline begins, or should I say accelerates. The old “fall back and regroup” cascade of urban decline. Everyone may complain about rising taxes, but here we have the trade off- the slow erosion of services. These services represent on e of the few real positive benefits of living in any urban area. Residents of most rural areas face poor fire protection, a lack of cultural institutions and a general low level of potential economic and educational growth. However, when the services and attributes of urban life begin the breakdown, there remain fewer and fewer reasons to remain in the same urban setting.

Posted by ronaldray on March 19, 2008 at 9:14 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The Mayor says he doesnt know how to make the crime situation better, but hes got making it worse down pat. Just a quick "Thank you" to all who voted for this bufoon.

Posted by tfollis on March 19, 2008 at 9:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

So, the mayor who would like to unite the county under one government with himself at the head, lacks the ability to see beyond the color of a person's skin. Anybody to makes the statement that diversity is lacking within any organization is looking only on the surface, at a person's gender or race, and not deeper, at their experience and talent and ability.
The biggest racist statement of all time has to be "they all look the same."

Posted by book_woman on March 19, 2008 at 9:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)

As a book lover, this article truly breaks my heart. How could Herenton make such a decision? It is bad enough that the percentage of people reading in this country has declined in recent years; this decision is only another nail in the literacy coffin. Anyone out there want to do something about it? I know I do!

Posted by sharon.baldwin on March 19, 2008 at 9:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)

He didn't wait very long after he put his head flunky in the Drescher's position now did he? I could see the writing on the wall when that all came down.
When do you think the fine citizens who elected this albatross will wake up and realize he is taking down the entire city?
I used to love being a Memphian. What is it going to take to shake these people up and get that dictator out of office.
He has no more sense than a flea.

Posted by ShaniaPain on March 19, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Herenton should be impeached for crimes against the citizens of Memphis. His absurd comment, “They had no respect for diversity”, which was his poor attempt to justify the reasoning for closing the libraries, no more supports any measure of truth than his other illogical reasons for many of the things he does, which are grossly malformed and usually nonviable. How can Herenton imply that the Highland Library, which is at the epicenter of the University of Memphis, "...has no respect for diversity"? Get rid of this freak.

Posted by ShaniaPain on March 19, 2008 at 9:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)

By the way...the Highland Library is a cultural landmark.

Posted by mandm8250 on March 19, 2008 at 9:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)

mcdaniel65, you can take exception all you want. We have a bunch of idiots running this city, and King Willie is the biggest idiot. He and his also illiterate flunkies have turned what once was a decent city into a crime-ridden nationally laughed at joke of a town. Whenever I see tourists I feel so sorry for them that they are touring such an ugly city where they are exposed to all sorts of crime. As soon as I can retire I'm out of this black hole.

Posted by ShaniaPain on March 19, 2008 at 9:35 a.m. (Suggest removal)

pps...Just because Herenton can't read doesn't mean that he should close the library.

Posted by actinolite2 on March 19, 2008 at 9:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)

This is a complete travesty. Has Herenton ever even entered the libraries on Highland or Poplar? They are both excellent smaller branches and normally very busy.

Maybe it's time for all the villagers to get their pitchforks and torches and march on the "king's" castle....

Posted by bighouse on March 19, 2008 at 9:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I for one am glad the city is going to be shutting down neglected, dilapidated, racially segmented institutions in the interests of saving us all money. Next perhaps they will stop pumping millions into LeMoyne Owen.

Posted by kbarton on March 19, 2008 at 9:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)

When I was under the age of 10, I lived in south Memphis, near the old Rosewood movie theater on Lauderdale. There was a Rexall with a nice soda fountain across the street and a Big Star next door. The real draw was the little library at the end of the buildings. I'd go in there in the summer time and spend hours reading books. It was nice and cool, we didn't have A/C at the house. And it was quiet, clean, and well-maintained. And a safe place for a child to go. I started reading before 1st grade, using the Commercial Appeal comics. But no doubt my hours in the library were a real benefit later in grade school between school years during the summer.

By the way, am I wrong, or was the library system once known as the "Memphis/Shelby" county library system? What happened to make it the "Memphis" library? If I am wrong about that, let me know.

Posted by ringer on March 19, 2008 at 9:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Lack of diversity? 4 of the 5 managers at the branches that will be closed are black women. By the way, all 5 are excellent librarians, library managers, and people.

Perhaps by diversity he means they need more men? Men won't take that job - it's too difficult for the lack of decent pay received (It starts around $31k/year, most people will take their master's degree elsewhere for a better paying job with less stress and more physical security).

The only commonlity I see among library managers and employees is that they are competent. Perhaps that is what the mayor means by a lack of diversity - they do not have enough incompetent people on staff and in management ranks.

Posted by ringer on March 19, 2008 at 9:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)

kbarton - In 2003 Shelby County withdrew funding support for MSCPLIC (Memphis/Shelby County Public Library & Info Center). This left the City as the main funding supporter of the Library - renaming it MPLIC (Memphis Pub Lib & Info Ctr). Slowly the municipalities began withdrawing from the system - first G'town, then C'ville, Millington, and Arlington - all going with a private company to run their library services. Bartlett decided to contract library services through MPLIC. There is no longer a Shelby County Public Library. The only library building in Shelby County is the East Shelby Branch off East Shelby Drive - the county supports this branch by contracting its library services through MPLIC, much like Bartlett does.

Posted by Kellimezzo on March 19, 2008 at 10:09 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Tjwillmsn, some of us continue to go to the library for the old fashioned habit of actually checking out books to read. Last time I checked, my internet access at home did not provide that service for me. Closing the Highland and Pop-White branches is a real blow to East Memphis. I don't like the Central Library on Poplar and I don't want to be forced to go to East Shelby or Parkway Village. Where does that leave East Memphis residents?

Posted by mandm8250 on March 19, 2008 at 10:09 a.m. (Suggest removal)

book_woman - I'd love to do something to fight this decision. Any ideas?

Posted by actinolite2 on March 19, 2008 at 10:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I don't have any brilliant ideas at the moment, but if anyone else does, I'm in.

Posted by chantigger on March 19, 2008 at 10:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I have an idea- recall the dumba$$ mayor. That would be a start.

Posted by nativememphian on March 19, 2008 at 10:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)

mcdaniel65, You must want a job with King Willie's entourage. Maybe he could make you the manager of the Popeye's or Churches Chicken franchise that will certainly take the place of these libraries.

I am no longer proud to call Memphis my hometown. I am happy to call the vibrant,truly diverse city of Atlanta my home. Oh by the way, we have an African American women Mayor. She could kick King Willie's sorry behind all the way to the unemployment line. She represents our city with class and style and makes decisions that benefit ALL of our citizens. Willie is a thug in an Armani suit.

Posted by actinolite2 on March 19, 2008 at 10:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Ok, according to the Eyewitness News story on their website regarding this, (http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/news/...)
what he's done is submit a budget that cuts funding for the libraries and community centers, BUT it's actually up to the City Council to accept or reject the idea.
"Mayor Herenton says money for the five libraries and four community centers has already been cut from his proposed budget. But when he presents that budget to city council next month, council members could vote to put the money back in, and keep the libraries and community centers open."

I think those of us who are upset over this need to make a strong and unified effort over the next month to make sure our city council representatives know where we stand. I'd be in favor of taking some other action as well, but I think this is a necessary part of any plan to fight this idiotic and short-sighted idea.

Posted by chantigger on March 19, 2008 at 10:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I think a good faith gesture would be for his Highness to take a pay cut.

Posted by kattgirrl on March 19, 2008 at 11:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I will repeat some of the comments I made earlier, which have been deleted for some reason. The mayor probably has justification in closing SOME library branches. My point is only that he should close the ones that are LEAST USED. The decision should be backed by statistics, and should not be arbitrary or political. What is Herenton's reasoning in choosing these particular library branches and community centers? Being "embarrassed" by their condition is not justification, nor is a lack of diversity. Some branches have been in line for years to get capital improvement money for renovation, and Herenton and the city council have chosen not to spend money on the libraries. Diversity--as someone else stated, 4 of the 5 managers of the libraries to be closed are black. Whatever the real reason, the communities affected by this decision should bombard the mayor and news media with protests.

Posted by uofmtigers on March 19, 2008 at 11:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)

He'd get about as much in savings if he just got rid of all his special appointees that the council doesn't have any control over. Let's face it Memphians - and I am one - the only way this idiot will ever get out of office in this city of irresponisble voters is to be carried out in a wooden box - but, look on the bright side - in our city, where crime runs rampant, if he lives here long enough - he'll be a statistic. Oh, but wait, he doesn't live in an impoverished part of the city - does he? No, he lives in a gated community where the crime is locked outside. So, it's ok to close libraries and community centers where the youth could escape for a few hours. With any luck, those kids won't take those few hours for gang activity. If they do, I suggest vandalizing the very gated community that the mayor calls home. When are black voters in this city going to realize that the only thing this mayor ever does is to come out and ask for his constituants vote during election year. What, exactly, has he done for blacks in the city of Memphis if you aren't one of his appointees? Can anyone come up with a list of good deeds this man has done? I certainly can't. Where was he when a tornado tore through Hickory Hill? Where was he when there were 6 people slain on Lester street? Looks like he was devising a plan to save the city by closing libraries and community centers. Brilliant move wee willie winkie!

Posted by lewc0809 on March 19, 2008 at 11:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)

You would think as a mayor that your first priority will be to the city, not what he wants as if no one else counts. Does he ever consider how his actions affect the communities around him. Does he think before he opens his big mouth and act on his stupid decisions. Closing libraries and community centers will increase the crime in the city because young people will no longer have those options available to them. As a mom, I am glad my child can go to the library after school. I just do not understand why he is still in office. I really don't.

Posted by curlyqlink on March 19, 2008 at 11:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I guess by "diversity" Willie means we need to appoint more people like his thug bodyguards to run the library instead of people who actually went to school to study library science. Imagine the furor that would erupt if a white politician made a statement like "they all look alike." I do research at the library, and believe me, there is plenty of information there that cannot be found online. Willie just wants to keep the population as ignorant as possible to insure that his constituency remains intact. Another despicable act by a despicable person.

Posted by mcdaniel65 on March 19, 2008 at 11:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)

mandm8250, You're about to p... me off with your black hole remark, are you a bigot? just asking.

Posted by zappa on March 19, 2008 at 11:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

for anyone looking for a way to respond - note that the Detroit City Council has just called for its mayor to resign, for a record similar-to-but-even-less-than Herenton's (except that Kilpatrick's does include perjury). Anyone unhappy with this decision should urge his or her councilperson to move for and vote for a call for Herenton's resignation

Posted by jimasdoia on March 19, 2008 at 11:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Libraries are an important community asset. Easy access to a library in every neighborhod is necessary to maintain a well educated citizenry and workforce. While financial considerations may require an close examination of under utilized taxpayer-funded facilities, in the case of libraries, one should find ways to promote their use rather than to shut them down. Access to books and a quiet place in which to enjoy them is absolutely necessary to allow people to acquire knowledge to improve themselves and break the cycle of poverty that grips too many areas of this City.

Posted by John_Jones on March 19, 2008 at 11:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I'm a Memphian now living out of town. I spent plenty of summers during what would have been an otherwise wasted youth in the Memphis and Shelby County libraries.

By the time I was 11, I had read the Iliad, the Aeneid, and The Odyssey thanks to the libraries.

This is sad.

Posted by chantigger on March 19, 2008 at 11:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)

McDaniel- I didn't think he meant black person hole. He meant black hole like in space.

Sheesh. Why are you so sensitive?

Perhaps you need to go to the library before they all close and figure out what a black hole is.

Posted by chantigger on March 19, 2008 at 11:39 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Never mind- I'll save you the trouble.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole

Posted by mcdaniel65 on March 19, 2008 at 11:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)

chantigger, Sorry and my apologies to mandm8250 but when you've been black as long as I have, you have to watch your back.

Posted by chantigger on March 19, 2008 at 11:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)

McDaniel- so you got mad about something someone said and you didn't even know what it was???

Does that make sense?

So, and I ask this question sincerely, do you automatically get angry if anyone uses the word black related to anything and automatically assume it is racial?

Posted by wtilmon on March 19, 2008 at 11:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)

molliemole and others--The King wants and expects an outcry. Read the rationale--to offset a property tax increase. This is Herenton 101, and he wrote the playbook. If you want to pass a huge tax increase, then first propose some drastic measures that will have the public practically begging for a tax increase instead. Two or three years ago, it was the parks. Most of the workers were laid off for the summer, and the grass was never mowed, and conditions deteriorated. Then when the public quieted down about taxes, an increase was passed and the mowers cranked up again. Of course, if he wants to base his decisions entirely on savings (without considering the benefit provided or the effect of his actions), then there are other ways to save money. Quit picking up garbage. Close the schools. Let the police and firefighters go. Gosh, turn off the traffic lights. Maybe we could sell the trees on city property to a lumber company. Has he really tapped into all the available measures?

Posted by mamacow1 on March 19, 2008 at 11:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)

If the Memphis City Council would stop giving King Willie an underserved pay raise each year, then there would probably be enough money in the budget to keep libraries and community centers open.

Posted by mandm8250 on March 19, 2008 at noon (Suggest removal)

I used black hole as a figure of speech. It relates to anything King Willie and his cohorts have done to drain everything good that used to be Memphis into a black hole.

I go to many libraries on a regular basis. I work downtown so I reserve library books online to pick up at Highland and at the Main Library - also at Poplar-White Station when I'm headed in that direction. I also frequent the Bartlett library. I don't think that Highland would be considered a branch mainly frequented by blacks, and Poplar-White Station is not either.

I can understand why under-utilized branches might be considered for closing, but since I don't know anything about the other three branches I can't speak to their condition or who frequents them.

I am not a native Memphian -- only been here 20 years. But in that 20 years I have seen a major degradation of all that was good in this town. If I could have foreseen what Memphis would turn into I would never have moved here, and I can't wait to leave. But in the meantime I would like to fight for the few things left that are meaningful, and literacy is one of them.

Posted by actinolite2 on March 19, 2008 at 12:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Wow, Chantigger, McDaniel65 admitted he took it wrong and apologized; let's move on....

Posted by chantigger on March 19, 2008 at 12:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

You're right. I will apologize. Sorry. I was just curious- really.

Moving on...

Posted by mcdaniel65 on March 19, 2008 at 12:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)

chantigger, Got that right, Like they say in the military, If ever in doubt (salute) Hafta keep an eye on these key board bigots. Know what I mean?

Posted by DataGeek on March 19, 2008 at 12:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)

My congratulations to Chantigger and McDaniel65; these two illustrate that much of the race based conflict in Memphis is rooted in miscommunication. I only wish the rest of the community could be as reasonable as each of you have been here.

We have a problem here that cuts across the bounds of race and class. We can find ways to fight about it but we would all benefit if the entire community used it as a point to rally around the needs of our children and everyone else.

Perhaps the next step is to use this discussion to create the public outcry at the next city council meeting. Do we have a community organizer in the room?

Posted by chantigger on March 19, 2008 at 12:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Keyboard bigots. Ha, that's cute.

Now, back to business at hand.

Wtilmon- valid points. Herenton 101. Classic ploys. It worked VERY well with the parks cuts a few years ago. I work for that system- my job was threatened.

What we NEED to do is RECALL the mayor. Call for his resignation- though he won't do it. He's too arrogant.

What I wonder is- how many times are the citizens of Memphis going to keep bending over...

Posted by chantigger on March 19, 2008 at 12:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Data- the root of almost all conflict is miscommunication. Until we can talk to each other honestly and rationally and work THROUGH the reasons for anger, etc. this will occur.

But in today's society of "oh, don't hurt anyone's feelings" that is almost impossible.

I was taught that there are no dumb questions. It is also necessary to listen to the answer, and make sure you understood what the person was saying. This requires communication!

Posted by tigerbee on March 19, 2008 at 12:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Wow----Mr Mayor can only observe that the "libraries look rundown and all in management look the same".
I guess this is what's called JUDGING A BOOK BY IT'S COVER.
To bad this addled, corrupt, self serving egomaniac has struck again.
Judge people by their appearance--not for what they can do. Close libraries because of their appearance--not for what they contain and can do.
I wonder who Mr. Mayor paid $600,000 to, to come up with this plan. And I'd like to see the section of this $600,000 report that said fire people who can do the job because they look to much alike.

Posted by harbortwngal28 on March 19, 2008 at 12:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)

mcdaniel65...just curious...where do you see bigoted comments ("keyboard bigots")? i just see discussion among memphians about their outrage at Herenton's most recent and terribly idiotic "plan" for this city. it matters not what color Herenton is (although he seems to make skin color the issue du jour), he is completely incompetent and should be regarded as such.

Posted by thefuture on March 19, 2008 at 12:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It only takes a couple of concerned citizens and some legal guidance to work towards an impeachment of elected officials. Lets ban together and remove our city's biggest problem and start from scratch. I would hope the Govenor has some type of power to remove poorly operating officials for office?

Posted by tigerbee on March 19, 2008 at 12:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I see Mr. Mayor out before ballgames all the time having cocktails with his posse.
He must not respect diversity because they always all look the same.

Posted by chantigger on March 19, 2008 at 12:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Seems to me that someone DID try to recall the mayor a few years ago, and did not succeed for lack of signatures. Where was everyone then?

If they can't be bothered to simply sign their name on a piece of paper, is it any surprise that they can't be bothered to do anything now?

And WHY WHY WHY did he win the last election? Who exactly keeps voting for this fool?

Posted by wtilmon on March 19, 2008 at 12:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

chantigger--
Q: Who exactly keeps voting for this fool?
A: Fools.

Posted by chantigger on March 19, 2008 at 12:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Wtilmon- lol... I asked for that, didn't I?

Posted by MemphisChick on March 19, 2008 at 12:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Herenton said he was "embarrassed" by the condition of some library branches.
I am embrrassed by HIM! Instead of shutting them down, he should improve them; just as he wants to 'improve' every other building in the dowtown area. But oh, the libraries aren't 'money makers' for him and his cronies,so why not just shut them down, right?
Shutting down the libraries and community centers does nothing but push the youth further and deeper into the streets. But I think that's what he wants: city of thugs and criminals, led by thugs and criminals like himself.

Posted by actinolite2 on March 19, 2008 at 1:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Found a link to the efficiency study cited:
http://www.cityofmemphis.org/pdf_form...
The section on libraries starts on p. 181; following the section discussing community centers (p. 176). While the study does in fact suggest closure of these 5 branches due to the proximity of the branches to others and smaller physical size, I think it's important to note that this was a secondary recommendation to the main goal advised of "moving toward a library system operating model that would provide for regional branches in accessible and highly visible locations." The study suggests that these 5 branches would be suitable to consider for closure as part of a plan for IMPROVEMENT of accessibility of library services to neighborhoods, not just "shut 'em down to save money." The study suggests that resources saved by closure could be "utilized for new capital investments associated with the construction or expansion of regional branch library facilities in the City." Aaaand, I don't think that's what the current proposal is contemplating.

Posted by mcdaniel65 on March 19, 2008 at 1:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)

harbortwngal28 , If you can't see all of the bigoted comments , posted here, you are in need of some serious help, It's not the (liberrys) it's just to disagree with the mayor. If you want to disagree, disagree with, Bush @& Cheny where we're spending 12 billions per month and lost over 4000 lives for nothing. All off these posters probably haven't lost anyone in this useless war or know anyone who have, use your energies on something worthwhile, To hate the mayor will only get you upset, the outcome will still be the same

Posted by bford on March 19, 2008 at 1:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)

When do the book burnings begin? I liked it better when the Mayor was invisible. Tornado in Hickory Hill, Lester Street murders, Crime summit and anything else a normal concerned mayor would show up. The tax increase he is setting up is going to knock your socks off.

Posted by memphisrb on March 19, 2008 at 1:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

"shake off the haters" willyboy and shut them all down now. The entire city is on the brink of bankruptcy and it will only get worse in the coming years as property taxes streak north the only tax payers left will be those that cannot excape and cannot pay.

Posted by book_woman on March 19, 2008 at 1:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Mandm8250 - No ideas yet. What about you? As long as there are people who want to fight this decision, I am all ears.

Posted by mcdaniel65 on March 19, 2008 at 1:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)

MemphisChick , You ever thought of a job as a stand -up comic?

Posted by chantigger on March 19, 2008 at 1:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)

If Willie keeps doing his part by his apathy towards and neglect/removal of anything that can positively impact educational opportunities, he achieves the following:

1. Dumb citizens who will keep him and his cronies in office to feed off the poverty and despair of his citizens.

2. Will get to be mayor of a city of nothing BUT poor people and thugs. It's not there yet, but at this rate it will be.

3. Will no longer have a tax base from which to draw- as all that will be left are people who USE tax dollars for welfare (or whatever they call it now- government assistance?), etc. The people who actually WORK and PAY the taxes will be gone- either killed or moved away.

Education is integral to the future of our country. Who is going to take care of things when WE all get old? Many in this city will be incapable of holding jobs like doctors, nurses, computer programmers, etc. because they 1. can't feel safe enough in school to study (if they go at all) and 2. can't supplement their education at readily accessible libraries.

But hey, what do I know?

Posted by ringer on March 19, 2008 at 1:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The $600,000 paid to a consulting firm would have made a complete (and wonderful) rennovation of one of those "shabby" libraries. It could make decent rennovations for 2-3 of the branches. It could have made acceptable cosmetic rennovations to all 5 of the branches facing closure.

$600,000 could also have nearly doubled the materials budget for the library system as a whole.

Posted by chantigger on March 19, 2008 at 1:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)

McDaniel- seriously? You don't think MemphisChick is right?

If we keep taking away the few good places left for the youth to go, what is their alternative? Your house, my house? Except they won't be there for a social call... well, not one that we invited them to.

Posted by actinolite2 on March 19, 2008 at 1:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Ringer, I can't believe I'm defending the city government on this, but the $600,000 study covered a lot more than just the libraries; the majority of it seems to be how we could increase efficiency in the police and fire departments. I put a link to it a few posts up, if anyone wants to read it. Some of it's common-sense, but overall I don't think it's a bad idea to have some outside input on how we could improve city operations. As I pointed out above, what they are doing here is a half-a$$ed implementation of what was only a minor part of the recommendation on libraries.

Posted by actinolite2 on March 19, 2008 at 1:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Just to add; I don't agree with the report's conclusion that a library branch within a few miles of another library is a bad or inefficient thing. But overall, the suggested idea of improving or replacing branches is very different from just closing them.

Posted by chantigger on March 19, 2008 at 1:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Act- so he got the study done to use as "justification" to shut the libraries/centers. He's cherry picking the stuff he wanted to do anyway, and figures people won't notice that he only did part of what was suggested.

Do I have that right?

Posted by proudhowardgrad on March 19, 2008 at 1:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It's time for the entire city to come to together and go to the council meeting and voice our concerns. It may be a bait and switch job, but I for one am tired of people complaining and not doing...including myself...it's time to take a real stand for something that effects us all...I think John Grisham said everytime his family moved one of the first things they did was find a church, enroll in school, and get a library card...

Posted by pbe on March 19, 2008 at 1:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I have been a strong supporter of Mayor Herenton...however, I must succumb to the realization you have lost perspective. Also what's with that comment: "they all look alike" Pleassse...what an immature statement to make. Libraries are the center of knowledge for the entire community to gather for multiple purposes. Many people have perference to the utilization of the library as appose to the internet for information.

Lately, many of your decision has force me to question and wonder if some of the things people have said are possibly valid. Is this indeed the real you? Do you really want to add more to a tarnish legacy. Leave the libraries open and allow the public the access to frequent an establishment that we greatly appreciate in this city...as well as one we received national attention. Come on...

Posted by harbortwngal28 on March 19, 2008 at 1:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)

mcdaniel--
webster's defines the word bigoted as "utterly intolerant of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own". Again, I don't see a reflection of that on this board. I see a lot of angry people upset about what is happening in THEIR city and they are discussing it in a civil manner. If you want to get technical Mcdaniel, then according to the above definition, Willie Herenton's picture should be next to the word "bigoted" in the dictionary. If you want to stir up the racial pot, go somewhere else...this board is not the forum for your ridiculous racial rants...

Posted by dahrius1 on March 19, 2008 at 1:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

We need to find someone who's family is either dead or nonexistant to lead the charge and create a save memphis blog. The reason why I propose someone like that is because people who aren't in fear of harm to their loved ones (remember Mud Island employee?) can take on the mayor and all of the thugs he has on his/our payroll. We need a leader in this community who is intellectual enough to think for themselves and not follow something that they heard. The last impeachment attempt was led by Thaddeus Matthews. That should tell you why it failed. Most people had never even heard of the impeachment. They would have signed.

Posted by actinolite2 on March 19, 2008 at 1:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

chantigger, I can't speculate on the overall motivation behind the fairly large study, BUT I am willing to speculate that he's assuming none of us will actually READ it. I haven't read it cover to cover yet, but I think you're correct in that he's cherry-picking stuff that doesn't matter to him anyway and using selected parts of the report as justification, without implementing the overall recommendations.

I'm noticing that there's some good recommendations in there that haven't been enacted, like coming up with some type of unified city-wide plan for running the Community Centers, or having them all open at 2 pm on weekdays instead of earlier in the day when the kids are in school and nobody's using them. I doubt if the city's "assessed and redesigned its purchasing system" either.

I don't have a problem with the city having an outside firm (it's Deloitte, out of Houston, so probably not a cronyism issue there) look over how we could be doing things better, but I do have a problem with the city taking stuff out of it piecemeal that needs to be addressed as part of a larger improvement plan.

Posted by chantigger on March 19, 2008 at 1:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Maybe someone should write the First Lady (a librarian) and alert her as to what is going on with our nationally recognized library.

Hmmm...

Posted by nativememphian on March 19, 2008 at 2:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)

mcdaniel65 . Real suave with your "redneck" reference, (liberrys). In fact, I think it is actually spelled,"liberries". You must have gone to one of the Memphis Public schools. Oh yeah, Willie was the superintendant at one time, in between the birthing of his illegitimate children. I am a proud hater of King Willie and I'm not afraid to admit it. The city of Memphis has turned into one giant ghetto and King Willie has been crowned King, over and over again, of a crime ridden, sink hole.

Posted by SeasonsGreetings on March 19, 2008 at 2:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I saw Wharton at Barnes and Noble last week. He was probably devising a plan to shut it down too. Pretty soon, the CA is going to be the only thing around to read.

Posted by MemphisChick on March 19, 2008 at 2:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Herenton does not care.

Posted by FMRMEMPHIAN on March 19, 2008 at 2:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Does anyone remember the thousands of dollars spent on the elaborate copy machines that the Board of Education ordered with the signature of a DEAD MAN authorizing it? They were never used and I beleive they came with a premium of a TV that was never located. No way we can afford these libraries and civic centers. I know, let's put the books in the crack houses.

Posted by jenjencampbell on March 19, 2008 at 2:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)

A couple of my most treasured childhood memories growing up in Memphis was of my father taking me once a week to the library, and summers spent at the local community center, (this was back in the 70's). I don't know where I would be today if these public services had not been available to me. What happens to a city where are our most valuable resource, our children, is no longer a priority? I guess we will find out. I too, am heartbroken.

Posted by Mr_Kite on March 19, 2008 at 2:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)

BLAH, BLAH BLAH... Where were all you folks when we had the election? (Hmmm?) We had a chance to oust this BOZO and what happened? (Stupid liberals voted for the other black guy because a white woman could not win?) How many people turned out to vote? (35% maybe?) Why aren't you picketing city hall? We all get what we all get because we all aren't good citizens, and the worst citizen WINS, congratulations Mayor!

Posted by dstep1389 on March 19, 2008 at 2:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I am a frequent patron at the poplar white station library...about 3 times a week. while there, i have seen people of all ages and ethnic groups.
people using the computers have ranged from 80 years old to students doing homework. (they obviously don't have computers at home) This branch is very important to the community. It just breaks my heart that it is closing..that herenton has chosen to hurt this city even more than it already has been hurt.
is there anything we can do to change this horrible decision?

Posted by actinolite2 on March 19, 2008 at 2:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)

What would make you think the commenters on here didn't bother to vote, Mr_Kite? I'm just curious. (Hey,I always vote, even when I'm not thrilled with any of my options.) Oh, and picketing city hall as a lone random person sounds like a great activity...if you're a member of the tinfoil hat brigade.

I think there's more productive ways of dealing with this issue. For example -- if everyone who is interested in this puts as much energy into letting your council members know your opinion as you do letting other CA readers know your opinion -- that might go a long way. This will only take effect IF they approve it -- make sure they know your opinion.

Posted by chantigger on March 19, 2008 at 2:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I vote.

I also write my representatives/senators/governor on a regular basis about important stuff.

Can't hurt.

But one voice will do no good, as pointed out. It will take many.

Does anyone remember being taught about the one stick versus many sticks? One stick can be broken, no problem. A bundle of sticks can't. It's too strong.

Let's bundle together, people. I've already sent my emails and made my calls today.

Posted by MemphisChick on March 19, 2008 at 3:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Mr Kite said: Where were all you folks when we had the election? (Hmmm?) We had a chance to oust this BOZO and what happened? (Stupid liberals voted for the other black guy because a white woman could not win?) How many people turned out to vote?

Um, I'm a liberal, but I'm not stupid, and I did vote. I was part of the lousy % that did get out that day and dutifully stood in line and I voted for the white woman.

I'm just sorry she didn't win.

Posted by easygoer00 on March 19, 2008 at 3:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)

When I was a kid in this city, and I had an important piece of work needed to be done for class...I had to go to the main library. That was nearly 30 years ago.
I disagree that these other libraries are efficient and effective. The library shouldn't be a place just to baby sit your kid while he trolls on the internet. I've been to two of these that are set for closure, and I'm unimpressed.
I think we had a better library at my high school than we have currently at Highland.
I'm not sure it's such a bad idea. Having said that, the mayor is a reckless cowboy with a big mouth. The comment about them all looking alike is designed to be a wedge to inspire blk memphians. And it will on a certain level.

Posted by thefuture on March 19, 2008 at 3:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I've got a novel idea. How bout we continue all of this in the next 4 City Council meetings: April 1 & 15
May 6 & 20
125 N. Main St
3:30

Let's all put our mouths where our fingers are, let's make a difference vs. talking about making a difference, I'll be there will you?

Posted by mcdaniel65 on March 19, 2008 at 3:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)

harbortwngal28, If you can't see bigoted comments in most of these post, check the Sunday papers for coupons to Eye Masters or LensCrafters, They have really good deals on eyewear

Posted by shakespearetobe on March 19, 2008 at 4:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Has Herenton taken a look at his appointees lately?

Posted by actinolite2 on March 19, 2008 at 4:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I'm planning on trying to make it to the city council meetings myself, although I think the vote on the budget is at one of the April ones, so probably not much point in May. At least for this issue.

Posted by mcdaniel65 on March 19, 2008 at 4:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)

TeHE, Helen you're funny, But there is a lot of comedians out of work, I would try another line of work. Just my humble opinion

Posted by Not_Chicken_Little on March 19, 2008 at 4:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Thank you, King Willie, for your never-ending efforts to improve our peon lives here in Memphis.

We don't need no stinkin' libraries! Reading is for dummies. Build us more stadiums so we can adore more sports figures! Give more tax breaks to sports teams, and raise our property taxes! Bread and circuses, that's the ticket!

Posted by mcdaniel65 on March 19, 2008 at 4:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)

just_telling_the_truth , Thank you, My sentiments exactly. They're just Bit...ng because it's mayor Herenton. They'll get over it, if not, like you said, just move on.

Posted by pbe on March 19, 2008 at 4:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)

easygoer said: "The comment about them all looking alike is designed to be a wedge to inspire blk memphians. And it will on a certain level.

I have been scratching my head and brain trying to understand what Mayor Herenton meant by that comment and you could be on to something. As I said earlier, I have been a strong supporter of him but some recent decisions and statements has compelled me to become more objective in my thought process. In all honesty, to move away from my subjective viewpoint and look at the overall picture.

Although difficult and admittingly painful to say, the realization that this city is regressing and racism has escalated compells me to accept the fact we need a change in this city. Looking back at some of the mayor's unstately comments and rethinking the outburst they generated (by upset citizens of this city) challenged me to see I can no longer remain under the pretense that things are ok.

I am totally frustrated with black and white negativity on various issues that has echoed on this board on some occasions. It accomplished nothing but continued hatred and bigotry in this city. We can be a great striving economically prosperous community if we elect someone who will represents the entire city. A person who is sensitive to the entire community. Memphis needs a change. We need a Obama type.. black or white... who will refute racism and is all inconclusive to both communities.

Posted by denniskaren on March 19, 2008 at 5:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Mrs Smith I was not able to do my report on American Theocracy because our local library has been closed. No-- I didnt pass the competency exam, what do you mean I wont graduate. Well i n that case I'll just drop out and rob the local gas station.

Posted by harbortwngal28 on March 19, 2008 at 5:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)

mcdaniel: perhaps you should reacquaint yourself with a dictionary...it will help you with your spelling and definitions. You might go to the library and look for one ASAP before Herenton shuts them down!!
I am not going to further this conversation with you, as you appear to be semi-illiterate and very immature. This is a discussion board, not an insult board. Know the difference.

Posted by curlyqlink on March 19, 2008 at 5:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Yes, just_telling_the _truth, I suppose we should all just fall in line and accept whatever King Baby Daddy tells us, just like they did in Nazi Germany. Obedient little sheep like you are a big part of the reason we're faced with the mess we have.

Posted by actinolite2 on March 19, 2008 at 5:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Actually, McDaniel65, I'm bit...ng because I like libraries and think that they can be an important part of a community, something I guess we can agree to disagree on. (Look at it this way -- my position is less about being negative about the mayor, and more about me being positive that the community served by the facilities proposed for closure is deriving some benefit from keeping them open.) But I can only speak for myself.

Posted by ewoksgirl on March 19, 2008 at 5:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)

OK so i knew that getting again into the office was no good.He has nevry done anygood.But we can get him out of office.If he REALY wanted to safe money. Then he needs to fire all the bobyguards yes he has about 10? And all the other people that he just made up news jobs for.
And best of all is take a pay cut. He dont need all the money. OH yes he dose for all the girls he's sleeping with.All he wants is a thug city. and thats what is going to happen.And i getting out of Memphis. I will not stay in a city that is run by a jack A** of a mayor that only wants no good for his people.OH wait again thugs are his people and for all the thugs are going to b****.I AM A PROUD BLACK WOMAN.And i know that he doesn't care.

Posted by stevejoe on March 19, 2008 at 5:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)

just telling and Mcd69

You are not too old to learn how to read, so please, don't be afraid of books. When your kind finish your ignorant craft, the city of Memphis will be filled with just cockroaches - and you. Willie's a low-life. He can't help but tear down all things good. And his low-life supporters keep on walking in the dung he lives behind, lapping it up like ice-cream, and begging for more. How can we battle the ignorance he has farmed so well for so long? The absurd clowns gassing off in this discussion are proof Willie knows what grows well in Memphis - stupidity.

Posted by mcdaniel65 on March 19, 2008 at 5:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

denniskaren, I was just trying to come down to your level. I've got mine, I'm retired and could care less what you whine about. I'm not illiterate, I thought you were, Sorry, If you want to match wits with me, you should know on the front end, I never fight with an unarmed person.

Posted by stevejoe on March 19, 2008 at 5:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

One last note -

Our main library bears the name Of Dr. Benjamin Hooks, and it is an honor to the LIBRARY that it is so endowed. Dr. Hooks is, in my opinion, the greatest gift Memphis has made to the world. He ranks up there with our country's noblest men. But, I would appeal to Mr. Hooks to please step in and encourage our community's leaders to prize our library system for the asset it is. Help our mayor make us stronger, not weaker. I am embarassed for Dr. Hooks that his good name is connected to an institution that Herenton is turning into public ridicule. There can be no doubt in any sane mind that the mayor's actions have not been for the good of the library or the community. Our children deserve better. Benjamin L. Hooks deserves better. Memphis deserves better.

Posted by MemphisChick on March 19, 2008 at 6:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Whatever. After all is said and done, Herenton STILL does not care about us, this city or the future output from this city.
As much as I treasure my home PC and can access pretty much anything I want from anywhere in the world at anytime, I still adore and enjoy my visits to the library! I love to walk the long rows of books and just randomly pull one out and read about something I don't know. And I have the opportunity to take them home with me for about 3 weeks! Even before I replaced my home PC, the library was the one place I could go to get online; complete job and grant research; and get rich information on the city of Memphis. While in elementary, junior high, high school and both 'tours' of college, I still flocked to the library! I can't tell you how many essays, projects, etc the library helped me to complete, from its mass of available information to its friendly, informative and helpful staff. When I moved away from Memphis in 2000, one of my firsts 'visits' back home as a sight to see was the new library on Poplar. It's a beautiful thang! If Herenton takes that away or any other library/community center, he can be rest assured that he will have raped our youth (with no vaseline!) of education, experience, knowledge, and a safe haven other than the streets.
Yes, I get tired of the kids hanging all over the place too like it's a jungle gym, but I smile to myself when I think about how I'd rather see them at the library hanging out than hanging on the corner somewhere slangin' rocks and fighting, with aspirations of being our future mayor.

Posted by ripped on March 19, 2008 at 7:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Please write to all of the members of the Memphis City Council to try to convince them to stop Herenton's madness: http://www.cityofmemphis.org/framework.

Posted by MemphisChick on March 19, 2008 at 7:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Ewok, please. You're embarrassing me as a woman.

Posted by ten_a_c_girl on March 19, 2008 at 8:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I started sending letters to the city council earlier today. I encourage all concerned citizens to do so. This is a tragedy. Memphis' illiteracy rate is 35% and we can't afford to close any library. Young people have to be encouraged to read and this is sending the wrong message to our young children.

Note: Ewok is obviously a joke posting that I don't find amusing.

Posted by ewoksgirl on March 19, 2008 at 10:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Kiss you know what

Posted by tigerteacher on March 19, 2008 at 10:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

That's it, Willie. Shutting down libraries is just the way to improve our crime-ridden city. Why stop at five? And, really, why stop at libraries? How about shutting down some more schools? Pick ones right in the heart of Memphis. White Station High School, perhaps? It would certainly save a buck or two.

Every time I think things can't get any worse in our city, we sink even further into animalistic decay. And look who's at the helm....

Posted by thunderbob on March 20, 2008 at 12:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I must have slept through the mayor's first 4 terms. What improvements to the Memphis community can the mayor claim for his own? I used to own a home in an annexed area of Cordova. Between April 2002 and August 2006, I saw NO civic improvements in my subdivision or anywhere near it, other than street lights on the northern portion of Houston Levee. Just what was my tax dollar going toward?? It appears that it was to raise the payscale of his cronies.

Frankly, I'm glad I'm no longer in the city, and I can see why so many people of all races are moving out. If the suburbs have anything to say about it, there will never be a city/county consolidation. Why? Because if the city government is in power, they will do nothing to improve the infrastructure or community needs. They haven't done it within the city limits since King Willie got into power, why would they start now.

Wake up Memphis. Your city government is chasing away most of the brainpower and tax base due to crime and government greed. Make a change that will do the city good.

Posted by deedee11 on March 20, 2008 at 6:37 a.m. (Suggest removal)

No I am not a Herenton lover but I know for a fact these libraries are not being used by the majority. Yes there are a lot of kids in there but they are not checking out books. Yes a lot of people come in to use the computers but there are only a few computers anyway. The Main library is only a mile or so from the libraries that may be closing. I did a survey last year. I surveyed every Memphis City school.(true story) 91% of the students do not have library cards. 50% of the few who had cards had not been to the library at all in the past school year. My mom works at one of the libraries and she said the kids are just hanging out talking on their phones. Of course this is not all kids so please don't throw that at me. I challege you to go to one or two of these libraries on this closing list and just observe.If we can just take our personal feelings out of this we will see that this was bound to happen. I don't know if you remember a kid got his shoes taken outside of the library after school. He said he was just at the library waiting on his mom or grandmom to get off of work. In a lot of cases these libraries are baby sitters. This is sad but in a lot of cases true.

Posted by ten_a_c_girl on March 20, 2008 at 9:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I spoke with Councilman Lowry this morning regarding the closures. According to him the council should vote on this measure in June. Actnolite2 you are a godsend. The $600,000 waste of trees is available online (see actnolite2 post) regarding the proposed library and community center closures. Lowry also stated that he doesn't know how he'll vote and that he's only received five emails concerning the library and community ctr closures.
According to him, Mayor Herenton left Tuesday's mtg proclaiming that the closures were a done deal. However, we need seven city council members to vote against him. We might be able to save some if not all of our community resources. Please email or call your council person.

"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest"- Elie Wiesel

Posted by Allie on March 20, 2008 at 10:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Now that he's leaving, can we save the libraries from him?

Mr. Herenton makes me sick. The library has always been the one place any child can go, regardless of color or income or neighborhood, to learn and rise in the world. Without a neighborhood library, we would not have Maya Angelou. There are so many great writers, scientists, and successful people who came from poor backgrounds and first learned about a larger world in a neighborhood library.

If the libraries are not safe for children, they need MORE funding, not less. The more education children receive, the less likely they are to go to jail as adults. Study after study has shown that the SINGLE MOST POWERFUL FACTOR influencing whether or not a child will grow up to commit crimes and go to jail is education. Policemen can't stop crime, they can only punish criminals after the crime is already over. To reduce Memphis's crime, fund the schools and the libraries.

Posted by juicyj999 on March 21, 2008 at 8:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I don't like what's happened in the libraries nowadays. And this is on a much larger scale than Memphis.

I go inside, and what do I see behold? A long row of 40 computers- and they're all used. Not a single person in the stacks reading books.

This is especially disconcerting when it happens in the hood, where we need more book reading. Instead, I see little kids playing video games and flirting with cuties on myspace and Facebook.

When I was small, we read, and computers were only a reference tool. Even I, when I take my laptop to places to work, can be distracted if the place has decent, free wireless.

There must be some way we can limit this use. Stricter computer control, blocking sites, something.

While computers enhance learning, at times, it can be our greatest hindrance.

Posted by memphonative on March 21, 2008 at 12:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Maybe the King will have plenty of time to read about his stupidity when he is in the federal prison. Maybe one of his cronies can be in charge of the prison book cart instead of the library.

Posted by POBOY56 on March 21, 2008 at 6:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Maybe they are just adjusting the number of libraries down to a percentage based upon how many Memphians can actually read....

Posted by juicyj999 on March 22, 2008 at 10:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)

>>Maybe they are just adjusting the number of libraries down to a percentage based upon how many Memphians can actually read....

In that case, wouldn't we need more libraries and programs?

LOL...Gotcha! I can be a stereotypist's worst nightmare!!!

Posted by Madladchilly1 on March 22, 2008 at 9:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Dang, it's getting hard to find a place to sleep... maybe I should start re-attending church.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/mar/19/city-to-shut-down-five-libraries/
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Memory of the World

2008-04-20T08:24:00.000-07:00

Memory of the World
UNESCO's programme aiming at preservation and dissemination of valuable archive holdings and library collections worldwide

UNESCO Libraries Portal gives access to websites of library institutions around the world. It serves as an international gateway to information for librarians and library users and international co-operation in this area.

E-Heritage
UNESCO's programme aiming at preservation and dissemination of valuable archive holdings and library collections worldwide

Artists Books at V & A

2008-04-16T19:15:00.000-07:00

Artists' books is the broad term used to describe books, unique or multiple, that have been made or conceived by artists. There are fine artists who make books and book artists who produce work exclusively in that medium, as well as illustrators, typographers, writers, poets, book binders, printers and many others who work collaboratively or alone to produce artists' books. Many artists' books are self-published, or are produced by small presses or by artists' groups or collectives, usually in limited editions. There are many terms used to describe artists' books. Some of the most frequently used terms are book art or bookworks (these terms implying an affinity with the traditional structure of the book) while those that are sculptural objects that allude to the form of the book are commonly referred to as book objects. All of the terms that have been mentioned here are used in the Visual Database of Artists' Books. The database also includes other types of works produced by artists in the book format such as concrete poetry, a genre of visual poetry where the meaning is derived from the spatial, pictorial and typographic characteristics of the work, as well as from the sense of the words.
Origins & Development

The Whitesmiths of Taunton

2008-02-22T21:55:00.000-08:00

--old catalog card--

The Whitesmiths of Taunton: A History of Reed & Barton. Harvard University Press, 1943.
xxxiii,419 p. incl. illus (incl.maps) tables, diagrs. front., plates, ports, fascims. 22cm (Half-title: Harvard Studies in Business History, viii).
1. Reed and Barton, Taunton, Mass. 2. Silversmithing-Massachusetts-Taunton.

A wealth of illustrations permits a chronological study of
the changing taste of the public in product, design, and ornamentation.

HD9747.U54R43.
The Whitesmiths of Taunton by George S. Gibb. reviewed by
Ledlie I. Laughlin
The New England Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 3. (Sep., 1944), pp. 452-453.

Reed & Barton.

Dagmar Enkelmann-GDR-Fall of Berlin Wall

2008-02-19T03:55:00.000-08:00

JUVENTUD REBELDE
The opportunity to modify the German Democratic Republic passed too quickly.

Dagmar Enkelmann, deputy of the Left Party of Germany, tells of her experience during the days of the fall of the Berlin wall and the reasons that led to the collapse of socialism in her country.
A CubaNews translation by Ana Portela.Edited by Walter Lippmann.

By: Luis Luque Álvarez .

“The problems of the GDR were not dealt with in a sufficiently open and
frank manner,” explains Deputy Enkelmann.

The German Democratic Republic (GDR), the country that was in the “line offire” during the Cold War, today is only a reference in the History Manuals. Many of the young Germans have known only one country and of the other one – socialist – they only know about the tales of glory or fall they hear about.

Dagmar Enkelmann, for her part, lived several of those years in the first person. In conversations with JR, she is today a deputy of the Left Party (the fourth political force in the Parliament of the German Federal Republic) recalls some of her experiences in that project of socialism that, under the weight of foreign influences and through its own errors, failed, like the rest of the eastern European countries.

— What memories do you have of the GDR?

— Well, for a large part of my life I lived there. There I studied and went to University; there is where my children were born. I was able to enjoy what was possible for many people at the time: a good education, obtain a good profession…

“I worked for a long time in the youth scenario. And, at the end of that period (the socialist) we began to understand that many young people had been alienated from the GDR as a State. Many wanted to travel, for example, others felt alienated from the youth organization because they were not taken into consideration. There were contradictions among them, on the one hand, between what their real life was, the deficits that existed and, on the other hand, what was being published in the press.
That is why there was a turn toward what was happening in the Soviet Union, its glasnost, its perestroika.

“But the GDR was not ready to reorganize its society to maintain socialism. That is what I see as a great loss, because many people of the eastern part of Germany have realized how much they have lost. That is why I look on what I see in Cuba with nostalgia: the educational system; the free lunch; medical attention; and everything that has been done in the field of health. Something that is not available to all in Germany, today, because both education and health depend on the wallet.” ...

— Where were you the day the Berlin wall fell?

— That same day I was preparing my doctoral defense that I had to do on November 10. The wall fell from November 9 to 10 and I had my defense scheduled for the 10th. The subject of my thesis was the loss of identity of the young people of the GDR.

“On seeing the news on TV I thought, like many other people, that it was not possible. Later I watched images of many people on top of the wall, crossing the border. Today I would like to know what became of these persons who jumped up with joy. I do not think they are not as happy as they were then.”

— How did you live those final days of the GDR?

— For many people it was clear that the system could not continue the same as before. Then, when the change of the governmental figure chanted (the transfer of power from the President Erich Honecker to Egon Krenz) I had a little more hope because I felt that with this step and the reorganization of the country could save the GDR and socialism.

“From there on I began activating my political work. Many open discussions occurred then on a great variety of subjects, and a movement of “round tables” began where representatives of many organizations analyzed properly the actions. I felt the change of spirit of rupture; only that the result was much different from what we expected.”

For complete interview, see the references below.

Original:
http://www.juventudrebelde.cu/internacionales/2008-02-17/la-oportunidad-de
-m odificar-la-republica-democratica-alemana-paso-muy-rapido/
Email: luque@jrebelde.cip.cu
February 17, 2008 00:36:17 GMT
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WALTER LIPPMANN, CubaNews
Los Angeles, California
http://www.walterlippmann.com

Raffaele Farina

2008-01-12T14:03:00.000-08:00

Raffaele Farina, Vatican Librarian, is now a Cardinal.

Nightfall at Magic Kingdom

2007-12-27T05:06:00.000-08:00

Women of Talent

2007-11-27T04:17:00.000-08:00

The Massachusetts Government Appointments Project (MassGAP 2006) is a bi-partisan collaboration of women’s groups whose purpose is to increase the number of women appointed by the new governor to senior-level cabinet positions, agency heads and selected authorities and commissions in the Commonwealth.

Senior-level positions in state government in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts are still predominantly
occupied by men. There is a continued need
for fair representation of women in these positions.

See the report byy Carol Hardy-Fanta and Kacie Kelly (in pdf):
Women of Talent: A Benchmark Report on Gender and Government Appointments In Massachusetts 2002-2007.

Eusebius,Drexel,Casaubon,Cujas,Harrison, Hooke, Locke, and Memex: Solutions to the Multitude of Books.

2007-11-16T12:02:00.001-08:00

As long as the centuries continue to unfold, the number of books will grow continually, and one can predict that a time will come when it will be almost as difficult to learn anything from books as from the direct study of the whole universe. It will be almost as convenient to search for some bit of truth concealed in nature as it will be to find it hidden away in an immense multitude of bound volumes. —Denis Diderot, "Encyclopédie" (1755)

Ann Blair, “Reading Strategies for Coping With Information Overload ca.1550-1700”. Journal of the History of Ideas 64, January 2003.

In the preface to his massive project of cataloguing all known books in the Bibliotheca univeralis (1545) Conrad Gesner complained of that "confusing and harmful abundance of books," a problem which he called on kings and princes and the learned to solve.

Anthony Grafton, “Future Reading.” New Yorker November 5, 2007,pp. 50-54.

Noel Malcolm, "Thomas Harrison and His 'Ark of Studies' : An Episode in the Organization of Knowledge," The Seventeenth Century. October 2004.

This article identifies both the inventor (Thomas Harrison, an Anglican vicar imprisoned for a political protest in favour of Ship Money in 1638) and the invention, using a detailed description which survives in manuscript. It relates Harrison's methods to developments in the Renaissance tradition of `commonplacing' (extracting information from one's reading and arranging it under subject-headings), explaining the nature of his innovations. It also shows that an (unattributed) account of Harrison's invention was published by the German writer Vincent Placcius, and that, as a consequence, a physical example of Harrison's `Ark of Studies' was made which later came into Leibniz's possession.
Daniel. Rosenberg,“Early Modern Information Overload”. Journal of the History of Ideas 64, January 2003.
In order to write a broader history of information overload, we may need to set aside our usual tool kit of causes and effects and particularly to set aside our usual conception of continuous change in order to ask how and why a phenomenon so patently old can periodically and convincingly be re-experienced as a fundamental symptom of the new.
Richard R.Yeo, “A Solution to the Multitude of Books: Ephraim Chambers's Cyclopaedia (1728) as ‘the Best Book in the Universe.’ " Journal of the History of Ideas 64, January 2003.
Moreover, Chambers (and his later admirers) presented the Cyclopaedia as a work assembled by an individual in the manner of a good scholar or student making a private commonplace book. In this sense his work may have offered one of the last, and heroic, models of how one might travel the circle of arts and sciences without being lost, how one might find knowledge in the midst of an explosion of miscellaneous information.
Richard R.Yeo. "Before Memex: Robert Hooke, John Locke, and

Vannevar Bush on External Memory." Science in Context 20. 2007.

Whereas Bush modeled the memex on the associative processes of natural memory, Hooke and Locke concluded that an external archive had to allow collective reason to

overcome the limits of individual memory, including its tendency to freeze and repeat patterns of ideas. Moreover, they envisaged an institutional archive rather than one controlled by the interests and mental associations of an individual.

OCLC World Map

2007-11-15T06:08:00.000-08:00

The OCLC WorldMap is a prototype system that provides an interactive visual tool for selecting and displaying international library holdings represented in WorldCat, and publishing, library, cultural heritage, and collection data.

OCLC World Map.

Clinton Library Trip

2007-09-30T18:13:00.000-07:00

Notes on the road.
Vancouver Public Library Strike
Write about BB's OLD CLASH FAN FIGHT.Power in a Union.
ALA Marginalia
Nobel Literature in papercuts.

Vatican Investigates Ignacio Ellacuría professor

2007-09-17T03:58:00.000-07:00

Rev.Peter C. Phan Ignacio Ellacuría professor investigated by Vatican.

George W. Bush Presidential Library

2007-09-14T17:34:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the future home of the officious George W. Bush Presidential Library.

USA! USA! Bush Flunkies Crush Dissent with Presidential Advance Manual

2007-08-25T05:44:00.000-07:00

Every White House stage-manages presidential events, but this level of obsession with silencing the vox pop is a symptom of this administration’s broader problem honoring Americans’ constitutional freedoms.

President Bush’s encounters with ordinary Americans have been micromanaged and laboriously controlled for the past five years to weed
out the merest whiff of protest. Citizen volunteers are enlisted to vet cranky-looking sorts outside the event, and “rally squads” of zealots are prompted to pounce on anyone who manages to slip through with an outspoken thought or an unscripted word.

The ACLU notes, "The Presidential Advance Manual is the Bush administration’s guide for planning presidential events around the country, and it repeatedly instructs organizers about “the best method for preventing demonstrators,” “deterring potential protestors from attending events,” “designat[ing] a protest area . . . preferably not in view of the event site or motorcade route,” and the like."

View pdf of Presidential Advance Manual

The Washington Post: To counter any demonstrators who do get in, advance teams are told to create "rally squads" of volunteers with large hand-held signs, placards or banners with "favorable messages." Squads should be placed in strategic locations and "at least one squad should be 'roaming' throughout the perimeter of the event to look for potential problems," the manual says.

"These squads should be instructed always to look for demonstrators," it says. "The rally squad's task is to use their signs and banners as shields between the demonstrators and the main press platform. If the demonstrators are yelling, rally squads can begin and lead supportive chants to drown out the protestors (USA!, USA!, USA!). As a last resort, security should remove the demonstrators from the event site."

Vancouver Strike: Good Coverage; Solidarity Among Librarians & No Coverage by LIS Educators [JESSE] List

2007-08-12T03:50:00.000-07:00

We will remember.
Below are a selection of messages from librarians in solidarity with the Library Workers of Vancouver.
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Following these is the interchange from the JESSE list-- [LIS educators list]--stating that the Vancouver Library Worker action has no importance to library education.
This is the view of the moderator of LIS education's primary announcement list [JESSE].
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SOLIDARITY

Please spread the word: Vancouver library workers’ struggle is our struggle. An injury to one is an injury to all. Support the Vancouver library workers!

The Progressive Librarians Guild sent a message of support on August 1, 2007:

The Progressive Librarians Guild stands in solidarity with the striking Vancouver Public Library workers of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 391 as they fight for a fair and equitable contract that addresses pay equity, improvements to employee benefits, access to training, fair treatment of part-time and auxiliary library workers, protection against contracting-out and technological change.

Approved August 1, 2007 by the Progressive Librarians Guild, Coordinating Committee.

This message was sent to the Executive Board of CUPE Local 391 on August 4, on behalf of SFPL library workers:

To:

CUPE 391 Executive Board and all workers of the Vancouver Public Library:

On behalf of the library workers at San Francisco Public Library, we stand in solidarity with you in your struggle to win pay equity, job security, and a fair contract with the city of Vancouver. Every one of us must be able to earn a living wage, have excellent health care, and not live in fear of the very real threat of contracting out. Your struggle is our struggle. We support and honor you, and look forward to a successful resolution to contract negotiations.

In solidarity,

Catherine M. Bremer
Andrea V. Grimes
Melissa Riley
Vicki Susoev
Betty Williams
Officers, San Francisco Public Library Chapter, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 1021

This is the latest at Union Librarian

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ALA Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship.08/11/07

P{AY EQUITY IS THE ISSUE FOR VANCOUVER'S LIBRARY WORKERS

Vancouver librarians currently earn $7 less per hour than those in Toronto, which falls under Ontario's provincial pay-equity legislation.

Vancouver's three striking unions accused the city late yesterday of refusing to negotiate properly since negotiations resumed a week ago, leading the city to declare that talks had officially broken down because the unions ended the news media blackout.
A news media blackout had been in effect for a week, with no information escaping from either side. However, the union presidents decided to break that ban yesterday to discuss their frustration at how slowly negotiations had been progressing.
Alex Youngberg, the president of CUPE 391, the library workers union, said the library board refused to discuss pay equity, which has been the library workers' biggest concern since the beginning of the strike.

Marjorie Griffin Cohen, a professor of political science and women's studies at Simon Fraser University, said B.C. is one of the few provinces that do not have pay-equity legislation.

"That's why, when unions are negotiating for it, it's absolutely crucial, because that's the only way they're going to get it," Dr. Cohen said.

Find out more about the Vancouver strike here:

CUPE Local 391

CUPE’s Bargaining Blog

Union Librarian

Library Journal

Vancouver Sun:

And the City side:

City of Vancouver

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No thanks to (for lack of support /censorship):
Library education discussion group [jESSE]
For rejecting Kathleen de la Pẽna McCook’s (Union Librarian blog) request to post information about the strike.
Here’s the original message, dated 8/5/07:

“I tried to send a post to the library education discussion group [JESSE] about the Vancouver strike, but it was rejected as not relevant to library education.

Here is the response I received from the JESSE moderator when I inquired:

“This is off topic - it has to do with librarians, and not LIS education. jESSE is focused on LIS Education, and not on librarians or libraries.

As important as this topic is, there are other sources from which to receive such announcements for those who are interested in them.

If the general topic of "librarians" were included in the scope of jESSE, I'd have to forward the entire contents of AUTOCAT, the ALA Council list, and who knows what else. And that would be a mess.

jESSE is not a general "library" or "Librarian" list, it is tightly focused on the education of librarians and information scientists, and their research, teaching, and service concerns.

--moderator.

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“Here is the message I sent that was rejected.:

The Vancouver Library Workers have been on strike for a week. I have a lot of entries and today posted a very moving video-clip about the 'Read-In.' Some of the striking librarians are wearing signs that say "Sam's Strike." The mayor is Sam Sullivan. More information plus a link to short and artful video clip are here: http://unionlibrarian.blogspot.com/

“

Kathleen de la Peña McCook

And this is taken directly from the jESSE description of their listserv (bold and red type my additions.—AG)

jESSE is a listserv discussion group that, since 1994, promotes discussion of library and information science education issues in a world-wide context. It addresses issues of curricula, administration, research, and education theory and practice as they relate to information science issues in general, and in general academia as the membership feels so moved. It is one of the primary outlets for faculty position announcements in LIS. Specific queries on lost resources and other minutia are welcome, as are broader questions for general discussion.

While anyone can join the listserv, messages sent to subscribers are moderated.

The listserv also serves as the official electronic "channel" for the Association for Library and Information Science Education, because of its widespread reach - and by request from the Association. It is, however, NOT a project of ALISE. It is an independent project moderated by Dr. Gretchen Whitney of the University of Tennessee School of Information Sciences, and any questions regarding its composition or operation should be directed to her at gwhitney@utk.edu.

In solidarity!

Andrea Grimes

Andrea V. Grimes
Special Collections Librarian
Book Arts& Special Collections
San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
p: 415.557.4560 f: 415.437.4849
agrimes@sfpl.org

I was lucky enough to fall in love with what was in books, thanks to a public library. --Tillie Olsen, 1912-2007
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Bad Night at Powell Library-Taser Incident

2007-08-02T05:29:00.000-07:00

Report on the UCLA Laser Incident:Bad Night at Powell Library

Pereira's World- Summer of 1938

2007-08-01T17:53:00.000-07:00

Antonio Tabucchi.
Pereira Declares.

Luigi Pirandello(1867-1936).
Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1872)
Federico García Lorca. La casa de Bernarda Alba (1936). [He was executed, shot by Falange militia on August 19, 1936], (1898-1936).
Georges Bernanos.Journal d'un curé de campagne; Grand Prix du Roman (1936). (1888–1948).
François Mauriac "for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life." (1885 – 1970).
Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935).
Guy de Maupassant. Bel Ami .(1885). Le Horla. (1887). (1850-1893).
T.E. Lawrence. (1888-1935).
Thomas Mann. (1875-1955.)
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926).
Honoré de Balzac. Honorine (1843). (1799-1850).
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche. (1844-1900).
Giambattista Vico. (1668-1774).
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. (1770-1831).
Karl Marx, 1818-1883.

Alphonse Daudet. Le petit Chose (1868). Contes du Lundi(1873).'La Derniere Classe.' L'Arlésienne (1872).(1840-1897).
Aquilino Gomes Ribeiro.[He was involved in the opposition to António de Oliveira Salazar and the Estado Novo, whose government tried to censor or ban several of his books.] (1885-1963).
Bernardo Marques. (1898-1962).
Théodule Ribot. (1839-1916).
Pierre Marie Félix Janet.(1859-1947).
Jacques Maritain. 1882-1973.
CLICK IN THE MIDDLE.Vladimir Mayakovsky. (1893-1930.)
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein. (1898-1948).
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editor suggests:
José Maria de Eça de Queirós. (1845-1900).
Camilo Ferreira Botelho Castelo Branco. (1825-1890).
Luís Vaz de Camões.Os Lusíadas(1572). (1524-1580).
António Ferro. [The Portuguese Department of Propaganda-SPN, later called the Portuguese Information, Culture and Tourism Department - SNI, was created by Antonio Ferro to create strategies for ideological propaganda; see pdf file: 'The Poster of the New State' by Theresa Beco de Lobo]

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Gabriele d'Annunzio [born Gaetano Rapagnetta; supporter of fascist political ideas. ], (1863-1938).
Paul Claudel Aux martyrs espagnols (19370.["Paroles au Marechal" commending Petain], (1868-1955).
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Futurist Manifesto (1909). Zang Tumb Tumb./Battle of Adrianople/ (1912-1914 [one of the first supporters and members of the Italian Fascist Party], (1876-1944).
Isidro Cardinal Goma y Tomas (1869-1940).

"Personal libraries have always been a biopsy of power"

2007-07-22T05:19:00.000-07:00

NYTimes says:

Serious leaders who are serious readers build personal libraries dedicated to how to think, not how to compete. Ken Lopez, a bookseller in Hadley, Mass., says it is impossible to put together a serious library on almost any subject for less than several hundred thousand dollars.

Perhaps that is why — more than their sex lives or bank accounts — chief executives keep their libraries private.

Blake; Asian history, art and poetry; Aristotle; Climate Change;Machiavelli; Galileo; Omar Khayyam’s “Rubáiyát;" Shakespeare, Tennyson, and the poetry found in Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” and Camus’s “Stranger”; “The City of God” by E. L. Doctorow.

Librarians at the US Social Forum

2007-06-30T05:49:00.001-07:00

The Progressive Librarians Guild was established in 1990 with the recognition that the development of public libraries was initially spurred by popular sentiment which for one reason or another held that real democracy requires an enlightened citizenry, and that society should provide all people with the means for free intellectual development. Current trends in librarianship, however, assert that the library is merely a neutral institutional mediator in the information marketplace and a facilitator of a value-neutral information society of atomized information consumers. A progressive librarianship demands the recognition of the idea that libraries for the people has been one of the principal anchors of an extended free public sphere which makes an independent democratic civil society possible, something which must be defended and extended. This is partisanship, not neutrality. Radical Reference is a collective of volunteer library workers who believe in social justice and equality. We support activist communities, progressive organizations, and independent journalists by providing professional research support, education and access to information. We work in a collaborative virtual setting and are dedicated to information activism to foster a more egalitarian society. Radical reference originated as a service provided by volunteer library workers from all over the United States to assist demonstrators and activists at the convergence surrounding the Republican National Convention in New York City August 29-September 2, 2004. We are evolving, expanding our services, and continuing to utilize our professional skills and tools to answer information needs from the general public, independent journalists, and activists.
Proposal Demographics
are artists/cultural workers
Session Description

Librarians with two organizations based in the U.S., the Progressive Librarians Guild and Radical Reference, will attend the USSF to engage in four primary activities. Our work will be framed by the question: In what ways can the field of librarianship help realize the goals set by the social forum movement?

Already librarian colleagues in several parts of the world are involved in the social forum movement in different ways: (1) collecting publications from social forum participants to document and preserve the memory and history of this important social movement, and in doing so to continue work begun in Nairobi in establishing the WSFLibrary; (2) informing social forum participants on the role librarians and libraries can play in communities to support social justice and, conversely, inquiring of participants how librarianship might best serve their needs; (3) in providing library services during the social forum itself to media workers; (4) in sharing our experience as activists engaged in opposing and exposing privatization of public services, disinformation, and censorship; and (5) engaging in dialogue with colleagues attending the forum on how we can bring the message, spirit and goals of the forum into the field of librarianship. Both the Progressive Librarians Guild and Radical Reference want to participate in the U.S. Social Forum in order to support the work begun by our colleagues within the context of the World Social Forum.

We hope to connect the idea, the potential, and the reality of libraries as vital hubs of knowledge and information within all communities. We share with the Social Forum a commitment to building bridges between peoples and cultures, with an internationalist perspective and a desire to put our skills at the service of grassroots initiatives. The overall theme of the U.S. Social Forum -- if another world is possible: another US is necessary -- reflects much of the work both groups have engaged in over the past years within the field of librarianship, PLG for 17, RR for 3 years. We consider the opportunity of the U.S. Social Forum a vital step in the development of our work as librarians who are opposed to neo-liberalism and imperialism, and dedicated to political, economic and cultural democracy, and to the building of infrastructures that heal the environment so badly damaged by industrial nations in the past century.

The primary goal of our participation has three aspects: (1) to engage in the collection, and later the organization and promotion, of material from social forum workshops and other activities; (2) to assist at the media center with fact-checking if space and equipment allow; and (3) to dialogue with our colleagues attending the USSF about bringing the forum’s goals into our profession.

The workshop we propose would have a two-fold purpose. First, we will need the assistance of anyone interested in collecting documentation. At the workshop we will explain the process to volunteers and establish a schedule for material collection. Secondly, we will use the workshop to organize our other forum activities.

The documentation project, begun at the World Social Forum in Nairobi, is still at the developmental stage, but many experienced librarians are involved, and we see the USSF as a venue in which to continue this valuable work. Information about the WSFLibrary is available at the following website:
http://www.wsflibrary.org/index.php/Wsflibrary.org.

Our work will be conducted in English and, depending on who is able to attend, we might have Spanish translation. We do not have equipment for interpretation. At this point, handouts will be available in English, perhaps in Spanish and other languages.

The greatest challenge PLG and RR face is reaching out to grassroots social activists and building alliances both within and outside the field of librarianship. We believe that taking this step in helping with the WSFLibrary project, fact-checking, and dialogue will give us an opportunity as organizations to develop outreach strategies to grassroots activists and groups.

Proposing Organization
Progressive Librarians Guild & Radical Reference
Organization Website
http://www.libr.org/PLG and http://radicalreference.info/

Event Day
Thursday, June 28th (Consciousness + Awareness Raising / Current Struggles)
Contact Address
PO Box 331
Format
Workshop
Contact City
Snoqualmie
Keywords
Civil Society
Education, Popular
Intellectual property, creative commons

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Librarians at the US Social Forum.

Chinua Achebe Wins Man Booker

2007-06-13T14:12:00.000-07:00

Chinua Achebe Wins Man Booker

Arifa Akbar

LONDON, June 13: Chinua Achebe began writing his first novel after an aborted career in politics because he had a burning desire to change the world. Two years later, this magnum opus, Things Fall Apart, set in his homeland of Nigeria, did just that.
Now Achebe, at the age of 76, is being credited with delivering the definitive modern African novel as his seminal work is today awarded the £60,000 Man Booker International Prize.
See photos at Librarian.
Academics have hailed the publication of the book in 1958 as a watershed moment that is now inspiring a younger generation of African writers. Among those who cite him as an inspiration is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the Nigerian novelist who won the Orange Prize for Fiction last week for Half A Yellow Sun.
Professor Elaine Showalter, a judge for the Man Booker International Prize, said Things Fall Apart and Achebe’s subsequent works, “inaugurated the modern African novel.”

GOP Ignores Latinos

2007-06-12T04:26:00.001-07:00

Democratic Presidential Contenders to Address Latino Issues at NALEO Candidate Forum June 30.
Candidates to Meet in Florida at Nation's Latino Political Convention
Los Angeles, CA -The Democratic contenders in the 2008 presidential campaign will participate in a candidate forum hosted by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) in Orlando, Florida on June 30, the organization announced today.

However, All of the Republican presidential contenders have turned down an invitation to speak .

The participating candidates will include, in alphabetical order, Senator Joe Biden (DE), Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY), Senator Chris Dodd (CT), former Senator John Edwards (NC), Representative Dennis Kucinich (OH), Senator Barack Obama (IL) and Governor Bill Richardson (NM).

NALEO extended identical invitations to the Republican presidential candidates to participate in a separate forum. All have declined to date.

The forum is part of the organization’s 24th Annual Conference, which will bring together nearly 1,000 Latino leaders from across the nation with leading experts to discuss a wide range of issues including education, home ownership, health care, climate change, immigration and the 2008 election outlook. The conference will be held June 28-30 at the Contemporary Resort at Walt Disney World. A complete conference agenda and other information can be found on the NALEO homepage at www.naleo.org.

Last November saw the highest Latino turnout on record for a midterm election. The continuing growth of Latino participation, combined with the large Latino population in the earliest states in the new primary calendar, suggest that the community will play a decisive role in selecting the next President of the United States.

“The issues that concern the Latino community are going to be paramount in future U.S. elections,” said NALEO President John Bueno. “We’re looking forward to offering this platform for the candidates to engage the community on the wide range of matters we care about.”

Each candidate will be questioned by NALEO members during the two-hour moderated forum. The time will be equally divided among the candidates.

Mukwa Dibou in Second Life

2007-05-21T06:12:00.000-07:00

Mukwa Dibou (aka ALA President elect, Loriene Roy) said that Second Life gives additional options for communication and social spaces.

Internet Anonymity

2007-05-21T03:40:00.000-07:00

In Sunshine for the Virtual Town Hall Tom Grubisich talks about the anonymous blogger:

On the Internet, Mr. anticrat424 is continually elevated to the podium, where he can have his angriest thoughts amplified through cyberspace as often as he wishes. He can call people the vilest names and that hate-mongering, too, will be amplified for all the world to see.

Or, as is stated in "Miss Leftist Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Communication with Right-Wingers. "You can't have a battle of wits with unarmed adversaries."

OPEN LETTER TO ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO GONZALES

2007-05-16T04:02:00.000-07:00

AN OPEN LETTER TO ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO GONZALES.
Washington Post
May 15, 2007

Dear Attorney General Gonzales:
Twenty-five years ago we, like you, graduated from Harvard Law School. While we arrived via many different paths and held many different views, we were united in our deep respect for the Constitution and the rights it guaranteed. As members of the post-Watergate generation who chose careers in law, we understood the strong connection between our liberties as Americans and the adherence of public offi cials to the law of the land. We knew that the choice to abide by the law was even more critical when public officials were tempted to take legal shortcuts. Nowhere were we taught that the ends justified the means, or that freedoms for which Americans had fought and died should be set aside when inconvenient or challenging. To the
contrary: our most precious freedoms, we learned, need defending most in times of crisis.
So it has been with dismay that we have watched your cavalier handling of our freedoms time and again. When it has been important that legal boundaries hold unbridled government power in check, you have instead used pretextual rationales and strained readings to justify an ever-expanding executive authority. Witness your White House memos sweeping aside the Geneva Conventions to justify torture, endangering our own servicemen and women; witness your advice to the President effectively reading Habeas Corpus out of our constitutional protections; witness your support of presidential statements claiming inherent power to wiretap American citizens without warrants (and the Administration’s stepped-up wiretapping
campaign, taking advantage of those statements, which continues on your watch to this day); and witness your dismissive explanation of the troubling fi rings of numerous U.S. Attorneys, and their replacement with others more “loyal” to the President’s politics, as merely “an overblown personnel matter.” In these and other
actions, we see a pattern. As a recent editorial put it, your approach has come to symbolize “disdain for the separation of powers, civil liberties and the rule of law.”
As lawyers, and as a matter of principle, we can no longer be silent about this Administration’s consistent disdain for the liberties we hold dear. Your failure to stand for the rule of law, particularly when faced with a President who makes the aggrandized claim of being a unitary executive, takes this country down
a dangerous path.
Your country and your President are in dire need of an attorney who will do the tough job of providing independent counsel, especially when the advice runs counter to political expediency. Now more than ever, our country needs a President, and an Attorney General, who remember the apt observation attributed to Benjamin Franklin: “Those who would give up essential Liberty to purchase a little temporary
Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” We call on you and the President to relent from this reckless path, and begin to restore respect for the rule of law we all learned to love many years ago.
Yours truly,
THE SIGNATORIES ARE ALL MEMBERS OF THE HARVARD LAW SCHOOL CLASS OF 1982
David M. Abromowitz
Boston, MA
Jonathan B. Baker
Bethesda, MD
Valerie D. Bell
St. Louis, MO
Raymond Angelo Belliotti
Fredonia, NY
James S. Berkman
Boston, MA
McKey W. Berkman
Boston, MA
Scott Brown
Hanover, NH
Robert D. Chesler
Roseland, NJ
Armond Cohen
Cambridge, MA
David Currier
Freeport, ME
Stuart W. Davidson
Philadelphia, PA
Daniel M. Elkort
San Francisco, CA
Matthew E. Epstein
Newton, MA
Mary T. Esposito
Cape Elizabeth, ME
Gary M. Fallon
Seattle, WA
William L. Fleming
Seattle, WA
Jonathan A. Funk
San Francisco, CA
Keith Halpern
Cambridge, MA
Matthew M. Horgan
London, UK
Elaine Johnson James
West Palm Beach, FL
Keith A. James
West Palm Beach, FL
Emily Joselson
Middlebury, VT
Cheryl D. Justice
Los Angeles, CA
Meredith J. Kane
New York, NY
Susan Kaplan
New York, NY
David Karnovsky
New York, NY
Gregory F. Keller
Great Neck, NY
David Kelston
Cambridge, MA
Otho E. Kerr III
New York, NY
Marisa Lago
New York, NY
Kathleen Larocque
Santa Rosa, CA
Karen Levinson
New York, NY
Christine A. Littleton
Los Angeles, CA
Nancy R. London
Pacifi c Palisades, CA
Beverly R. Lopez
Dallas, TX
Julian W. Mack
San Francisco, CA
Andy Miller
San Francisco, CA
Barbara Moses
New York, NY
Beth H. Parker
San Francisco, CA
Wendy E. Parmet
Newton, MA
Brendan J. Radigan
Providence, RI
Catherine Redlich
Ridgewood, NJ
Michael B. Reuben
New York, NY
Clifford S. Robbins
San Mateo, CA
James Rosenthal
New York, NY
Rusty Russell
Cambridge, MA
Eric Schneiderman
New York, NY
Eric Seiler
New York, NY
Jeffrey P. Smith
Evanston, IL
Lorna Soroko
Tucson, AZ
Alan M. Spiro
Boston, MA
David S. Steuer
Palo Alto, Califonia
Kelvin R. Westbrook
St. Louis, MO
Mary Whisner
Seattle, WA
Jeannette Anderson Winn
Greenville, SC
Marshall Winn
Greenville, SC
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University of Florida school won't bear Jeb Bush name

2007-05-06T08:16:00.000-07:00

The Florida House dropped its plan to name the University of Florida's College of Education after Jeb Bush.

Rep. David Rivera, R-Miami, had originally advanced the proposal to name the UF school the "Jeb Bush College of Education,'' after saying he was irked that the university's Faculty Senate had denied the former governor an honorary degree earlier this year.

But Wednesday, Rivera added an amendment to the university naming bill that did not include the Bush proposal but did name the presidential home at Florida International University after former President Ronald Reagan. The House voted 114-0 for the measure. The Senate endorsed the House amendment before sending the bill to Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday.

As for the Bush proposal, Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland, a UF graduate who sponsored the original naming bill, said: "It's not going to happen.''

WhiteHouse DinsInformation on Mission Accomplished

2007-04-29T05:27:00.000-07:00

Watch at YouTube
White House.Gov censors "Mission Accomplished Speech" for public record.

Jeb Bush Denied Honorary Degree by UF so Loyal Bushies Try for a College

2007-04-11T03:19:00.000-07:00

UF college could be named for Jeb Bush
April 11. 2007 6:01AM

TALLAHASSEE By LLOYD DUNKELBERGER and JACK STRIPLING write in the Gainesville Sun- The University of Florida's faculty may have denied former Gov. Jeb Bush an honorary degree, but his political allies in the state House of Representatives have found another way to honor the former governor on the school's Gainesville campus.The House Schools and Learning Council voted Tuesday to name UF's College of Education the "Jeb Bush College of Education.''

The amendment came from Rep. David Rivera, R-Miami, who admitted he was irked by the faculty's decision last month to deny Bush the honorary degree.

"This amendment may demonstrate to some folks around the state and around the country that the office of the governor of Florida is a very prestigious and honorable office and is certainly deserving of an honorary degree,'' Rivera said.
"Some may take it as a message,'' he added. "But more importantly it's an appropriate recognition of a distinguished governor's accomplishments in the field of education.''
Rivera said he hadn't talked to Bush about his move, which came as an amendment to a bill (HB 621) naming buildings and facilities in the statewide university system after donors and supporters. Rivera said the honor was appropriate given that Bush made education reforms a centerpiece of his eight-year administration.

But some of Bush's reforms were controversial, including the use of publicly funded vouchers to send students to private schools and the heavy emphasis on the FCAT as a means of rewarding or punishing schools and students.

Following the 38-28 vote by the UF Faculty Senate to deny Bush the honorary degree, some UF faculty members criticized Bush for his lack of support for higher education and some of his policies, including "One Florida'' which ended the use of racial preferences for university admissions.........

"While Gov. Bush appreciates the gesture, he believes public service is an honor in and of itself and naming a building, road or program after an elected official will diminish that service,''

Patricia Levesque, executive director of the governor's Foundation for Florida's Future, said in a statement. "Additionally, the most appropriate time to name something after an elected official is after their passing.''

Rivera, though, said he is not ready to back off his proposal.

He also said he wasn't surprised by Bush's response.

"He is a humble individual," Rivera said. "But he's very deserving of the honor.''...

....The Legislature is empowered to name anything on campus that it desires, Orlando said, but no one at UF could recall a naming happening on campus that wasn't first proposed by the university.

Danaya Wright, chair of UF's Faculty Senate, said it would be appropriate for the Legislature to seek input from university stakeholders before naming a college for anyone.

...

Protect SMU Petition

2007-04-04T16:18:00.000-07:00

The ProtectSMU Petition, with the names of those who have signed it, will be presented to the SMU Administration, the SMU Board of Trustees and the Trustees of the United Methodist Church's South Central Jurisdiction.

We the undersigned express our objection to the prospect of the George W. Bush library, museum, and think tank being established at Southern Methodist University. As United Methodists, we believe that the linking of his presidency with a university bearing the Methodist name is utterly inappropriate. We urge the Board of Trustees of Southern Methodist University and the South Central Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church to reject this project.

Even Nixon didn't trust him

2007-03-31T19:21:00.000-07:00

Rumsfeld: An American Disaster
by Andrew Cockburn
Verso Books
A chilling example of all that is wrong and corrupt about the American body politic

Progressive Librarians Guild. Documents Appearing in Progressive Librarian, 1990-1999.

2007-02-27T03:28:00.000-08:00

Progressive Librarians Guild. Documents appearing in the journal, Progressive Librarian, 1990-1999.

“Documents” 2.41-49, 4.37-52, 6/7. 64-69, 8.74-80, 10/11. 83-89,12/13. 49-68, 14.47-50, 15. 62-67

“Address to the United Nations, 11/26/90 by Joseph Reilly,” 2.41-44

“Closed Stacks at the Library of Congress: A Historian Responds,” 6/7.64-67

“The Cultural Boycott,” 4.51-52

“A Declaration of Cultural Human Rights: Draft,” 4.38-46

“Few Voices, Many Worlds,” 4.46-47

“From France: Libraries Losing Their Reason,” 12/13. 63-68

“LIWO and the South African Unification Debate,” 10/11.87-89

“LIWO Resolution on Censorship and Freedom of Information,” 2.46-47

“LIWO Resolution on the Academic and Cultural Boycott,” 2.45-46

“LIWO Statement to IFLA,” 4.48-50

“LIWO’s Guiding Principles, 2.44

“Letter Against Bombing of Iraq; 12/16/98” 15. 65-66

“Librarians Against War” An Open Letter. 2/28/98” 14.47-50

“MSRRT Persian Gulf Resolution, 1/91,” 2.48-49

“Manifesto of Avant-Garde Librarianship,” 8.79-80

“The Media Charter of the African National Congress,” 8.74-76

“Middle East” “PLG Press Release on Gulf Crisis, 9/90, 2.47-48

“Notes from the Front Lines at SFPL,” 12/13. 60-62

“PLG Press Release on Gulf Crisis, 9/90,” 2.47-48

“A Program for Library Change in Sweden,” 5.31-34

“Remarks on Racism, International Relations and Librarianship,” 15. 62-64

“Resolution on the Importance of Freedom of Expression and Free Access to Information, “ 10/11. 83-85.

“Resolution on New Statesman and Society,” 8.77-78

“Resolution on New York Public Library’s Science, Industry and Business Library,” 10/11.86

“Resolution on the Library of Congress,”-American Historical Association, 6/7. 68-69

“South Africa.” “Address to the United Nations, 11/26/90 by Joseph Reilly,” 2.41-44

“Speech by Wayne Kelly, the Superintendent of Documents, to the Federal Documents Task Force at ALA’s Midwinter Meeting in Washington, DC,” Feb. 15, 1997, 12/13. 49-53

“Statement of Robert L. Oakley, Director of the Law Library and professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Edward B.Williams Law Library on Behalf of the American Library Association, American Association of Law Libraries, Association of Research Libraries, Special Libraries Association before the Subcommittee on Legislative House Committee Appropriations on the FY 1998 Appropriations for the Government Printing Office, February 12, 1997.” 12/13. 53-59

“Statement and Resolution to the IFLA Conference, Moscow, August, 1991,” 4.48-50

“World Bank Protest Letter; 6/29/98), 15.67

Progressive Librarian. Book Reviews. 1990-1999.

2007-02-27T03:20:00.000-08:00

Progressive Librarian is a forum for critical perspectives in Librarianship, featuring articles, book reviews, bibliographies, reports and documents that explore progressive perspectives on librarianship and information issues.

Book Reviews

Issues #1-16

The Alienated Librarian (1989), 2.55-58

Class Warfare in the Information Age (1998), 16.63-66

Columbus, His Enterprise (1976, 1991), 5.40-41

Confronting Columbus (1992), 4.42

The Conquest of Paradise (1990), 5.41-42

Dangerous Memories: Invasions and Resistance Since 1942 (1991), 5.42-43

Information Liberation (1998), 16.66-70

Into the Future: The Foundations of Library and Information Science in the Post-Industrial Era (1993), 10/11. 92-96

Librarianship and Legitimacy: The Ideology of the Public Library Inquiry (1997), 15.54-58

McLibel: Burger Culture on Trial (1997), 15.59-61

The Myth of the Electronic Library: Librarianship and Social Change in America (1994), 12/13. 69-70

Multicultural Folktales: Stories to Tell Young Children (1991), 5.44-46

The Right to Know (1990), 3.532-53

Poor People and Library Services (1998), 16.70-72

Taking Liberties: National Barriers to the Free Flow of Ideas (1990),4.66-69

Progressive Librarian -Acr0nyms Used- 1990-1999

2007-02-27T03:13:00.000-08:00

Progressive Librarian is a forum for critical perspectives in Librarianship, featuring articles, book reviews, bibliographies, reports and documents that explore progressive perspectives on librarianship and information issues.

Acronyms & Initialisms

A

AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science

AAP Association of American Publishers

AAUP American Association of University Professors

ABC African Books Collective

ACRL Association of College and Research Libraries

AILS African Imprint Library Services

AFSCME American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

AKRIBIE Arbeitskreis Kritischer BibliotharInnen

ALASA African Library Association of South Africa

ALIA Australia Library & Information Association

ALP Advancement of Librarianship in the Third World

ANC African National Congress

APT Alternative Press Titles for Libraries

B

BAFF Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Autonomer Frauenforschungseinrichtungen

BAU Bibliotekerarbejdslos

BiS Bibliotek i Samhalle

C

CIA Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.)

CIRA Centre internationale de recherches sur l’Anarchisme

CDH-S Centro de Documentacón Histórico-Social/Atenue Enciclopèdic Popular

CNN Cable News Network

CNT Confederación Nacional del Trabajo

COSATU Congress of South African Trade Unions

COSH groups Committees on Occupational Health and Safety

CSCE Council for Security and Cooperation in Europe

CWS Corporate Wannabee Syndrom

D

DAC Department of Arts and Culture. African National Congress
E

EDGAR Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (US)

EDUCOM July 1, 1998, EDUCOM merged with Cause to become EDUCAUSE

EP Editora Politica

EU European Union

F

FAI Federación Anarquista Ibérica

FAL Fundación de Estudios Libertarios Anselmo Lorenzo

FARA Foreign Agents Registration Act

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation (U.S.)

FFBIZ Frauenforschungs, Bildungs, und Informtationszentrum Berlin

FICEDL Fédération internationale des centres d’ etude et de documentation libertaire

FID International Federation for Documentation

FMC Federation of Cuban Women

FOIA Freedom of Information Act (U.S.)

FSS Fundación de Estidios Libertarios Salvador Seguí

G

G-7 Seven industrialized nations (Canada, , France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom), United States of America (later became the G8 with Russia)

GATS General Agreement on Trade and Services

H

HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus

I

IAEA International Atomic Energy Authority

IAI International African Institute

IAMCR International Association of Mass Communication Research

IALHI International Association of Labour History Institutions

IBM International Business Machines

ICAIC Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos

IFF Interdisziplinäre Forschungsgruppe Frauenforschung: Dokumentation-Information-Archiv Bielefeld

IFLA International Federation of Library Associations

ILAD Turkish Communication Research Association

IMF International Monetary Fund

IPS Inter-Press Service

ISC Information for Social Change

ITU International Telecommunications Union

IWW International Workers of the World

J

JURIS Weslaw databse

K

KLA Kosovo Liberation Army

KRIBIBI Arbeitskreis Kritischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare im Renner-Institut

L

LEXIS Lexis now LexisNexis, provider of comprehensive information and business solutions in a variety of areas— legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting, academic.

LIWO Library and Information Workers Organization (South Africa)

LSG LIWO Support Group

M

MIL Iberian Liberation Movement

MLB Major League Baseball

MSSRT Minnesota Library Association Social Responsibilities Round Table

MTV Music Television

N

NAM Non-Aligned Movement

NASM National Air and Space Museum

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NBA National Basketball Association

NERL Northeast Research Libraries Network

NFL National Football League

NGOs Non-Governmental Organizations

NHL National Hockey League

NII National Information Infrastructure

NOTIS A Library Management System (computer)

NREN National Research and Education Network

NUMMI New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.

NWICO New World Information and Communications Order

NYCOSH compiler of COSH Group directory

NACLA

O

OAS Organization of African Unity

OCLAE La Organización Continental Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Estudiantes

OCLC Online Computer Library Center (founded 1967; name changed from Ohio College Library Center in 1981)

OMB Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)

ON Operation Namibia

OSPAAAL Organización de Solidaridad con los Pueblos de Asia, Africa y América Latina

ÖTV Öffentlich Dienst Transport und Verkehr

P

PANA Pan-African News Agency

PC political correctness

PDS Social Democratic Party (Brazil)

PLG Progressive Librarians Guild

PLGNet Progressive Librarians Guild Discussion List

PT Brazilian Worker’s Party

Q

R

RBOCs Regional Bell Operating Companies

S

SAB Sveriges Allmänna Biblioteksförening

SACP South African Communist Party

SAILIS South African Institute of Library and Information Science

SDS

SEC

SEGUEF Sociedad para el Estudio de la Guerra Civil y el Franquismo

SEIU

SOMAFCO Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College

SRRT Social Responsibilities Round Table

T

TAP Taxpayer Asset Project

TNCs Transnational corporations

TRANSLIS Transforming Our Library and Information Services

U

ULIS Unification of Library and Information Stakeholders

UNESCO

UNITA União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola)

USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(Soviet Union)

V

VDT Video Display Terminal

W

WIPO World Intellectual Property Association

WTO World Trade Organization

X

Y

Z

Progressive Librarian Index. 1990-1999

2007-02-27T02:53:00.000-08:00

Progressive Librarian Index
1990-1999
Issues 1-16 Supplement.
completed February, 2007.

The Progressive Librarian is a forum for critical perspectives in Librarianship, featuring articles, book reviews, bibliographies, reports and documents that explore progressive perspectives on librarianship and information issues.
=====================

“1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure,” [AAUP] 12/13.8-9

21st Century, 12/13.43

A

A-76
See Circular A-76

A-130
See Circular A-130

AAAS
See American Association for the Advancement of Science

AAP
See Association of American Publishers

AAP Report (1989)

See The Starvation of Young Black Minds

AAUP
See American Association of University Professors

ABC
See African Books Collective

ACRL
See American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries

AEMIC
See Asociación para el Estudio de los Exilos y Migraciones Ibéricas

AIDS, 5.19, 15.17

AILS
See African Imprint Library Services

AFSCME
See also American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

AKRIBIE
See Arbeitskreis Kritischer BibliotharInnen

“AKRIBIE: Arbeitskreis Kritischer Bibliothekarinnen/ Working Group of Critical Librarians, Germany,” 15.31-36

ALASA
See African Library Association of South Africa

ALIA
See Australia Library & Information Association

ALP
See Advancement of Librarianship in the Third World

AMC factory workers, 10/11.13-14

ANC
See African National Congress

“ANC Statement on Wedgeworth Trip to S. A.,” 1.29-30

AP, 3.12

APT
See Alternative Press Titles for Libraries

“Abandoning care,” 10/11.11-12

“Abandoning share,” 10/11.11

“Abridgement of Human Rights in South Africa,” American Library Association Council Resolution, 1986, 1.18

Academic Book Center, 12/13. 39-40

Academic freedom, 9.23-9.25, 12/13. 8-9

Academic librarians, 14.13

Academic libraries, 4.28-36, 12/13. 7-17

Academic Press, 12/13.37

Access to communications, 4.42

“Access to Electronic Information Services and Networks: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights” 12/13. 7-17.

Access to libraries, 3.38

Acción (Asturias), 16. Supp. 37

Accountability of governments, 9.1-9.15

Accreditation, 10/11.3-4

Achtenberg, Roberta, 15.10

Ackerman, Marilyn, 5. Inside cover, 44-46

An Active Instrument of Propaganda: The American Public Library During World War I (1989), 4.66

Actors Equity, 2.19

Adams, Don, 4.45

Added Entries, 1.36-1.42, 2.50-59, 3.52-56, 6/7. 52-63, 8. 40-73, 14.51-53, 15.51- 53, 16.51-62

“Address to the United Nations,” 11/26/90 by Joseph Reilly, 2.41-44, 15.25

Adorno, Theodor, 6/7. 32-38, 42, 43, 46, 47, 48, 49

Advancement of Librarianship in the Third World, 10/11.79

Advertising, 3.9, 16.31

Advocacy, 3.36, 16. 1-25

Affirmative action, 4.3-4

Africa, 3.43-51, 9.16-21
See also names of specific nations such as Angola, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Africa News, 16.47

Africa World Press, 4.28-36

African-American artists, 8.66

African-American librarians, 15.62-64

African-Americans, 8.69

African Books Collective, 3.44

African Communist, 1.32, 2.30

African Imprint Library Services, 3.46

African Journal Distribution Program, 3.44

African Library Association of South Africa, 10/11.89

African Libraries: Western Tradition and Colonial Brainwashing (1981), 9.19

African National Congress, 1.3, 1.4, 1.10-12, 1.16, 1.17, 1.19, 1.21, 1.25-28, 1.29-30, 1.35, 2.31, 2.32, 2.34, 2.35, 2.36, 2.38, 2.41-44, 3.21, 3.22, 4.37, 4.51-52, 5.47, 9.6, 9.11, 9.36-37, 15.22
Department of Arts and Culture, 4.51-52

Africa’s Transkei: The Political Economy of an “Independent” Bantustan (1983). 4.31-32

Against the Current, 16.47

The Age of Imperialism: the Economics of U.S. Foreign Policy (1969), 16.38

Agee, Philip, 4.67-68

“Agenda for Action” [National Information Infrastructure], 16.35

Agnostics, 14.3

Agre, Phil, 12/13.1-6, 12/13. 76

AGRICOLA, 12/13. 41

Air and Space Museum
See National Air and Space Museum

Air Force Association, 10/11.60-78

Alagoas (Brazil), 6/7.60

Albania, 16.43

Albright, Madelaine, 14.1

Alcón, Marcos, 16.Supp. 30

Aldrig Mere Kring [Never More War] Danish Section of WRI, 15.48

Alemna, Anabe, 9.16-21, 9. Inside back cover

Alfonso XIII, King (Spain), 16/Supp.4

Algren, Nelson, 1.40

The Alienated Librarian (1989) review, 2.55-58

Alienation, 2.55-2.58, 6/7. 34-35

All American Anarachist: Joseph A. Labadie and the Labor Movement (1998)

All the Livelong Day: The Meaning and Demeaning of Routine Work (1994), 9.30

Allen, Adela Artole, 5.44-46

Allende Popular Unity government, 16.32-33

Alliance for America, 6/7. 11

Alliance for Cultural Democracy, 3.15, 4.37, 4.38-45

Allbemeiner Deutscher Frauenverein (General German Women’s Association), 8.21

Alterman, Eric, 16.40, 16.45, 16.51

Alternative Information Record, 15.42-43

Alternative News Service, 3.21

Alternative Library Literature: A Biennial Anthology (1984-present), 15.9

Alternative Press Index, 16.37-50, 16.57

Alternative Press Titles for Libraries, 6/7. 72

Alternatives, 16.47

Amadi, A. O., 9.19

Amana (publisher), 4.28-36

Amendment Two (Colorado), 15.10

AmericaOnline, 12/13.29

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, 5. Inside front cover

American Association for the Advancement of Science, 3.43

American Association of University Professors, 2.26, 12/13.8

American Book Review 4.35

American Civil Liberties Union, 2.26, 3.38

American dream, 10/11.14

American Ex-Prisoners of War, 10/11. 63

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
4.53-58, 6/7.2
Local 2910, 6/7.2

American Federation of Teachers, 2.26

American Friends Service Committee, 2.49

American Historical Association, 6/7.2, 6/7. 68-69

American Legion, 10/11. 60-78

American Libraries, 1-Inside back cover, 5.8-10, 6/7.18, 12/13.10, 15.1-3

“The American Library Association Needs a Progressive Agenda,” 8.81-8.85

American Library Association
ACONDA, 15.5, 15.8
Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Concepts Denoted by the Term, “Primitive,” 1.39
African American discrimination against, 15. 62-64
Association of College and Research Libraries, 1.20, 4.34-35, 4.36
Black Caucus, 1.20, 15.62
Book reviewing policies, 4.34-35
Code of Professional Ethics, 12/13. 40
Commercialism, 8.82
Conference, 1946, 2.25
Conference, 1986, 3.32
Conference, 1989, 3.32
Conference, 1990, 2.2, 3.32-33
Conference, 1992, 4.66
Conference, 1998, 15.67
Corporatism, 8.81
Council, 1.18, 14.1
“Abridgement of Human Rights in South Africa,” res.1986, 1.18
Divests South African investments, 1.18
Executive Board, 14.1-4
Executive Director, 8.81
“Feel-good sloganeering,” 8.81
Human rights record of support, 8.84
Intellectual Freedom Committee, 1.2, 1.7, 1.10, 1.12, 8.83, 15.5
Intellectual Freedom Round Table, 10/11.69-70
International Relations Committee, 1.20, 3.49, 15.62-64
International Relations Round Table, 1.20, 10/11. 62
International Visitors Reception (protest), 15.67
Keeney, Philip-non support of, 2.26-27
Library Bill of Rights, 1.35
Library History Round Table, 15.55
Membership meetings, 14.3
Minority Concerns, 1.36
Office of Intellectual Freedom, 8.83, 10/11.69-70
“Pass a Buck,” 10/11.67
Poor People’s Policy, 3.4, 3.32-33
Postwar planning, 15.54-58
Presidents
Ford, Barbara J. 15.63
Jones, Clara, 15. 63
Moon, Eric, 15.63
Symons, Anne, 14.3-4

Progressive Librarians Council relations with, 2.23
Racism within, 15. 62-64
Resolution on Israeli Censorship, 14.3
Sanctions against South Africa, 1.6-7, 2. Inside front cover, 2.41-44
Silencing of political statements, 14.1-4
Social Responsibilities Round Table
See Social Responsibilities Round Table
Status of Women in Librarianship, Committee, 8.11
Third Activities Committee, 2.23

American Newspaper Association, 6/7.17

Amoros, Solon, 16. Supp. 14

Anarchism, 16. Supp. 1-40

Anarchism & Libraries,
special supplement to Progressive Librarian #16, fall, 1999

Anarchisme, 16. Supp. 16

Anarchist Federation, 16. Supp. 18

Anarchist librarians, 16. Supp. 7-10, 16. Supp.11-17

Anarchist publishers, 16.66, 16.Supp. 3

Anarchists, 15.60-61, 16.Sup.1-39

“Anarchists in Libraries: Anecdotes,” 16.Sup. 1-6

“Anarchists with a Tool: The Library,” 16.Supp. 18-20

Anarchives, 16. Supp.16, 16.Supp. 30-39

Anatomy of a War: Vietnam, the United States and the Modern Historical Experience (1985), 16.39

“Ancient Book-binder,” 14.cover

Androcentric, 5.1-18

Anderson, Carlotta, 16. Supp. 10

Anderson, Elizabeth, 1.36

Andres, Emilio, 2.24

Andres, Teresa, 2.24

Angola, 9.5, 9.8

Ann Arbor Public Library, 3.38

Annan, Kofi, 14.1

Antich, Salvador Puig, 16. supp. 38

Anti-Allende, 16.32

Anti-American propaganda, 10/11.65

Anti-apartheid, 1.2, 1.18-19, 1.30-31, 4.37

Anti-censorship, 15.16

Anti-capitalist, 3.9

Anti-democratic, 12/13/ 47

Anti-ecology, 8.70

Anti-environmentalists, 6/7.11

Anti-feminist (Blaise Cronin), 10/11.3

Anti-imperialism, 3.6

Anti-intellectualism, 14.5-12

Anti-Intellectualism in American Life (1963), 14.5-6

Anti-Japanese propaganda, 10/11.65

Anti-McDonald’s, 15.59-61

Anti-Nuclear Librarians Club, 15.48

Anti-poverty, 1.36-37

Anti-racism, 3.6, 15.16

Anti-social responsibility (Blaise Cronin), 10/11/2-3

Anti-surveillance, 16.67-68

Anti-utopian view of technology, 10/11.9-10

Anti-Vietnam War, 16. 37

Anti-war, 2.47-48

The Anvil, 1.40

Anyplace But Here (1966)

Apartheid, 1.2-15, 1.18,1.21-24, 1.25-28, 1.30, 2.31, 2.41-44, 3.4, 4.17-27, 4.49- 50, 9.5, 9.12, 10/11. 79-80, 10/11. 87-89, 15.9, 15.16, 15. 21, 15.23, 15. 63

Appeal to Reason, 16. Supp. 9

Arab League, 2.48

Arab-Americans, 5.30

Arabs, 5.26-30

Arafat, Yasir, 4.67

“Arbeitskreis Kritischer Bibliothekarinnen,” 8.32-35, 15. 31-36

Arbeitskreis Kritischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare
im Renner-Institut (KRIBIBI), 15. 37-40

“Archive ‘Memorial’ St. Petersburg, Russia,” 14.51-53

Archive of the German Women’s Movement, Kassel, 8.26

“Archives and Libraries of Women’s Literature in Germany: A Survey,” 8.21- 31

Area Handbooks, 5.29

Arena Magazine, 16.47

Arena Party (Brazil), 6/7. 60

Arendt, Hannah, 5.13

Argentina, 16. Supp.11-17

Argentine Libertarian Federation, 16. supp.11

Argentine Regional Labor Federation, 16. supp.11

Ariege, F.L. de la, 16. Supp. 36

Aristide, Jean-Bertrand, 16.41

Arnold, General Hap, 10/11/62-78

Aronowitz, Stanley, 6/7. 41-43, 10/11.28

ARSENAL/SURREALIST SUBVERSION, 8.37

Asociación Isaac Puente, 16. Supp. 34

Asociación para el Estudio de los Exilos y Migraciones Ibéricas, 16. Supp. 33

Association of College and Research Libraries,
See American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries

Armitage, Andrew, 15.1

Article 19 (organization), 10/11. 81-82.

Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
See Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Arts, 4.42-43, 6/7. 34-35

Arrea, Dominguo Fernandex, 16. Supp. 18

Ascaso, Francisco, 16.Supp. 3, 16.Supp. 4

Asmal, Kader, 9.5

Ashtown, library, (South Africa), 2.41-2.44

Association of American Publishers, 1.2, 1.7-8, 1.10, 1.16, 1.18-20, 1.33, 2.41

Atenue Enciclopèdic Popular (Barcelona), 16. Supp. 36,

Atheists, 14.3, 16.Supp. 26-27

Atlestam, Ingrid, 15.30

Atom bomb, 10/11.60-78

Attention, MOVE! This is America! , 4.35

Australia, 4.19, 9.7-8, 9.14fn.28, 16.10

Australia Library & Information Association, 16.13

Austria, 15. 37-40

Austrian Federation of Trade Unions, 15. 37, 15.39

Austrofascism, 15. 37

Autodidact, 16.Supp.6

Autonomous Women’s Archive Wiesbaden-Research and Education Institute, 8.24

Autonomous Women’s Movement (Germany), 8.24-25

Awatere, Donna, 16.22

B

BAFF
See Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Autonomer Frauenforschungseinrichtungen

BAU
See Bibliotekerarbejdslos

BICEL
See Boletín Interno del Centro de Estudion Libertarios Anselmo Lorenzo

BiS
See Bibliotek i Samhalle

Baby Bells
See Regional Bell Operating Companies

Bagdikian, Ben, 2.10, 3.16-17, 3.53

Baker, James, 2.44

Baker, Nicholson, 12/13.36, 12/13. 60

Baker & Taylor, 12/13. 37-39

Bakunin, Mikhail Alexandrovich, 16. Supp.18

Balabanian, Norman, 10/11.45-46, 48

Balaguer Library (Vilanova), 16. Supp. 27

Baldwin, Roger, 16. Supp. 9

Balkans, 16.43

Bangemann Report, 12/13. 45, 12/13. 46

Bantu education, 4.49

Bandung, Indonesia, 3.24

Barlow, John H., 9.33

Barnet, Richard, 16.37, 16.51

Barriers to Information: How Formal Help Systems Fail Battered Women (1993), 10/11. 97

“The Battle of the Enola Gay,” 10/11.65

Bäumer, Gertrud, 8.13

Bear River Massacre, 1863, 5.39

Beatles, 6/7. 49

Bell, Daniel, 2.3, 2.9, 10/11.23-42, 10/11.92

Beirut Agreement (1949), 4.68

Beloved (1989), 6/7. 49

Benjamin, Walter, 6/7. 35-36, 6.43, 6. 46, 8. 69

Benson, Mary, 3.32

Berelson, Bernard, 15.55

Berlin City Archive, 8.25

Berlin Wall, 3.26

Berlin Women’s Organization, 8.25

Berkman, Alexander, 16. Supp. 8

Berman, Sanford, 1. Inside cover, 1.38-38, 1.42, 5. Inside cover, 5.19-25, 12/13.41, 14.2, 15.9, 15.42, 16.60

Berne Copyright Convention, 12/13. 19

Berninghausen, David K. 15.4-13
Misrepresentation of SRRT, 15.8

Berninghausen Debate, 15.4-13

Bernstein, Hilda, 9.5-6

Besançon, Municipal Library, 16.Sup.1

Bettini, Leonardo, 16. Supp. 16

Betser, Charles, 2.33

Bianco, Réne, 16.Supp.16

Biblografia del anarquismo español, 16. Supp. 32

Bibliography of Anarchy, 16. Supp.13

Bibliography of Overseas Publications about South Africa, 1.4

Bibliography of Spanish Anarchism, 16. Supp. 32

Biblioteca juventud moderna (Mar del Plata), 16. Supp.12

Biblioteca National Jose Marti, 15.53

Biblioteca Pública Arús, 16. supp. 37

Biblioteca Popular José Ingenieros (Buenos Aires), 16. supp.11

Biblioteca Social Reconstruir (Mexico City), 16. Supp, 19, 16.Supp. 22, 16.Supp. 30-31
See also, Library of Social Reconstruction, 16.Supp. 22, 16.Supp. 30

Bibliothe’que Municipale de Strasbourg, 12/13.63-68

Bibliotek i Samhalle, Sweden [Libraries in Society] (BIS), 5.31-34, 15.22, 15.25, 15. 27-30, 15.32

Bibliotekerarbejdslos, 15.46

Bibliotekarer for Fred, 15.48

Big Mountain, 5.43

Biggs, Mary, 5.1

Bilingual education, 5.44

Bill of Rights, 5.49

Billington, James, 6/7. 64-67

Birdsall, William F., 12/13. 69-70, 15. 14-15

Bis (journal of BiS, Bibliotek i Samhalle], 15.28

Bischof, Phyllis, 9.36-37

Black Caucus of the American Library Association, 1.20, 15.62

Black Hills, 5.39

Black History, 1.40

“Black on Black” violence (South Africa), 2.37, 2.38

Black Library Workers, 15.45

Black Swan Press, 8.40-65

“Black Widow,” –Autonomous Women’s Research Office Münster, 8.24, 8.26

Blacklisted authors, 3.3

Blake, Fay. 3.34-35

Blanke, Henry T., 2. Inside front cover, 2.9-14, 2.55-58, 2.59, 3. Inside front cover, 3.15, 3.52-53, 3.55, 4.2, 5. Inside front cover, 6/7. Inside front cover, 6/7.1, 6/7. 30-51, 6/7. 70, 8. Inside front cover, 9. Inside front cover, 10/11. Inside front cover, 10/11. 92-96, 10/11.97, 12/13. Inside front cover, 14. Inside front cover, 15. Inside front cover, 15.15, 16. Inside front cover, 16.Sup. i

Bleifuss, Joel, 16.40, 16.46

Bloom, Allan, 2.3, 4.3

Blue Ribbon Coalition, 6/7.11

Bly, Robert, 8.37

Bogartte, J. Karl, 8.37

Boletín de la Escuela Moderna, 16.Supp. 37

Boletín Interno del Centro de Estudion Libertarios Anselmo Lorenzo, 16. Supp. 35

Boletín de Militares del frente de Aragón, 16. Supp. 37

Bontemps, Arna, 1.40

Bopape, Stanza, assassinated, 9.3

Book Aid, 15. 46

Book-binder’s Rolling Machine, [illustration]” from the Penny Magazine, December 31, 1833, 12/13. Cover and inside front cover

“Book Boycott” (South Africa), 1. 2-15,1.16-17, 1.18-20, 2.43, 2.45-46

Book burners, 4.6

Book donations, 3.43-51

Book famine (South Africa), 3.43-51, 9.16

“The Book Famine in Africa,” 3.43-51

Book Reviews
The Alienated Librarian (1989), 2.55-58
Class Warfare in the Information Age (1998), 16.63-66
Columbus, His Enterprise (1976, 1991), 5.40-41
Confronting Columbus (1992), 4.42
The Conquest of Paradise (1990), 5.41-42
Dangerous Memories: Invasions and Resistance since 1942 (1991), 5.42-43
Information Liberation (1998), 16.66-70
Into the Future: The Foundations of Library and Information Science in the Post-Industrial Era (1993), 10/11. 92-96
Librarianship and Legitimacy: The Ideology of the Public Library Inquiry (1997), 15.54-58
McLibel: Burger Culture on Trial (1997), 15.59-61
The Myth of the Electronic Library: Librarianship and Social Change in America (1994), 12/13. 69-70
Multicultural Folktales: Stories to Tell Young Children (1991), 5.44-46
The Right to Know (1990), 3.532-53
Poor People and Library Services (1998), 16.70-72
Taking Liberties: National Barriers to the Free Flow of Ideas (1990), 4.66-69

Book selection, 4.28-36, 5.1-18

Booklist, 4.35

Books as war booty, 15.34

Books for College Libraries, 4.35

Books for Sammies, 15.57-58

Books for the People: An Illustrated History of the British Public Library (1977), 6/7. Inside front cover

Boorstin, Daniel, 6/7. 39-42

Booth, Wayne, 4/6

Bork, Robert, 9.24

Bosnia, 16.42

Bostwick, Arthur, 10/11.51-52

Botha, P.W., 2.36

Bourdieu, Pierre, 14. 14-15

Bouthiller, France, 14.13-21, 14.54

Boy Scouts of America, 14.3

Brace, William, 15.2

Braverman, Harry, 10/11. 25-32

Braverman thesis, 10/11.26

Bray, John Francis, 16. Supp.9

Brazil, 6/7. 52-61

Brazilian Worker’s Party, 6/7.2, 52-61

Brecht, Bertolt, 6/7. 43

Breivik, Patricia Senn, 12/13.12, 12/13.13

Bremen Women’s Archive and Documentation Center “Belladona,” 8.24

Breton, André, 8.36, 8.69, 8.71, 8.72

Briarpatch, 16.48

Brisbane, 16.3-4

British Guiana, 16.38

Broadbent, 16.7-8

Broderick, Dorothy M., 15.10

Brown, Aggrey, 3.13

Brown, Michael Barrett, 16.42

Browsing, 6/7. 65

Bruno Kreisky Award, 15.40

Brutus, Dennis, 2.41

De Bruyn, Günter, 8.10

Bryan, Alice I. 15. 55

Buchanan, Pat, 3.26, 5.37, 10/11.71

Budd, John, 10/11, 43-59, 10/11.97

Bulfi, Luis, 16. Supp. 36

Bulletin in Defense of Marxism, 16.47

Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, 16.41, 16.45, 16.47

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 16.29, 16.47

Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 15.33

Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Autonomer Frauenforschungseinrichtungen (National Committee of Autonomous Women’s Research Centers), 8.28

Bundy, Mary lee, 3.35, 4.17

Burchinal, Lee, 6/7.16

Burns, John F., 1.26-27

Buschman, John, 3.5-3.23, 3.55, 5. Inside front cover, 5.51-52, 6/7.1, 6/7. 15- 29, 6/7. 30, 6/7. 70, 8.9, 9.inside front cover, 9.22-35, 9. Inside back cover, 10/11. Inside front cover, 10/11. 1-4, 10/11. 94, 12/13. Inside front cover, 12/13. 7-17, 12/13. 38, 12/13. 76, 14. Inside front cover, inside front cover, 15.3, 16.71

Bush, George Herbert Walker [41], 2.3, 2.11, 2.48-49, 3.5, 3.14, 3.15, 3.28, 3.52, 5.37, 6/7.18, 9.25-26, 10/11.94, 15. 10

Bush, George Herbert Walker [41], Presidential Library, 9.25

Buthelezi, Mangosuthu Gatsha, 1.27, 1.38

C

CD-ROM, 4.47-50, 6/7. 25, 6/7. 65

CIA, 3.22

CIRA, 16. Supp. 11-17
See also Centre internationale de recherches sur l’Anarchisme

CDH-S
See Centro de Documentacón Histórico-Social/Atenue Enciclopèdic Popular

CNN, 3.12

CNT, 15.51, 16. Supp.3, 16. Supp, 4, 16. Supp. 19, 16.Supp.21, 16.Supp. 25-26

COSATU
See Congress of South African Trade Unions

COSH groups (Committees on Occupational Health and Safety), 4.61-63

CSCE
Council for Security and Cooperation in Europe

CWS (Corporate Wannabee Syndrome), 14.8-9

Cablevision, 4.42

Cadastral Registry, 16. Supp.11-17

Calhoun, Jack, 16.46

Camacho, Diego
See Paz, Abel

Canada, 2.20, 3.26, 10/11.6-9, 15.17-18
Adv.Committee on a Telecommunications Strategy for Ontario, 10/11.7

Canadian, Advanced Technology Association, 10/11.8

Canadian Information Processing Society, 10/11.8

Cape Resource Centre Forum, 4.50

Capital & Class, 16.43

Capitalism, 2.10, 2.55-2.58, 3,24-30, 5.48, 6/7.1, 32-35, 41-49, 8.69, 10/11. 10, 10/11. 14-15, 10/11.26-27, 10/11.36-37, 10/11.94, 12/13. 47, 15.18, 16.27, 16.41, 16.Supp. 26

Capitalism Nature Socialism, 16. 42

Carbone, Michael, 6/7. 19-20

Card catalog, 3.23, 12/13.36

Caribbean Institute of Mass Communications, 3.13

Carnegie libraries, 4.22

Carroll, Berenice, 5.12

Carter, James (U.S, president, 1977-1981 1.6

Castilla Libre, 16. Supp. 37

Castro, Fidel, 16.41

Catalog, 5.19-25

Cataloguing Consumers Network, 1.38-1.39

Catalog reform, 15.46

Catalonia, 16.Supp. 27-28

Catalunya, 16.Supp.5, 16. Supp. 22

Catholic Church (complicity in destruction of American Indian cultures, 8.70

Cauer, Minna, 8.22

Cely, Carlos Mauricio, 16. Supp. 18-20, 16. supp. 40

“Censorship in South Africa in an Era of Glasnost,” 2.30-40.

Censorship, 3.2, 12/13. 32-44, 15.16
Enola Gay, 10/11/60-78
France, 12/13. 63-68
Israel, 2.52-54, 14.3
Middle East, 2.49
Montana, 2.26
Palestinian viewpoint, 5.28
Persian Gulf troops, 3.4
Reliance on mainstream publishers, 4.69
South Africa, 1. 2-15, 1.32, 2.30-40, 2.46-47, 8.74

Center for Civil Networking, 9.33

Center for Media Education, 9.33

Centre de Cultura Contemorà (Barcelona), 16. Supp. 36

Centre internationale de recherches sur l’Anarchisme, 16. Supp. 11-17

Centro de Documentacón Histórico-Social/Atenue Enciclopèdic Popular (Barcelona), 16.Supp. 19, 16. Supp. 36-39

Cervantes, Cánovas, 16. Supp.3

Chance, James, 16.41, 16.45, 16.51-52

Chaos, 16.Supp. 22

Chaplin, Ralph, 16. Supp. 9

Chauvinism, 4.40

Chicago Municipal Reference Library, 8.83

Chicago Public Library, 8.83-84

Chicago Public Library Advocates, 8.81-85

Chicago Religious Task Force on Central America, 5.43

Chicago-Surrealism, 8.36-39

“The Chicago Surrealist Group and Black Swan Press,” 8.40-65

Chicago World’s Fair (1933), 10/11.45-46

Childers, Thomas, 4.18

Children’s books, 1.9-10

Children’s folktales, 5.44-46

Chile, 16.32

China, 9.38

Chinese democracy movement, 5.47

Chivington Massacre
See Sand Creek Massacre

Choice, 4.28-36

Chomsky, Noam, 2.49, 3.53, 4.33-34, 16.41, 16.42, 16.45

Chossudovsky, Michael, 16.43

Chothia, Farouk, 3.33

Christian primacy, 1.39

Churchill, Ward, 5.42

Cinéma et anarchie, 16.Supp.16

Circulation records, 9.24

Circular A-76, 14.44

Circular A-130, 2.11, 2.14 FN 8, 3.17, 12/13. 58

Citicorp, 3.16

Civic role of libraries, 12/13.10

Civil Cooperation Bureau (South Africa), 2.36

La Civilisation surrealiste, 8.71

Civil rights, 8.74-80

Clandestine press during Nazi occupation, 15.42, 15.45-46

Claremont (publisher. 4.28-36

Claridad, 16.48

Class culture, 3.2-3

Class struggle, 4.13, 10/11.15

Class war, 10/11.11

Class Warfare in the Information Age (1998), 16.63-66

Classism, 4.5, 12/13. 42

Clayton, Patti, 15.54-58

Cleis (publisher), 4.28-36

Cleyre, Voltairine de, 16.Supp. 9

Clinton, William Jefferson, 14.1, 15.10, 15. 65

Clinton administration
High tech communications, 16.34-35
Intellectual property, 12/13.18-31
National Information Infrastructure, 14.30

Clinton-Gore, 16.35

“Clipper” chip, 9.32

Closed Stacks (Library of Congress), 6/7. 64-67

“Closed Stacks at the Library of Congress: A Historian Responds,” 6/7.64-67

Closing of the American Mind (1987) 4.3

Club Cinema, 2.28

Clynne-Canham, John, 16.40, 16.46

Cockburn, Alexander, 16.40, 16.45

Code, Lorraine, 5.12

Code of Professional Ethics, 12/13. 40

Coetzee, Dirk, 9.6

Cold war, 2.3-4, 3.5, 4.67, 10/11. 71-72

Cold war liberalism, 6/7. 31, 6/7. 37-41

Cold war rhetoric, 1.25

Cold war thinking, 3.53

Cole, Dana, 1.inside cover

Collection development, 12/13. 35-36

Collor de Mello, Fernando, 6/7. 52-61

Colón. Cristobal, 5.36-43

Colonialism, 1.18, 4.22, 9.18, 16.29

Colorado, Amendment Two, 15.10

Coloured (South Africa), 4.48

Columbus, Christopher, 5.36-43, 8.69-73

Columbus, His Enterprise (1976, 1991), 5.40-41

Columbus Quincentennial, 8.38, 8.69-73, 10/11.66

Columbus Quincentenary Commission, 5.36

Complicity of women, 8.18

Comic books, 2.17

Commercial culture as social control, 6/7. 32

Commercialization of information, 2.9-14, 10/11.94-95

Commercialization of libraries, 1. Inside front cover, 2.9-14, 2.58

The Coming of the Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting, (1973), 10/11.25, 10/11. 92

Comité Confederal, 16. Supp. 32

Commodification of information, 10/11.18-21, 10/11.94-95, 15.14-19, 6.34-36

Commonweal Collection in Bradford, UK, 15.48

Communications and Cultural Domination (1976), 16.32-33

Communism, 2.4, 3.9

Communist Party, Cuba, 15.51

Community for Creative Nonviolence, 3.32

Community information, 4.19

Community Information Service, 4.19-27

Community Librarianship: Changing the Face of Public Libraries (1982), 4.21

Community libraries, 4.17-27, 16.Supp.6

“Community Libraries: A Viable Alternative to the Public Library in South Africa,” 4.17-27

Community needs assessment, 1.37

Community, right to, 4.38-39

“Competing Visions of Library Service,” 14.13-21

Computer, 6/7.17

Computer industry, 3.5-23

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, 9.23, 9.33

Computerization of information, 16.33

Confederación General del Trabajo, 16.Supp.19, 16. Supp. 32

Confederación Nacional del Trabajo
See CNT

“Conference Proceedings: ‘Social Responsibility around the World’ Sponsored by the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association, Washington, DC, June 28, 1998,” 15.20-50

The Confessions of a Revolutionary, 16.Supp.1

Confronting Columbus (1992), 4.42

Congo, 16.38

Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), 1.3, 1.20, 2.37, 3.22

Congress of South African Writers, 4.25

Congressional Record, 12/13. 57

Congressional Research Service, 4.57

Conqueror’s lexicography, 5.38

The Conquest of Bread (1906), 16.Supp. 2

The Conquest of Paradise (1990), 5.41-42

Conquistadors, 5.38, 5.40

Conroy, Jack, 1.41-41

Conscientious objector, 15.50

Conservative attack on poor and marginalized groups, 10/11.15

Conservative attack specialist (Blaise Cronin), 10/11.1

Consolidated List [South Africa-banned and listed persons]

Consumer culture, 2.2

The Contours of American History (1989), 16. 38-39

Contracted libraries, 14.44-46

Contributors, Notes on, 1.42, 2.59, 3. 55, 4.71, 5.inside front cover, 6/7. 70-71, 8.86

Cooke, Douglas, 16. Supp.11-17, 16.Supp. 30-39, 16. supp. 40

Cooper, Marc, 3.53

Copyright, 12/13.18-31

Cordova Congress, 16. Supp. 18-19

Corn, David, 16.40, 16.46

Cornell University, 1.35

“Corporate Inroads & Librarianship: The Fight for the Soul of the Profession in the New Millennium,” 12/13. 32-44

Corporate media, 3.23, 12/13.33, 16.26-36

Corporatism, 2.6, 6/7.15, 8.81, 12/13. 32-44, 14.8-9, 16.26-36

Corporatization of information, 3.16, 8.81, 16.26-36, 16.63-66

Council for Security and Cooperation in Europe, 16.43

Counter-Quincentennial, 5.36-43

“Coups and Earthquakes” syndrome, 3.8

Courage, 10/11.68

Courtney, Bryce, 16.23

Covert Action Quarterly, 16.40, 16. 43, 16.45, 16.46, 16.47, 16.57

Coyle, Karen, 14.22-33, 14.54

Cram, Jennifer, 16. 1-25, 16.73

Creitnon, Denis, 17.71

Creativity, 4.41, 16. 34

Croatia, 16.42

Crises Press, 4.71

Critical Approaches to Information Technology in Librarianship: Background and Perspectives (1993), 6/7. 70

Critical consciousness, 16.30-31

“Critical Education/ Popular Education,” 6/7. 62-63

Critical Sociology, 16.43

Critical thinking, 6/7.33

Cronin, Blaise [AKA Erudite Lite, Newt Grammbaugh, Melvil Pangloss], 10/11. 1-4
Self-promoting, 10/11.3-4

Crouch, Tom, 10/11.69

Cuauhtemoc, 8.69

Cuba, 1.35, 2.30, 3.26, 9.39-40, 15.51-53, 16.41, 16.56-57

Cuba Update, 16.47

Cuban Film Institute
See ICAIC

“The Cuba Poster Project,” 15.51-53

Cultural and Academic Links with South Africa Symposium, 4.51

“The Cultural Boycott” (South Africa), 4.51-52

Cultural chauvinism, 4.40

Cultural democracy, 4.38-45, 6/7.30

Cultural imperialism, 8.70, 16.32

Cultural human rights, 4.38-45

Cultural pluralism, 4.41

Cultural production, 14.13-14

Culture, Inc.: The Corporate Takeover of Public Expression (1989), 16.34

Culture industry, 6/7. 32-35, 16.34

“The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception,“ 6/7. 32-33

“Culture Industry Reconsidered,” 6/7.32

Culture, Inc. (1989), 5.52

“The Culture Wars,” 4.3-4.6, 10/11.66, 10.11.71-72

Curricula (of universities) 4.3-6

Currin, Brian, 9.5

Curtis, Bruce, 15.17-18

Cushing, Lincoln, 15.51-53, 15.68

Cyprus, 2.48

D

DAC
See African National Congress, Department of Arts and Culture

D’Adamo, Charles, 16. 37-50, 16.51-65, 16.73

D’Souza, Dinesh, 4.3

Dain, Phyllis, 14.8, 15.57

Dallas Agencies Serving the Homeless, 3.34

Dallas Public Library, 3.34, 3.37

Danky, James, 15.9

Dangerous Memories: Invasions and Resistance since 1942 (1991), 5.43

Darch, Colin, 15.22

Databases, 12/13.18-31, 12/13. 40-41

“Dateline: South Africa,” 1.29-1.32

David, Henry, 16. Supp. 9

Day, Hem, 16. Supp. 14

“A Declaration of Cultural Human Rights: Draft,” 4.38-45

Decolonization, 3.7

Decontextualization, 10/11/54-55

DeGennaro, Richard, 1.34

“DeGennaro Calls S.A. Boycott "Mickey Mouse," 1.34

Deinstitutionalization, 3.31

DeJohn, William, 15. 4

de Klerk, F.W., 1.25, 1.26, 1.28, 1.30, 1.32, 2.30, 2.36, 2.39

Democracy, 1.8-9, 1.16-17, 1.36, 1.44, 2.13, 2.15, 2.23, 3.2-4, 4.6, 5.31-34, 5.35, 6/7.15, 8.74-80, 9.7, 12/13. 53-59

Democratic Party, 10/11.11

Democratization of database searching, 5.48

Democratization of communications, 4.47, 5.47-50, 16.34

Democratization of culture, 4.38-45, 5.31-34, 6/7.1

Den(t)räume,Hamburg, 8.26

Dennie, Joseph, 14.6

Deregulatory legislation, 16.27-28

DeSirey, Jan, 5.42

Deskilling, 10/11.25-30

Determinism, 10/11.48-55

Detroit, 8.66-68

Deutsche Demokratische Republik, 15.33

Dewey, John, 12/13.9, 12/13.15

Dewey, Melvil, 10/11/49-50

DIALOG, 6/7. 25

DiFazio, W., 10/11.28

Digitized culture, 6/7. 24-25

Directions, a Semi-annual publication of the Program on Communication and Development Studies at Northwestern University, 2.22

Discrimination, 1.36

The Disinherited (1933), 1.40

Dissent, 16.47

Diversity, 4.5

“Documents” 2.41-49, 4.37-52, 6/7. 64-69, 8.74-80, 10/11. 83-89,12/13. 49-68, 14.47-50, 15. 62-67
“Address to the United Nations, 11/26/90 by Joseph Reilly,” 2.41-44
“Closed Stacks at the Library of Congress: A Historian Responds,” 6/7.64-67
“The Cultural Boycott,” 4.51-52
“A Declaration of Cultural Human Rights: Draft,” 4.38-46
“Few Voices, Many Worlds,” 4.46-47
“From France: Libraries Losing Their Reason,” 12/13. 63-68
“LIWO and the South African Unification Debate,” 10/11.87-89
“LIWO Resolution on Censorship and Freedom of Information,” 2.46-47
“LIWO Resolution on the Academic and Cultural Boycott,” 2.45-46
“LIWO Statement to IFLA,” 4.48-50
“LIWO’s Guiding Principles, 2.44
“Letter against Bombing of Iraq; 12/16/98” 15. 65-66
“Librarians against War” An Open Letter. 2/28/98” 14.47-50
“MSRRT Persian Gulf Resolution, 1/91,” 2.48-49
“Manifesto of Avant-Garde Librarianship,” 8.79-80
“The Media Charter of the African National Congress,” 8.74-76
“Middle East” “PLG Press Release on Gulf Crisis, 9/90, 2.47-48
“Notes from the Front Lines at SFPL,” 12/13. 60-62
“PLG Press Release on Gulf Crisis, 9/90,” 2.47-48
“A Program for Library Change in Sweden,” 5.31-34
“Remarks on Racism, International Relations and Librarianship,” 15. 62-64
“Resolution on the Importance of Freedom of Expression and Free Access to Information, “ 10/11. 83-85.
“Resolution on New Statesman and Society,” 8.77-78
“Resolution on New York Public Library’s Science, Industry and Business Library,” 10/11.86
“Resolution on the Library of Congress,”-American Historical Association, 6/7. 68-69
“South Africa.” “Address to the United Nations, 11/26/90 by Joseph Reilly,” 2.41-44
“Speech by Wayne Kelly, the Superintendent of Documents, to the Federal Documents Task Force at ALA’s Midwinter Meeting in Washington, DC,” Feb. 15, 1997, 12/13. 49-53
“Statement of Robert L. Oakley, Director of the Law Library and professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Edward B. Williams Law Library on Behalf of the American Library Association, American Association of Law Libraries, Association of Research Libraries, Special Libraries Association before the Subcommittee on Legislative House Committee Appropriations on the FY 1998 Appropriations for the Government Printing Office, February 12, 1997.” 12/13. 53-59
“Statement and Resolution to the IFLA Conference, Moscow, August, 1991,” 4.48-50
“World Bank Protest Letter; 6/29/98), 15.67

Dodge, Chris, 4.42

Dominant culture, 4.40

Dominican Republic, 16.38

Donations, 3.43-51

Donovan, Michael 3.cover, 3.28, 3.30, 3.42, 3.51, 3.54, 4.70, 4.71

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” 15.10

Dougherty, Richard M. 14.8

Douglas, Susan, 16.46

Dowlin, Ken 12/13.60-62

Dreams of Dignity, Workers of Vision: A History of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (1991), 6/7. 70

Drew, Lisa, 1.7

Dubois, Barbara, 5.4-5

Dudley, Kathryn Marie, 10/11. 11-18

Duke, David, 5.37

Du Preez, Max, 2.33, 2.35

Durrani, Shiraz, 4.23

Durruti, Buenaventura, 16.Supp.3-4, 16. Supp.6, 16. Supp. 35, 16. supp. 38

Durruti in the Spanish Revolution, 16.Supp. 6

Dworkin, Andrea, 5.8

Dynix, 6/7.17

E

EDGAR, 9.34, 12/13.23

EDUCOM, 9.29

EP
See Editora Politica

EU
See European Union

E-mail, 9.23

Earth Island Institute, 6/7.11

Earth Resources Research (publisher), 4.28-36

Earth Summit (Rio), 6.7.13
See also United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992

East Germany, 8.32, 15.33

East Jerusalem, 2.48

Easter, David, 16.46

Eastern Europe, 8.70

Ecology, 6/7.10

Economic imperialism, 16. 38

The Economic Organism of the Revolution (1936), 16.Supp.4

Editora Politica, 15. Cover, 15.50, 15.51

Editorials
“A Blaise with Indignation,” 10/11. 1-4
“The Culture Wars,” 4.3-4.6
“Institutionalizing Silence within ALA,” 14.1-4
“Politics and Anti-Politics in Librarianship,” 3.2-4

Educación y Biblioteca: revista mensual de documentacion y recursos didacticos, 16.Sup. 1

Education, 4.41, 6/7.15, 9.22

Education for librarians
See Librarian education

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 10/11/64

Egner, Carl, 16.71

Egypt, 3.25

“Election Day Messages from South African Librarians, “9.36-37

Electronic communication, 12/13.10

Electronic copyright, 9.23, 9.33, 12/13.18-31

Electronic databases, 12/13. 18-31

Electronic eavesdropping, 9.23

Electronic federal depository library program, 12/13. 53-59

Electronic Frontier Foundation, 9.33, 9. Inside back cover

Electronic information, 12/13. 7-17

Electronic Illusions: A Skeptic's View of Our High-Tech Future (1984), 4.7

Electronic principles, 12/13.7-17

Electronic Sweatshop, 1989, 9.30

Elephant Bird egg, 16.17

Elias Sports Bureau, 12/13.28

Elites, 3.13, 15.56

Elitism, 3.38-39

Elliott, T.S., 6/7. 31

Elliott, Jan, 5.42

Ellsberg, 2.49

Emergency (South Africa), 2.33-34

Empire building, 16. 29

Empowerment, 16.1-25

Encryption, 9.24, 9.34

Enckell, Marianne, 16. Supp.11-17, 16. supp. 40

“The end of history,” 2.2-8

“The End of Information & the Future of Libraries,” 12/13.1-6

The End of the Line:, Lost Jobs, New Lives in Postindustrial America (1994), 10/11. 11-16

“End of ideology,” 2.3

“Enemies: An Annotated Bibliography for a Middle School Social Studies Curriculum,” 16.59-62

“Enemy,” 16.41

Energy policy, 2.49

Enola Gay, 10/11.60-78

“The ‘Enola Gay’ Controversy as a Library Issue,” 10/11. 60-78

Enriquez, Rafael, 15.36

Entertainment, 6/7. 32-37

Environment, 6/7.10-11

Environmentalism, 6/7. 10-14
Target of conservatives, 6/7.12

Enzenberger, Hans Magnus, 6/7. 43-44, 46

Epcot Center, 9.28

Epstein, Cynthia Fuchs, 5.5

Equal access to information, 6/7.17

Equity, 3.3, 12/13.10

Ergonomics, 4.53-58, 8.3

Erotic, 5.22-24

Erotica, 5.22-23

Erudite Lite (Blaise Cronin), 10/11. 1-4

Estabrook, Leigh, 10/11.fn2.39

Estrategia y táctica: ayer, hoy y mañana (1976), 16. Supp.4

Estudios socials sobre la educación de los pueblos, (1864)

Ethnic cleansing, 16.43

Ethnic diversity, 15.45

Ethnonyms (derogatory), 1.38-39

Europe, 3.13, 4.41-42

European Union (EU), 12/13.19, 12/13. 26-27, 12/13. 46

European, dominant culture, 4.40

Ewell, Maryo, 4.45

“Exhibiting Ideology,” 5.42

Exodus: Diary of a Spanish Refugee

Extra: the Magazine of Fair, 16.57

Extraction from databases, 12/13.21-22

F

FAI
See Federación Anarquista Ibérica

FAL
See Fundación de Estudios Libertarios Anselmo Lorenzo

FARA
See Foreign Agents Registration Act

FBI, 2.27
See also U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation

FFBIZ
See Frauenforschungs, Bildungs, und Informtationszentrum Berlin

FICEDL
See Fédération internationale des centres d’ etude et de documentation libertaire

FID
See International Federation for Documentation

FMC
See Federation of Cuban Women

FOIA
See Freedom of Information Act

FSS
See Fundación de Estidios Libertarios Salvador Seguí

FYI France, 12/13. 63

Fascism, 16.28, 16.Supp. 4

Faculty status, 12/13. 8-9

Fahrenheit 451 (1953), 3.23

Fair use, 12/13.22, 12/13.23-24

Falk, Richard, 16.41, 16.46

False Promises: The Shaping of American Working Class Consciousness (1973), 6/7. 41-43

Family Friendly Libraries, 15.2

Familialization, 8.14-15

Fanelli, Giuseppe, 16. Supp. 18

Farelo, Maria, 15.22

Farm Bureau, 12/13. 41

Farm workers, 16.72

Fasana, Paul, 1.35

The Fast Sooner Hound, 1.40

Faxon, 3.46

Federación Anarquista Ibérica, 16.Supp. 4, 16.Supp. 21

Federación Ibérica de Juventudes Libertarias, 16. Supp. 21

La federación libertarian Argentia, 16. Supp.11

La federación obrera regional Argentina, 16. Supp.11

Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2.27

Federal Depository Libraries 12/13/ 49-53, 12/13. 53-59

Federal Information News Syndicate, 12/13. 45-48

Federal information policy, 2.11, 12/13. 49-52

Federalist, 14.6

Federation of Cuban Women, 15.51

Federation of Local Unions, 16.Supp. 25

Fédération internationale des centres d’ etude et de documentation libertaire, 16.Supp.16, 16. Supp. 32

Fee-based service, 3.34, 6/7. 19-20, 12/13. 14

Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service, 12/13.18, 12/13.26

Felipe, León, 16.Sup.28

Feminism, 5.11-12, 8.1-9, 15.15, 16.11

Feminist Archive and Documentation Center in Cologne, 8.27

Feminist Archive in Marburg, 8.27

Feminist libraries, 8.22-23

Feminist philosophy, 8.7

Feminist scholarship, 8.8, 10/11.3

Feminist Task Force, 8.11
See also Social Responsibilities Round Table

“Feminist Thought and the Critique of Information Technology,” 8.1-9

Feministisches Informations-Bildungs-und Dokumentationszentrum Nürnberg (Feminist Information, Education and Documentation Center Nüremberg), 8.23

Feminized profession, 5.1-18, 8.17-18, 10/11.3, 14.10

Fenton, Thomas P., 16.51

Fernández, Progreso, 16.Supp.34

Fernández, Sinesio Vaudilio García
SEE Santillán, Diego Abad de

Ferreira, Eleonora, 6/7.2, 6/7. 52-61, 6/7. 70

Ferreira, Joao Paulo Castaño, 6/7.2, 6/7.52-61, 6/7. 70

Ferrer I Guardia, Francisco, 16. Supp. 34, 16. supp. 38

Ferreras, Félix Alvarez, 16.Supp.34

Ferrua, Pietro, 16.Supp.16

Fetterly, Judith, 5.5-6

“A Few Gates: An Examination of the Social Responsibilities Debate in the Early 1970s & ‘90s,” 15.1-13

“Few Voices, Many Worlds,” 4.37, 4.46-47

Fiction, 5.1-18

Fierheller, George, 10/11.8-9

Fifth Estate, 16.48

Film, 6/7. 33, 6/7. 36, 6/7. 42

Film studios, 2.18

Finnish Library Association, 10/11.81

Finnegan, Ruth, 9.17-17

Fins- Federal Information News Syndicate, 12/13. 45-48

First Amendment, 1.8, 1.11, 1.18, 4.3-6, 12/13. 32-44

“First Encounters” [University of Florida, Museum of Natural History], 5.38

First International, 16. Supp. 37

First, Ruth, 1.32

First Search database, 6/7. 19

Fish, Stanley, 4.6

Fisher, Vardis, 2.26

Flannel boards, 5.44

Flax, Jane, 15.14

FlbiDoZ
See Feministisches Informations-Bildungs-und Dokumentationszentrum Nürnberg

The Flight from Reason: Essays on Intellectual Freedom in the Academy, the Press, and the Library (1975)

Florida Gulf Coast University, 12/13. 39-40

Florida Library Association, 16.72

Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley, 16. Supp. 9

Folk culture, 6/7.37

Folktales, 5.44-46

Follett, Mary Parker, 12/13.46-47

Fomento de las Artes, 16.Supp. 34

Foreign Agents Registration Act (1938), 4.68

Foreign policy, 16.37-50, 16.51-65

Fourth World Movement, 16.71

France 3.14-14, 12/13. 63-68

Franco, Francisco, 16. Supp. 22

Francoism, 16.Supp.6, 16.Supp. 32

Frank Music vs. CompuServe, 9.33

Frankfurt School, 6/7.1, 31-50

Franklin Street Settlement House (Detroit), 16. Supp.8

“Frauenarchive und Frauenbibliotheken in Deutschland,” 8.21-31

Frauenforschungs, Bildungs, und Informtationszentrum Berlin (Women’s Research, Education and Information Center in Berlin), 8.23-24, 8.25, 8.26

Frauenanstiftung Hamburg e.V (Women’s Foundation Hamburg), 8.23,

Free expression, 10/11, 79-8210/11. 83-85

Free flow of information, 2.20, 3.7, 3.25, 4.66-69, 5.49, 10/11. 83-85, 16.32, 16.68

Free Lunch Counter Culture Association, 15. Cover, inside front cover

Free market, 12/13. 46

Free press, 4.33-34, 9.10

Free speech, 16.68

Free trade imperialism, 16.29

Freedom
As U.S. strategy for informal domination, 16.30

Freedom Charter (South Africa), 2.42, 4.21

Freedom House, 3.11

Freedom of Information
Australia, 9.7-8, 9.14fn.28fn.30
South Africa, 2.46, 9.7, 9.14, fn29

Freedom of Information Act, 12/13.23

Freedom of speech, 3.2

Freedom Press, 16.66

Freire, Paulo, 4.23, 6/7.1

Freirians, 6/7.2

French colonialism, 3.14-15

French Revolution, 2.5

Frese, Petra, 8. 32-35 (translator)

Friedman, Harvey L., 4.11-12

Friends of the Earth, 6/7.11

“From France: Libraries Losing Their Reason,” 12/13. 63-68

“From Student Revolt to Working Librarians: The Formation of BIS, Sweden,” 15. 27-30

Front National, (France) 12/13. 63-68

“Fucking” (ignored as library catalog entry), 5.19-25

“The ‘Fucking ‘Truth about Library Catalogs,” 5.19-25

Fukuyama, Francis, 2.2-8

Fund for Free Expression, 1. 2, 1.33

Fundación Anselmo Lorenzo, 16. Supp. 19, 16. Supp. 34-35
See Fundación de Estudios Libertarios Anselmo Lorenzo

Fundación Aurora Intermitente, 16. Supp. 34

Fundación de Estudios Libertarios Anselmo Lorenzo, 16. Supp. 19, 16. Supp. 34-35

Fundación de Estudios Libertarios Salvador Seguí (Madrid) 16.Supp. 19, 16. Supp. 32-33

Further Indemnity Act of 1992 (South Africa), 9.5

Future, 10/11. 92-96, 14. 22-33

G

G-7, 12/13. 46

GATS
See General Agreement on Trade and Services

“GII: Global Power Grab,” 12/13. 45-48

Gandhi, Mahatma, 10/11.68, 15.48

Galileo, 10/11/68

Gallery Bugs Bunny (Chicago), 8.37

Gamero, Juan, 16. Supp. 35

Ganesha, 16.22

Gans, Herbert, 6/7. 38-41

Garankuwa Uprising, 2.31

Garceau, Oliver, 15.54-55

García, Marta, 16.Supp.30

Gardner, Eileen Marie, 10/15-16

Garfias, Pedro, 16.Supp. 22

“Garlic, Vodka and the Politics of Gender: Anti-intellectualism in American Librarianship,” 14.5-12

Garon, Paul, 8.37, 8.41-65 (bibliography), 8.86

Garrison, Dee, 8.17-18, 14.10

Garson, Barbara, 9.22-9.35, 9. Inside back cover

Gassol de Horowitz, Rosario, 4.24

Gates, Henry Louis, 4.6

Gaughan, Tom, 6/7.18, 6/7. 22, 15.2

Gays in Library Land: The Gay and Lesbian Task Force of the American Library Association: The First Sixteen Years (1990), 15.6-7

Gays, library service, 15.6-7, 15.9

Gay and Lesbian Task Force, 6/7. 26, 14.39, 15.1
See also Social Responsibilities Round Table

Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Task Force
See also Social Responsibilities Round Table

Gay Liberation Task Force
See also Social Responsibilities Round Table

Gaza, 2.48

Gender analysis, 8.1-9

Gender issues, 14. 52-53

General Agreement on Trade and Services (GATS), 12/13. 45

General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth Century, (1851) 16.Supp.1

Genocide, 5.36

Gerbner, George, 12/13. 48

German Democratic Republic, 15.33

Germany, 8.10-35, 9.7, 15. 31-36, 16.28, 16.42
Unification, 8.32

Germen, 16.Supp.30

Geronimo, 8.69

Gerstner, Louis V. 10/11.69

Ghikas, Mary, 14.2

Giddons, Anthony, 14.14-15

Gilabert, Alejandro, 16.Supp.4

Gilbey, Emma 9.7

Gingrich, Newt, 10/11.8

Giroux, Henry, 3.17-18, 6/7.15-16,6/7.26, 12/13. 11

Gisonny, Karen, 2.50-51, 2.59

Gitlin, Todd, 6/7. 43

Gittings, Barbara, 15.6

GlasNet, 5.47

Glasnost, 1.32, 2.30-40

“The Global Commercialization of Culture,” 2.15-22

Global conglomerates, 4.46

“Global Crisis: Media, Democracy and the Left,” Plenary Session at Midwest Radical Scholars and Activists Conference, 1990, 3.24-28

“Global Gladiators,” 12/13. 47

Global Information Infrastructure, 12/13. 45-48

Global Information Society, 12/13.45

Global village, 2.15

“Glossary for Lula Comic”, 6/7. 60-61

God, 16.20

Golan Heights, 2.48

Goldbard, Arlene, 4.45

Golden Harvest, 15. 46

Goldman, Emma, 16. Cover, 16. Supp. 8, 16. Supp. 9, 16. Supp. 10, 16. Supp. 35

Gómez, Fernando Fernán, 16. Supp. 6

Gompers, Samuel, 6/7. 65

Goniwe, Matthew, assassinated, 9.3

Gonzalez, Mario, 3.36

“Goodbye Columbus: A Review of Selected Quincentennial Literature,” 5.36- 43

Gorbachev, Mikhail, 3.26

Gorman, Michael, 14.10

Gottfried, Harriet, 1.40-41, 1.42, 3.36

Goudie, John, 5.36

Gough, Cal, 15.9

Government information, 2.11, 2.14 FN 8, 3.17, 12/13.23, 12/13. 49-53, 12/13. 53-59

Government Printing Office, 12/13.36, 12/13. 49-53, 12/13. 53-59

Graaf, Michael, 2.35, 9.4

Grave, Jean, 16. Supp. 15

Gray, Carolyn, 12/13.40

Gray literature, 8.26

Great Books, 5.8-10

Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 4.13

Greece, 16.38

Green, Robert, 8.37

Greenblatt, Ellen, 15.9

Greene, Graham, 4.67

Greene, Maxine, 6/7.26

Greenpeace, 15.59-61

Greenwashing, 6/7.11

Greiner, Joy, 3.33, 3.34, 3.40

Grenada, 2.48, 3.52

Grim, Jessica, 10/11.90-91, 10/11.97,

Gropper, 10/11.68

“Growing Our Communications Future: Access—Not Just Wires,” 14.22-33

Guardia, Francisco Ferrer, 16.Supp.3

Guardian (NY), 16.47

Guatemala, 16.38

Guérin, Daniel, 16. Supp. 15

Gruber, Nancy, 3.52-53

Guerrero, Gonzalo, 8.69

Guevara, Che, 15. 52

Guía de Fuentes del anarquismo español, 16. Supp. 32

Guide to Sources in Spanish Anarchism, 16. Supp. 32

Guillén, Abraham, 16.Supp.34

Gulf Crisis, 2.47-48
See also Gulf War

Gulf War I, 2 August 1990- 28 February, 1991, 3.14-16, 3.42, 4.46-47, 5.26-30, 8.70, 16.42

Guyton, Karen, 8.66

Guyton, Tyree, 8.38, 8.66-68

H

HIV, 15.17

Haar, John, 5.51

Hadar, Leon, 16.41, 16.46

Hadden, R. Lee, 14.44-46, 14.54

Hafner, Arthur, 5.8-10

Haiti, 16.41

Haiti Info: News Direct from the People and Organizations of Haiti’s Grassroots Democratic Movement, 16.57

Handicapped, blaming (Reagan/Gardner), 10/15-16

Hannah, Stan A., 10/11. 23-42, 10/11. 92-96, 10/11. 97

Hansel, Patsy, 3.33

Haraway, Donna, 15.15, 15.19

Harare Declaration, [Declaration of the OAU Ad-hoc Committee on Southern Africa on the Question of South Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe: August 21,1989], 1.31

A Hard Road for Mandela, 1.25, 1.26

Harger, Elaine, 1.inside front cover, 1. 2-15; 1.33, 1.35, 1.42, 2. Inside front cover, 3. inside front cover, 4.2, 4.59-63, 4.66-69, 4.71, 5. Inside front cover, 6/7. Inside front cover, 6/7. 60-61, 6/7. 62-63, 8.cover, 8.inside front cover, 9.inside front cover, 10/11. Inside front cover, 10/11.2, 10/11/ 60-78, 10/11.97, 12/13. Inside front cover, 14. Inside front cover, 14.1-4, 15. Inside front cover, 15.3, 16.inside front cover, 16.59-62, 16.73, 16.Sup. i

Harold Washington Library (Chicago), 8.83

Harris, Gill, 15.43

Harris, Michael H. 5. Inside front cover, 5.1-18, 6/7.1, 6/7. 30, 10/11. 23-42, 10/11. 92-96, 10/11/97

Harris, Roma, 10/11.3, 10/11.9-22, 14.10, 15.9

Harms Commission (South Africa), 2.36

Harry, Margot, 4.35

Hartung, William, 16.46

Hartwell, Rob, 15.1

Harvard University, 1.35

Harwit, Martin, 10/11.69

Haun, Agatha, 15.35

Haymarket, 16. Supp. 9

Haverhill, MA, public library, 3.35

Hawaii, Librarians Association of, 12/13.38-39

Hawaii State Librarian, 12/13. 37-39

Hazardous waste, 4.68-69

Health hazards, 8.3

Heard, Tony, 9.10

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 2.2

Hegemony, 10/11.53, 10/11. 53-55

Hegemonic literary canon, 5.8-18

Heidegger, Martin, 10/11/44, 10/11/55-56

Heidelberg Project, 8.66-68

Heidelberg Street (Detroit), 8.66-68

Heim, Kathleen M., 8.20
See also Kathleen de la Peña McCook

Hennepin County, 16.68

Heinrich Boell Foundation, 14. 52

Helderberg, 9.3

Helene Lange Archive, 8.25

Helms, Jess, 5.38

Helsinki Agreement, 4.67

Hentoff, Nat, 1.2, 1.7-8, 1.10-11, 1.12, 1.16

Hepburn, Katherine, 16. 20

Heritage Foundation, 3.10, 3.26

Herman, Edward, 3.11, 3.53, 16.41, 16.46

Hernández, Héctor, 16.Supp.30

Herrada, Julie, 16. Supp. 7-10, 16. supp. 40

Hettinger, Edwin C., 16.67

Heyman, Michael, 10/11.60-78

Higher education, 4.3-6

Highfield Community Library (Belfast), 4.18

Hildenbrand, Suzanne, 8.23, 10/11.47, 14.10

Hiroshima, Japan, 10/11. 60-78

“Hiroshima & Nagasaki, The Atomic Bomb, and History: A Bibliography,” 10/72-78.

Hitchens, Christopher, 16.40, 16.45

“Historical Patterns of a Women’s Profession in Germany,” 8.10-8.20

Hoerig, Günter, 16.Supp.16

Hofstadter, Richard, 14. 5-7

The Homeless (1987), 3,31-32

“The Homeless and the Public Library,” 3.31-42

Homelessness, 1.36, 2.4, 3.31-42, 5.49, 8.67

Homophobia, 3.24, 15.1-3, 15.17

Homosexuality, 14.3, 14.34-40, 15.1-3, 15.6-13

Hope and Folly: The United States and UNESCO, 1945-1985 (1989), 3.11

Horn, Zoia, 1. Inside cover, 3.52-53

Horkheimer, Max, 6/7. 32-37, 42, 43, 49

Horowitz, Irving Louis, 1.8-9

Horse Capture, George P., 5.40

Horup, Ellen, 15.48

“A House Divided Against Itself: ACRL Leadership, Academic Freedom & Electronic Resources,” 12/13. 7-17

House Committee on Un-American Activities, 2.27

Housework, 8.15

Housmans Peace Directory, 15.47

Houston Public Library, 1.6-7

Hudson, Mark, 16. 26-36, 16.73

Hug, Heinz, 16.Supp.16

Hugo, Victor, 16.Supp. 24

Hull, Elizabeth, 4.66-69

Hull House, 16.Supp. 8

Human nature, myth of 16.31

Human rights, 2.15, 3.4, 5.49, 8.84, 9.1, 9.8, 10/11.79-82, 14.3-4, 15.3-5, 15. 65, 16.43

Human Rights Commission, 2.39

Humanism, 16. Supp. 26

Humbolt University, 15.33

Humphrey, John Ames, 15.62-64

Hune, Shirley, 3.6

Hunink, Maria, 16. Supp. 16

Hungary, 2.16

Hunger, 1.36, 1.49

Hussein, Saddam, 16. 42

Hygiene, 3.38

Hyry, Tom, 16. Supp. 7-10, 16. supp. 40

I

IAEA
See International Atomic Energy Authority

IAI
See International African Institute

IAMCR
See International Association of Mass Communication Research

IALHI
See International Association of Labour History Institutions

IBM, 3.17, 10/11.69

ICAIC, 15.51, 15.52
See also Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos

IFF
See Interdisziplinäre Forschungsgruppe Frauenforschung: Dokumentation-Information-Archiv Bielefeld

IFLA
See International Federation of Library Associations

“IFLA and Human Rights,” 10/11.79-82

“IFLA Cuba Statement: Statement of Librarians from the United States and Puerto Rico on U.S.-Cuba Relations,” 9.38-40

IFLA Express, 10/11.81

ILAD
See Turkish Communication Research Association

IMF
See International Monetary Fund

IPS
See Inter-Press Service

ISC
See Information for Social Change

ITU
See International Telecommunications Union

IWW
See International Workers of the World

Ibadan, University of (Nigeria), 3.43

Iberian anarchism, 16. supp. 38

Iberian Liberation Movement (MIL), 16.Supp. 37

Idée générale de la révolution au XIXe siècle (1851), 16. Supp.1

Ideological conformity, 2.13

Ikkevold (Nonviolence), 15.48

Illiberal Education (1991), 4.3

Illinois Writers Project, 1.40

Illiteracy, 1.36, 1.49

Illness, 1.36

The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America (1961), 6/7. 39-42

Immigrants, 15.9

Imperialism, 5.33

“In Defense of the Great Books,” 5.8-9

In the Age of the Smart Machine (1989), 6/7. 22-23, 10.11. 31-32

In These Times, 16.41, 16.45, 16.46, 16.47, 16.58

Indexes, 6/7. 65

Independent press, 2.50, 16.37-50

India, 3.25

Indians in South Africa, 4.48

Indigenous people, 5.37-43

Indonesia, 3.25, 16.38

Industrial society, 2.6, 3.7

Industrial Workers of the World, 8.36, 16. Supp. 8

Inequality, 6/7. 42, 16. 26

Informated organization, 10/11.32-35

Information, 4.18-19, 6/7.3-14, 12/13.1-6, 12/13. 70

Information and the Crisis Economy (1981), 16.33-34

Information collectives, 16.32

Information economy, 6/7.16, 6.7.48, 10/12. 8, 10/11, 94, 16.63-66

Information Ethics for Librarians (1997), 16.73

Information for Social Change, 15.25, 15.32, 15.44-46

Information highway, 10/11.7, 14.22

Information industry, 2.11, 3.16, 6/7.7, 10/12.6-8, 16.34

Information Industry Association, 6/7. 17, 9.34

Information inequality, 16.34-36, 16.63-66

Information Inequality: The Deepening Social Crisis in America (1996), 16.34- 35

Information Liberation (1998), 16.66-70

Information poor, 3.5, 4.18, 5.50, 16.34-36

Information poverty, 4.18, 4.42, 16.34-36

Information processing, 12/13.2

Information professionalism, 12/13.3-6

Information rich, 3.5, 4.18, 5.50, 16.32-36

Information society, 2.6, 2.9-14, 3.9, 3.18, 4.42, 9.22, 10/11, 94, 15.14

Information technology, 3.22, 5.47-50, 5.51-52, 6/7. 15-29, 8.1-9, 9.22-35, 10/11.95, 12/13.1-6, 15.64, 16.63-66

“Information Technology and the Future of Work,” 10/11. 23-42,

“Information Technology, Power Structures, and the Fate of Librarianship,” 6/7. 15-29

Information Technology Association of Canada, 10/11.8

Infoshops, 16.Supp. 20

Inglis, Agnes, 16.Sup. Cover, I, 16. Supp. 7-10

Inkatha, 1.27, 2.37, 2.38, 9.5, 9.37

Inkworks Press, 15.68

Inquietudes, 16.Supp.30

Institute of Amsterdam, 16.Supp.16

Institute for African Alternatives, 3.44

Institute for Media Analysis, 3.11

Institute for Policy Studies, 16.39, 16.51

Institute for Social Research
See Frankfurt School

Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos, 15.51, 15.52

Institut für Sozialforschung
See Frankfurt School

Instructional effectiveness, 9.26-29

Intellectual freedom, 2.49, 3.2, 10/11.60-78, 10/11. 83-85, 12/13. 8-9, 14.3,
15. 4-13, 15.15-16

Intellectual property rights, 12/13. 18-31, 16.67

“Intensify the Struggle, statements on sanctions from the ANC, COSATU & UDF,” 1.30-31

Interdisziplinäre Forschungsgruppe Frauenforschung: Dokumentation- Information-Archiv Bielefeld (Interdisciplinary Research Group: Women’s Documentation-Archive Bielefeld), 8.23

Interior (tierra adentro), 8.70-71

Inter-library loans, 14.45

Internal Security Act [South Africa], 2.30, 2.39

International Anarchist Library, 16.Supp.3

International Book Year, 15.62

“Interlibrary Loan Offices Violate Boycott,” 1.35

International African Institute, 3.43

International Association of Labour History Institutions, 16. Supp. 33

International Association of Mass Communication Research, 4.46

International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA), 9.4

International Council for Scientific Unions, 3.47

International Federation for Documentation, 1.18

International Federation for Libertarian Study and Documentation, 16. Supp.16

International Federation of Library Associations, 1.3, 1.6, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 2.42, 4.49-50, 9.38-40, 10/11.79-82, 10/11/ 83-85, 15.43
Apartheid, 15.25
Istanbul conference (1995), 10/11.79-82, 10/11/83-85
Stockholm, 15.25

International Institute of Social History 15.48

International Ladies Garment Workers Union, 6/7.2

“International Librarianship & the Struggle for Democracy in South Africa,” 1.16-17

International Monetary Fund, 3.27, 16.42, 16.43

International Organization of Journalists, 3.11

International Research Center on Anarchy, 16. Supp. 14

“An International Surrealist Declaration on the ‘Columbus Quincentennial” 1492-1992. “As Long As Tourists Replace Seers…” 8.69-73

International Telecommunications Union (ITU), 12/13/45, 12/13.46

International Workers of the World, 16. Supp. 9

International Workingmen’s Association, 16. Supp. 18, 16. Supp. 37

International Viewpoint, 16.47

Internet, 6/7.25, 12/13. 11, 14.23-33, 16.31

“Internet and the Academic Community,” 12/13. 10

Internment camps (for Japanese-Americans), 10/11.65

Inter-Press Service, 3.12

Interracial children’s books, 1.9, 1.21

Intervention and Revolution: America’s Confrontation with Insurgent Movements around the World (1969), 16.38

“Interviews with South African Library Users,” 1.21-24

Into the Future: The Foundations of Library and Information Science in the Post-Industrial Era (1993), 10/11. 97, 10/11. 92-96

“The ‘Invisibles’: Lesbian Women as Library Users,” 14.34-40

Iran, 2.48, 4.23, 16.38

Iran-Contra (Bush 41), 9.25

Iraq, 14.47-50, 15.65-66

The Inveterate Life (1991), 10/11. 97

Iraq, 2.47-48, 2.48-49, 16.42

Iron Column, 16. Supp. 6

Islam, lack of understanding in U.S. 5.26-30

Ismail, Noha, 5. Inside front cover, 5.26-30

Israel, 2.48, 5.27, 8.84

Istanbul, 10/79-82, 10/11.83-85

Istanbul Statement, June 21, 1991, 4.46-47

Iverson, David, 9.30, 9.33

Iverson, Sandy, 15.14-19, 15.68

J

JURIS, 9.34

Jablonski, Joseph, 8.37

“Jack Conroy- Writer for the Dispossessed (obituary),” 1.40-41

Jacobs, Johnny, 15.20-26, 15.68

Jamile, Samuel, 2.38

Janda, Kenneth, 9.27

Jank, Dagmar, 8.21-31, 8.86

Japan, 2.27, 10/11. 60-78

Japanese-Americans, 10/11.65, 16.61-62

Jaszi, Peter, 12/13. 26

Jazz, 6/7. 48

Jefferson, Thomas, 14.6

Jensen, Robert, 9.22, 9.26

Jewish books, 15.34

Jewish Holocaust, 1.39

Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A., 10/11/63

Jobless recovery, 10/11.18

Johannesburg Public Library, 1.6

John Ames Humphrey/OCLC/Forest Press Award, 15.62-64

John, Nancy, 15.67

John Noyce Publications, 15.42

John Sessions Memorial Committee, 16.73

Johns Hopkins University, 10/11.47

Johnson, Ebba I., 5. Inside front cover, 5.35

Johnson, Gisela, trans. 8.10-8.20 (translator)

Johnstone, Diana, 16.43

“Joint Statement on Faculty Status of College and University Librarians,” 12/13. 8-9

Joll, James, 16. Supp. 15

Jones, Alma (maybe Simmons), 5.9

Jones, Bernie, 4.45

Jones, Clara, 15.63

Joseph, Helen, 1.32

Josey, E.J., 1. Inside cover, 1.29-30, 2.37, 15.1, 15.62-64

Journal of Palestine Studies, 16.41, 16.46, 16.47

Joyce, Steven, 15.1-13

Judis, John, 16.11

Juravich, Tom, 4.64-65, 4.71

K

KLA
See Kosovo Liberation Army

KRIBIBI (Arbeitskreis Kritischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare
im Renner-Institut), 15.32, 15.37-40

Kagan, Al, 1.18-20, 2.21, 5. Inside front cover, 5.47-50, 5.51-52, 10/11.97, 10/11.79-82, 16.51

Kaminsky, Robert 5.44-46

Kane, Bart, 12/13. 37-39

Kapor, Mitch, 9.33

Karlsson, Jenni, 15.29

Kaufmännische Verband für weibliche Angestellte (Commerical League of Women Employees), 8.21-22

Keeney, Mary Jane, 2.23-2.30

Keeney, Philip, 2.23-2.30

Keller, Charles ((lithography), 9. cover, 9. inside back cover

Kelley, Thomas, 6/7. Inside front cover

Kelly, Wayne, 12/13. 49-53

Kellner, Douglas, 6/7. 44-46

Kelsey, Jane, 12/13.44

Kempton Park negotiations (South Africa), 9.10-11

Kennedy, John F., 5.30, 14.5

Kenosha, Wisconsin, 10/11.13

Kenya, 4.24

Kessler, Jack, 12/13. 63-68

Khunou, Miriam, 4.21

Kierkegaard, Soren, 16.7

The Killing Ground (film about hazardous industrial waste), 4.68-69

Kimball, Roger, 4.3

Kirkus Reviews, 4.35

Kissinger, Henry, 4.36

Kitsch, 6/7. 37

Klare, Michael, 16.41, 16.46

Knowledge workers, 16.31

Koblenz Autonomous Women’s Archive, 8.24

Koevoet [crowbar] archive, 9.6

Kolbe, Vincent, 15.20

Kolko, Gabriel, 16.37-38, 16.39

Koning, Hans, 5-40-41

Kosiplay (censorship of), 2.38

Kosovo, 16.43

Kosovo Liberation Army, 16.43

Kramer, Hilton, 8.66

Kreisky, Bruno, 15.40

Kropotkin, Peotr, 16.Supp. 1-2, 16. Supp. 14, 16.Supp.16

Krug, Judith, 1.16, 12/13. 11

Kühn-Ludewig, 8.35

Kurds, 2.48, 10/11.80-82

Kuwait, 2.47-48, 2.48-49

KwaZulu police, 2.37

L

LC Subject Headings, 12/13. 42

LEXIS, 12/13.23
See also Lexis

LIWO
See Library and Information Workers Organization (South Africa)

LIWO National Conference, 1995, 15.22-23

LIWO-Durban, 15.21

LIWO-Gauteng, 15.21

LIWO-Northern Cape Province, 15.26

LIWO-Pietermaritzburg, 15.21

LIWO-Western Cape, 15.21

“LIWO and the South African Unification Debate,” 10/11.87-89

“LIWO: Local Touch and Global Networking in South Africa,” 15.20-26

“LIWO Resolution on Censorship and Freedom of Information,” 2.46-47

“LIWO Resolution on the Academic and Cultural Boycott,” (South Africa), .45-2.46

“LIWO Statement to IFLA,” 4.48-50

LIWO Support Group, 15.43

“LIWO’s Guiding Principles”, (South Africa), 2.44-45

LIWOLET, 15.21

LSG
See LIWO Support Group

Labadie Collection, 16.Sup. I, 16. Supp. 7-10

Labadie, Joseph A., 16.Supp. 7-10

LaBash, Steve, 16.63-66, 16.73

Labor, 10/11.23-42, 10/11.86, 16. Supp. 7-10

Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century (1974), 10/11. 25-32

Labor history, 1.40, 6/7.2, 6/7. 65, 16. Supp. 7-10, 16. Supp. 32-33

Labor, library service to, 4.5, 16. Supp. 7-10

La Guma, Alex, 1.32

Lakota Sioux, 5.38

Lamontia, Philip, 8.37

Lancaster, F.W., 3.45, 10/11.93

Landau, Elaine, 3.31-32, 3.38

Landy, Joannae, 16.40, 16.46

Lane, David, 15.16

Lange, Helene, 8.13, 8.22, 8.25

Language rights, 4.39

Larson, Magali Sarfatti, 5.1-18, FN 3

Larson, Ulf, 15.30

Lategan, Lindsay, 4.24

Latimer, Clare, 8.77

Latin America, 16.42, 16.56-58

Latin America Bureau (publisher), 4.28-36

Latin American Perspectives, 16.41, 16.46, 16.48, 16.58

Latin American Students Association
See OCLAE

Latshaw, Patricia, 12/13.11

Latz, Birgit, 8.23, 8.29

Laurentius, 15.32, 15.35

Lawrence Hill (publisher), 4.28-36

Lawrence Scientific School, 10/11/46

Lawyers for Human Rights, 9.5

Layret, Francesc, 16. Supp. 36

Lebanon, 2.48, 16.38

“The Left” (political/ theoretical), 2. Inside front cover, 2.2, 2.27, 4.3, 5.38, 5.48, 6.30-51, 8.77-78

“Left Wing of the Beat Generation,” 8.36-37

Lehman, Bruce, 12/13.19, 12/13. 27

Leicht, Hilka, 14.53, 14.54-55

Leigh, Robert D., 15.54-58

Leisure, 6/7.34

Lesbians, 14.34-40

“Lesbians & Libraries,” 14.34-40

“Lesbians & Libraries” Resource list, 14.41-43

Less Access to Less Information by and About the United States Government: A 1981-1987 Chronology, 4.69

“Letter against Bombing of Iraq; 12/16/98” 15. 65-66

Leuenroth, Edgar, 16. Supp.14

Levey, Lisbeth, 3.45

“Lexicon of hatred,” 5.8

Lexikon der Frau, 8.22

Lexis, 9.34
See also LEXIS

Lewis, Alison, 16.Supp.21-29, 16. supp. 40

Libertarian communism, 16.Supp.see entire issue

Libération, 12/13. 63

Liberation Distributors, 4.35

Liberation Graphics, 15.51-53

“Liberation Technology,” 5.47-50

Librarian education, 14.7-11

Librarian of Congress, 2.25, 4.53-58

Librarians for Nuclear Arms Control, 15.48

Librarians for Social Change, 15.42-43

Librarians
Alienation of, 2.55-58
Courage, 10/11.67
Germany, 8.10-8.20, 8.32-35
Heroes, 9.11-12
Image, 8.80
Openmindedness, 10/11.67
Pimps for the information industry
Propaganda, instruments of in World War I, 3.3
Service ideal, 14.13-21
South Africa, 1.4-5, 1.21-24
Technologists, 3.18, 10/11.9-22
Women librarians, 5.1-18, 8.1-9, 10/11.9-22
Women readers, attitudes toward, 5.1-18

Librarians against Nuclear Arms in Sweden, 15.48

“Librarians Against War: an Open Letter,” 14.1-4, 4.47-50

Librarians Association of Hawaii, 12/13.38

Librarians within the Peace Movement, 15.25, 15.42

“Librarianship and Resistance,” 15.14-19

Librarianship
Anti-intellectualism, 14.5-12
Corporatism, 12/13. 32-44
Defined, 6/7.1-2
Deskilling, 6/7. 21-22
Foundation, 12/13.13
German, 8.32-35
Intellectual freedom as foundation, 12/13.13
Politics of 3.2-4, 4.3-6
Profession, 6/7. 21-23, 8.17-17
Principles, 3.2-4
Reskilling, 6/7. 21-23
Service ideal, 14.13-21
Technology, 10/11.43-59
Women in, 5.1-18, 10/11.9-22

Librarianship and Legitimacy: The Ideology of the Public Library Inquiry (1997), 15.54-58

Librarianship: The Erosion of a Women’s Profession, (1993), 10/11.97, 14.10

Libraries
British, censorship, 8.77
Civic role, 12/13.10
Democratizing function, 6/7.15
Future of, 6/7, 15-29
Germany, 8.10-35
Hawaii, 12/13. 37-39
Mass media and, 6/7. 30-51
Politics of, 6/7.30
Public good, 6/7. 47-48, 10/11.67
Public sphere, 6/7. 26
Safe spaces, 6/7. 26
South Africa, 1.21-24
Virtual, 6/7, 21-26

Libraries and Culture, 12.55

“Libraries and the Commercialization of Information: Towards a Critical Discourse of Librarianship,” 2.9-14

“Libraries and the Middle East Question,” 5.26-30

“Libraries at the End of History?” 2.2-8

“Libraries in Society,” 5.31-5.34

Libraries Losing Their Reason,” 12/13. 63-68

Library and Information Workers Organization (LIWO, South Africa), 2. Inside front cover, 2.42, 2.43-44, 2.59, 4.37, 4.49-50, 9.3, 9. Inside back cover, 10/11.87-89, 15.20-26. 15.43

See also LIWO

The Library and Its Users: The Communication Process, 10/11.97

Library Association, 9.11, 10/11.81, 15.43
International Group, 15.25

Library Bill of Rights, 12/13.7-17, 12/13.32, 15.3-13, 15.13, appendix

Library Campaign (Britain), 15. 47

Library catalog, 5.19-25

Library Faith, 15.55

Library history, 3.2-4, 8.11

Library Journal, 2.6, 2.27, 2.43-44, 4.30-36
Berninghausen Debate, 15.4-13

Library of Congress, 1.35, 1.27
American Historical Association Resolution, 1992, 6/7. 68-69
Closed Stacks Policy, 6/7.2, 6/7. 64-67
Entrepreneurial aspects, 6/7. 19-20
` Joint Committee on the Library, 6/7. 65
Manuscript Reading Room, 6/7. 68-69
Office for Subject Cataloguing Policy, 1.38-39
Open Stacks, 6/7. 64
Subject Headings, 5.19-25
Virtual library products, 9.29

Library of Social Reconstruction, 16.Supp. 22, 16.Supp. 30

Library Services Act, 2.24

Library Services Construction Act, 3.35

Libya, 2.48, 4.33

Lidenschaft und Bildung: Zur Geschichte der Frauenarbeit in Bibliotheken (1992), 8.10-20

Lies of Our Times, 1.25-1.28, 16.47

Lincoln, Alan Jay, 3.36

Lincoln, Abraham, 16.8-9

LINK, 15.43

Linton, David, 4.7-16, 4.71

Lippmann, Walter, 9.30, 12/13. 10-11

Lippard, Lucy, 4.45

Lippincott, Kate, 16.72

Lischnewska, Maria, 8.22

A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Bronte to Lessing (1977), 5.6-8

Literary canon, 5.1-18

Literature, 5.1-18

Litwin, Rory, 15. Inside front cover, 16.inside front cover, 16.66-70, 16.73, 16.Sup. i

Living My Life (1931), 16. Supp. 35

Llunas, J.L. 16.Supp. 37

Locale (1995), 10/11. 97

Lorenzo, Anselmo, 16. Supp. 34

Los Angeles Rebellion (manifesto by Chicago Surrealists, 1992), 8.37

L'Ouverture, Toussaint, 8.69

Low income, 1.36-37

Love, James, 12/13.18-31, 12/13.76

Love, Jamie, 9.33

Lowe, Martyn, 15.41-50, 15.59-61, 15.68

Loyalty oaths, 5.35

Lubowski, Anton, assassinated, 9.3

Ludd, Ned; Ludd, King; Ludd, General, 4.8-15

Luddite (1811-16), 4.7-16

Lüdtke, Helga, 8.10-8.20, 8.86

Lula (Luis Inácio Da Silva), 6/7. 52-61

“Lula against the Alagoas Mahrajah,” 6/7. 52-61

Lyotard, Jean-Francois, 10/11/54

M

MIL (Iberian Liberation Movement), 16. Supp. 37

MLB
See Major League Baseball

MSSRT
See Minnesota Library Association Social Responsibilities Round Table

“MSRRT Persian Gulf Resolution, 1/91,” 2.48-49

MTV, 2.16, 6/7. 47

M'Bow, Amadou-Mahtar, 3.7, 3.14-15

Mabudafhasi, Joyce, 1.16, 2.42

MacBride Report
See Many Voices, One World

MacBride Round Table-Harare, 3.12, 4.46

MacBride Round Table-Istanbul, 3.12, 4.37, 4.46-47

MacBride Round Table-Prague, 3.12, 4.46

MacBride, Seán, 2.43, 3.5, 4.46-47

MacCann, Donnarae, 15.12

Macdonald, Dwight, 6/7. 36-37, 49

MacDonald, Margaret Read, 5.46

Machel, Samora, 9.3

“Machine as being” (phenomenological), 10/1144

Mackey, Sam, 8.66

MacLeish, Archibald, 2.25

Major, John Prime Mintser, 8.77

Malinconico, Michael S. 6/7. 17, 6/7. 19, 6/7. 24, 10/11. 97, 10.84-85

Mbeki, Govan, 2.34

McCarran-Walter Act (1952), 4.66-67

McCarthy, Joe, 10/11/68

McCarthyism, (new) 4.3

McChesney, Robert W, 16.27

McConnell, Michael, 15.7

McCook, Kathleen de la Peña, 16. 72

McDonald, Peter, 1. Inside front cover, 1.33, 1.35, 1.42, 5. Inside front cover, 5.36-43, 12/13. 32-44, 12/13. 76

McDonald’s restaurant chain, 14.2-3, 15.59-61

McGraw-Hill, 1.8

Mchombu, Kingo, 4.22

McJob, 15.61

McLibel trial, 15.59-61

McLibel: Burger Culture on Trial (1997), 15.59-61

McReynolds, David, 16.40, 16.46

McReynolds, Rosalee, 2.23-2.29, 2.59

McSpotlight (website), 15.61, fn 1

Madison, James, 12/13.10

Madrid, Paco, 16.Supp.16

Magdoff, Harry, 16.37, 16.54

Magón, Ricardo Flores, 16.Supp.30

Mährt-Thomsen, Frauke 15. 31-36, 15.68

Mafole, Tebogo, 1.20, 1.29-30, 1.35, 2.41

Major League Baseball, 12/13.25-30

Makerere University (Uganda), 3.43

Malatesto, Errico, 16.Supp. 14

Male hegemony, 5.1-18, 8.13

Male-stream values, 5.1-18

Malen, Kiesa, 14.53, 14.54-55

Man and People (1957), 10/11/44-45

“Mana, Manna, Manner : Power and the Practice of Librarianship,” 16. 1-25

Mandela, Nelson, 1.12, 1.19, 1.21, 1.22, 1.25-1.28, 1.31, 1.32, 2.inside front
Cover, 2.34, 9.36-37, 10/11/68

Mandela, Winnie, 9.7

Manhattan Project, 10.11. 64-65

“Manifesto of Avant-Garde Librarianship,” 8.79-80

“Manufacture of consent,” 4.33, 4.36

Many Voices, One World, (1980), 3.5, 3.13, 3.19-20,4.46-47

Maplethorpe, Robert, 5.19-20

Los Maquis, 16. supp. 38

Marchand, Roland, 14.9

Marcuse, Herbert, 6/7. 34-35, 39, 42, 43

Market force, 16.30

Marram (publisher), 4.28-36

Márquez, Gabriel García, 3.19-20, 4.67

Martin, James J., 16.Supp.9

Martin, Sue, 12/13.12

Martin, W.H., 4.18

Martz, J.D. 4.34

Marx, Karl, 10/11.48

Marxist concepts, 3.8, 3.14, 6/7. 32-50

Marxist scholarship, 10/11.26

Marx’s theory of alienation, 2.55-58

Masculine transcendentalism, 12/13.2-3

Masekela, Barbara, 15.21

Masizame Community Project, 15.29

Masmoudi, Mustapha, 3.12, 3.15-16

Maori, 16.19

Martin, Brian, 16.66-70

Mass culture, 6/7. 30-51

Mass Communications and American Empire (1969), 16. 28-29

Mass Culture: The Popular Arts in America (1957)

“The Mass Culture Debate: Left Perspective,” 6/7. 30-51

Mass Democratic Movement, 1.3, 1.16-17, 1.19-20, 1.30, 2.inside front cover, 2.41, 15. 21

Mattelart, Armand, 3.9

Mauritius, 3.47

May, 1968(Paris), 16. Supp. 15

Mayor, Federico, 3.10-11

Mayibuye, 4.51-52

Mead Data Central, 9.34

Mead, Walter, 16.46, 16.55

Mechanical reproduction, 6/7. 35-36

Mederos, Rene, 14. 50, 15. Cover

Media bias, 16.43

Media convergence, 4.46-47, 16. 16-36

Media literacy, 16.32

Media pluralism, myth of, 16.31

Media workers, 8.75

Media Workers of South Africa, 2.31

MEDLINE, 12/13.41

Meeting rooms, cost at Harold Washington Library (Chicago), 8.83

Melcher, Daniel, 2.27

Meli, Frances, 2.34

Memphis/Shelby County Public Library, 3.36

“The Media Charter of the African National Congress,” 8.74-76

Men against the State: The Expositors of Individualist Anarchism, 1827-1908 (1953), 16. Supp.9

Men as librarians, 8.3-4, 8.13, 10/11.13-22

Merrett, Christopher, 1.5, 1.32, 1.42, 2.30-40, 2.59, 9.1-15, 9. Inside back cover, 15.23

Meritocracy, 10/11.13

Mestre, Ricardo, 16. Supp. 19, 16.Supp.21-29, 16.Supp. 30

Mexico, 3.27, 16.Supp.27

Michell, Walter W. 15.2

Middle East, 5.26-30, 16.42

Middle East Reports, 16.47

Middle East War, 2.47-49

Midwest Federation of Library Associations, 5.30

Midwest Radical Scholars and Activists Conference, 3.28

Migrant workers, 16.72

Miklowitz, Gloria, 1.9

Milam, Carl, 2.25, 15.54, 15.57

The Militant Proletariat, 16. Supp. 34

Military Contractors, 10/11. 64

Military Families Support Network, 2.49

Military industrial complex, 6/7.17, 10/11.64, 10/11/.71

Military Order of the World Wars, 10/11/63

Military-technological barbarism, 15.65

Millenarian worldview, 12/13.3

Miller, Marilyn, 15.10

Miller, Mark, 4.45

Mills, C. Wright, 2.3, 6/7. 41

Milwaukee Public Library, 3.35

The Mind Managers (1973), 16.30-32

Mini, Thembi, 4.24

Minitel, 6.7/17

Minnesota Library Association Social Responsibilities Round Table, 1.36-37, 2.48-49

Missouri Writers Project, 1.41

Modern School (Barcelona), 16.Supp.3, 16. Supp. 34, 16. supp. 38

Modern Youth Library (Buenos Aires), 16. Supp.12

Modernity, 10/11.53

Mohawk, John, 5.42

Le Monde Diplomatique, 16.47

Monette, Paul, 6/7. 26

Monopoly capitalism, 3.24-30

Monopoly of media, 4.46-47

Montana State Supreme Court, 2.26

Montana State University (University of Montana), 2.26

Montand, Yves, 4.67

Monthly Review, 16.39, 16.47

Monthly Review Press (publisher), 4.28-36

Montjuich Prison (Barcelona), 16.Supp. 37

Mooney, Thomas, 16. Supp. 9

Morris, Dave, 15.60-61

Morrison, Toni, 6/7. 49

Morristown Public Library, New Jersey, 3.38

Morocco, 2.48

Mosco, Vincent, 3.21, 10/11.9-10

Mother Earth, 16. Supp. 9

Mother Jones, 16.66-67

Motherliness, 8.13-14

Motorola, 12/13.29

MOVE (Philadelphia), 4.35

Movement for Avant-Garde Librarianship, 8.79-80

Mtimkulu, Siphiwe, assassinated, 9.3

Multicultural Folktales: Stories to Tell Young Children (1991), 5.44-46

Multiculturalism, 4.3-6, 4.40, 5.31, 5.44-46

Multiforo Alicia (Mexico City), 16.Supp.21

Multimedia instruction, 9.27

Multinational Monitor, 16.47

Multnomah County Public Library, 3.36

Mumble, Dennis A., 1.25-28, 1.42

Mundaneum de Mons, 16. Sup. 14

Mundo, 16.Supp.30

Museums, 5.38, 10/11.60-78, 16.34

Music, 6/7. 45

Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (1902), 16.Supp, 2.

Mistral, Sylvia, 16. Supp. 22

The Myth of the Electronic Library: Librarianship and Social Change in America (1994), 12/13. 69-70

Myths that structure content of corporate controlled media, 16. 30-32

N

NAM
See Non-Aligned Movement

NASM
See National Air and Space Museum

NATO, 16.43

NBA
See National Basketball Association

NERL
See Northeast Research Libraries Network

NFL
See National Football League

NGOs
See Non-Governmental Organizations

NHL
See National Hockey League

NII
See National Information Infrastructure

NOTIS, 6/7.17, 10/11. 52

NREN
See National Research and Education Network

NUMMI, 10/11.34-35

NWICO
See New World Information and Communications Order

NYCOSH, (compiler of COSH Group directory), 4.61-63

NACLA 16.41, 16.46, 16.47, 16.58

Nader, Ralph, 9.33.

Nagasaki, 10/11.65

Namibia, 9.6, 15. 45-46

Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 3.25

Natal Resource Centre Forums, 4.50

The Nation, 16.29, 16.40, 16.41, 16.45, 16.46, 16.47

National Agriculture Library, 12/13. 41

National Air and Space Museum, 10/11. 60-78

National Archives Database, 9.34

National Basketball Association, 12/13. 25-30

National Cancer Institute, 12/13.49-50

“National Cataloguing Petition Campaign Continues,” 1.38-39

National Coalition for the Homeless, 3.31

National Confederation of Labour, 16.Supp. 4

National Conference of Workers (Cuba)
See CNT

National Council of Churches of Christ, 2.49

National Endowment for Democracy, 2.44

National Football League, 12/13. 25-30

National Hockey League, 12/13. 25-30

National Indemnity Council (South Africa), 9.5

National Information Infrastructure, 10/11.7, 14.30, 16.35

National Library of Medicine, 12/13.41

National Museum of National History, 5.38

National Party (South Africa), 1.25, 1.26, 2.39

National Registry of Argentina, 16. supp.11

National Research and Education Network, NREN, 6/7. 18, 6/7.25, 12/13. 46

National Union for the Total Independence of Angola
See UNITA

National Union of South African Students, 3.33

National Writers’ Union, 9.30

Nationalism and Culture, 16.Supp.22

Native Americans, 2.5

Nauratil, Marcia, 2.55-58

Nazi occupation, 15.42, 15.45-46

Nehru, Jawaharlal, 3.25

Neoliberalism, 16. 26-36

Nettlau, Max, 16.Supp. 13

Neufeld, Michael, 10/11.69

Neutrality, 2.6, 3.2-4, 5.51, 15.5, 15.10-12, 15. 14-19, 15. 49

New African, 2.33, 9.10

New Age ideology, 10/11.12

New Information Order (for South Africa), 2.43-44

New International Economic Order, 3.5, 3.7

New International Order, 3.7

New Labor, 15.44

New Left, 6/7. 31, 6/7. 41-46, 16.37, 16.43

New Left Review, 16.41, 16.45,

New Masses, 9.inside back cover

New Nation, 2.35

New Political Economy, 16.42

New Statesman and Society, 8.77-78

New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc
See NUMMI

New World Information and Communications Order (NWICO), 2.43, 3.5-23, 3.24-3.30, 4.37, 4.46-47
Bibliography, 3.29-30

New World Order, 2.3, 3.5, 3.14, 5.37 (AKA Manifest Destiny), 8.69

New York, 4.3

New York African Studies Association, 3.47

New York City Central Labor Council, 10/11.86

New York Public Library, 1.34, 1.35, 3.3, 3.36, 3.39, 6/7. 20, 10/11.68-69, 10/11.86, 16.Supp. 14
Science, Industry and Business Library, 10/11.86

New York Times, 1.25-28

New Zealand, 16.19-20

News flow, 3.8

News Media and International Conflict (conference), 4.45

Newcastle Public Library (South Africa), 2.42

Newsday, 9.33

Newsweek, 4.3

Neutrality, 15.3, 15.14
Myth of 16.30-31

Nexis, 9.32

Nicaragua, 2.48, 3.26

Nigeria, 4.21

Nixon, Richard, 14.5

Nkomo, Mokobung, 1.21, 1.24

No Easy Walk to Freedom, (1986) 1.22, 2.34

“No Love Lost: Library Women vs. Women Who Use Libraries,” 5.1-18

Noble, David, 6/7.17, 12/13.2

Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), 3.5, 3.11, 3.24-25, 4.46-47

Non-Aligned Pool, 3.13

Non-Alignment in an Age of Alignment, 1986, 3.6

Non-Governmental Organizations, 3.22, 16.43

Non-Violent Activist, 16.48

Nordenstreng, Kaarle, 3.8

North American Congress on Latin America
See NACLA

Northeast Research Libraries Network, 12/13.37

Norwegian Library Association, 10/11.81

“Not Three Worlds, But One!” 3.24-30

“Notes from the Front Lines at SFPL,” 12/13. 60-62

Las Noticias, 16.Supp. 37

Nuclear arms race, 2.4

Nuclear disarmament, 15.9

Nunn, Sam, 10/11/64

Nursing, 8.14

Nye, David E., 14.9

Nyongwana, Reigneth, 4.24

Nyquist, Corinne, 1.42, 2.18-20, 3.43-51, 3.55

O

OAU
See Organization of African Unity

OCLAE, La Organización Continental Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Estudiantes, 15.51

OCLC, 6/7, 18-20, 6/7. 22, 12/13. 39-40
Corporate culture of, 6/7. 18-20, 12/13. 40

OCLC LS200, 6/1. 17

OMB
See U.S. Office of Management and Budget

OMB Circular A-130, 12/13. 58

ON
See Operation Namibia

OSPAAAL, 15.36, 15.51-53
See also Organización de Solidaridad con los Pueblos de Asia, Africa y América Latina

ÖTV
See Öffentlich Dienst Transport und Verkehr

Oakley, Robert L., 12/13. 53-59

Obadalek, Rennate, 15.37-40, 15.69

Objectivity, 15.14-19

O’Brien, Patrick, 3.34

O’Connor, James, 16.42

“Occupational Safety & Health Resources,” 4.59-63

Occupational segregation, 8.3, 8.16

Öffentlich Dienst Transport und Verkehr (West Germaan Librarian Union), 8.34

Official Secrecy (South Africa), 9.1-15

Oil, 5.27

Oklahoma City bombing, 16.62

Olden, Anthony, 3.45

Oldenburg, Claes, 8.37

Omnibus Children and Youth Literacy Initiative, 6.7/18

On Power and Ideology: The Managua Lectures (1987), 4.34

“One-dimensional man,” 6/7. 34-35

Onimode, Bade, 3.44

Ontario Advisory Committee on Telecommunications, 10/11.8

Open Libraries Project 9South Africa), 15.21

Open Stacks (Library of Congress), 6/7. 64-67

Operation Namibia, 15. 45-46

Operation Vula, 2.33

Oppositional movements, 16.33

Oral culture, 9.16-21

Oral documentation (Africa), 9.16-21

“Oral Documentation: The Other ‘Famine’ in African Libraries,” 9.16-21

Orality, 9.16-21

Orbis (publisher), 4.28-36

Order of Daedilians, 10/11.63

El organismo económico de la revolución (1936), 16. Supp. 4

Organización de Solidaridad con los Pueblos de Asia, Africa y América Latina, 15.36, 15.51-53

Organization of African Unity, 1.19

Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America, 15.36, 15.51-53

Organizational models 10/11.32-36

Ortega y Gasset, José, 6/7. 31

Orwell, George, 9.6

OSPAAAL,
See Organización de Solidaridad con los Pueblos de Asia, Africa y América Latina

Ostlandritt, 8.34

“Outsourcing Federal Libraries,” 14.44-46

Ownership of media, 16.35

Oxford University Press, 12/13. 50

P

PANA
See Pan-African News Agency

PC
See political correctness

“PC for Pre-Schoolers,” 5.44-46

PDS
See Social Democratic Party (Brazil)

PLC Bulletin, 2.23

“PLG Press Release on Gulf Crisis, 9/90,” 2.47-48

PLG “Resolution on New Statesman and Society,” 8.77-78

PLG Statement of Purpose, 4.72, 5. Inside back cover, 6/7. Inside back cover, 8.88, 14. 57, 15.70, 16.74

PLG Statement of Purpose [Draft], 1.42, 2.60, 3.56

“PLG Talks to the Fund for Free Expression,” 1.33

PLGNet, 12/13.38, 14.1-4

PT
See Brazilian Worker’s Party

“P.W. Botha’s American Helpers” [Village Voice, 1/12/88], 1.2

Pacifism, 2.24

PAIS International database, 16.39

Pateman, John, 15.43

Palestine, 5.27, 8.84

Palestine Human Rights Information Center, 2.52-54, 2.59

Palestine-Israel Journal, 16.47

Palestinian viewpoint, 5.28

Palladino, Grace, 6/7.2, 6/7. 64-67

Panama, 3.52

Pan-African News Agency, 3.13

Pan-American Health Organization, 5.47-48

Paper Tiger, 3.15

Paperless society, 3.45, 10/11.93

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, 2.11, 12/13. 58-59

Parenti, Michael, 10/11.12

Passions Spin the Plot (1934)

Patriarchal ideology of librarianship, 5.1-18, 6/7.30

Patrick, Valeria Ann, 16. Supp. 18-20, 16. supp. 40

“Patrons in Crisis: Where they’re Coming From—Where we’re Sending Them—A Call for Library Intervention,” 3.32

Pay-per society, 10/11.9-10

Paz, Abel, 16.Supp.6, 16. Supp. 35

Peace, 4.38-45, 5.26-30, 15.47, 15.48

Peace & Freedom, 16.48

Peace and Democracy, 16.47

“Peace letter” to Roosevelt, 2.25

Peace Magazine, 16.47

Peace News, 16.48

Peace Review, 16.48

PeaceNet, 3.12, 3.20, 3.21

Peiró, Juan, 16. Supp. 4-5, 16.Supp.21

Peiser, Bona, 8.22

Pellowski, Anne, 5.46

Pendakur, Manjunath, 3.24-30, 3.55

The Penny Magazine, 14. Cover and inside front cover

Pentagon, 3.52

People of color, 3.26, 4.40, 5.8-9, 10/11.25

People’s Daily World, 9.inside back cover

People’s Libraries (Argentina), 16. Supp.11-17

Perlman, Michael, 16.63-66

Persian Gulf Resolution, 1.91, 2-48-49, 3.2

Persian Gulf War
See Gulf War I, 2 August 1990- 28 February, 1991

Personal computers, 6/7. 4, 8.4

“A Perspective on the Book Famine,”

Peters, John Durham, 5.51-52, 6/7.17

Peters, Nancy Joyce, 8.37

Petras, James, 16.41, 16.46, 16.54

Phallocentric, 5.4

Philadelphia, 4.35

Philadelphia Inquirer, 1.28

Pienaar, Louis, 2.34

Pierce, Linda, 16. 70-72, 16.73

Pietris, Mary K.D., 1.38-39

Pilgrims, 5.38

Pirates and Emperors: International Terrorism in the Real World (1986),
4.32-34

Planetary corporations, 3.16-17

Playboy v. Tech Warehouse, 9.33

Plummer, Mary Wright, 10/11/49-50

Poem, 10/11/90-91

Poetry, 8.72

Poland, 2.16

Police and Prison Warders Civil Rights Union (South Africa), 2.35

Police informants (South Africa), 1.22-23

Political Affairs, 16.47

Political correctness, 4.3-4.6, 10/11.63

Political prisoners, 16.Supp, 2

Political repression, 14.51

“Politically Controversial Monographs,” 4.28-36

“Politics and Anti-Politics in Librarianship,” 3.2-4

“Politics of Information and the Fate of the Earth,” 6/7.3-14

Poor people, 1.36-37, 3.31-42, 4.40, 16.70-72, 16. Supp. 18

Poor People and Library Services (1998), 16.70-72

Poor People’s Policy (ALA), 3.4, 3.32-33

“Poor People's Services, from MSRRT,” 1.36-37

Poorman, Susan, 3.39

Popular agency, 16.35-36

Popular Culture and High Culture (1974), 6/7. 38-39

Pornographic literature, 8.34

Position Paper on the Cultural and Academic Boycott (ANC), 1989, 1.19

Poster, Mark, 10/11/54-55

Poster Art, 15.51-53

Poster Project

Postcolonialism, 16.29

Post-Gutenberg, 6/7. 24-25

Post-industrial society, 2.3-4, 2.9, 6/7. 48, 10/11.23-42, 10/11. 92-96

Postman, Neil, 9.27-28, 10/11.46

Postmodernism, 10/11/54, 15.14

Pot, Pol, 5.36

Poverty, 1.36-37, 1.40-41, 1.49, 15.44, 16. 26, 16.31-32

Power, 16. 1-25, 16.66-67

Powerlessness, 5.5-6

Prado, Antonio, 16.Sup. 1-6, 16. supp. 40

Pragmatism, 14.6

Pratt Institute Library School, 10/11.49-50

De Preez, 9.3-4

Preservation, electronic, 9.25-26, 9.25

Preston, Bill, 3.11

Pretoria, State Library in, 1.4

“Primer on WIPO,” 12/13.18-31

Prison camps, 14.51

Pritchard, Sarah, 6/7.1, 8.1-9, 8.86

Privacy, 6/7. 22-23, 9.23-25, 12/13.14

Private sphere, 8.12

Privatization, 2.6, 2.11, 3.10, 3.17

“The Pro-Machine Bias: The Fate of the Luddites,” 4.7-16

Professionalism, 5.1-18, 8.17-18, 10/11. 47, 15.14

Progress, 10/11.46-47

Progressive (definitions), 1-inside back cover

The Progressive, 16.29, 16.41, 16.45, 16.46, 16.47, 16.66-67

Progressive Librarian (journal), 2. Inside cover, (Tables of Contents, 1990- 1996, 12/13.71-75, 15.43

The Progressive Librarian Council, 2.23-2.29

“The Progressive Librarian Council and Its Founders,” 2.23-2.29

Progressive Librarians Guild (PLG)
Arbeitskreis Kritischer Bibliothekarinnen, 15.32
Conscientious objectors to corporatism, 12.13.43
Democratic movement, 3.15
Founding, 1. Inside front and back covers
Growth, 2. Inside front and back covers
Many Voices, One World vision, 3.5
Information for Social Change, 15.25
Political dimensions, 3.4
Privatization, 3.10
South Africa, support of boycott, 2.41-44
Spain, 16. Supp. 180
Statement of Purpose, 4.72, 5. Inside back cover, 6/7. Inside back cover, 8.88, 12/13.77

Progressive Librarianship, 2.8, 2.23-2.29, 5.31-34

Progressive purge, 4.3

Progressivism, 10/11.47

El proletariado militante, 16. Supp. 34

Propaganda (South Africa), 9.1-15

Propaganda model, 3.53

Protection of Information Act (South Africa), 2.35

Protestant Churches (complicity in destruction of American Indian cultures, 8.70

Protestantism, 14.6

Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph, 16.Sup. 1, 16. Supp. 14, 16.Supp.30

Provenezo, Eugene, 5.51, 6/7. 24-25, 9.25-26

Przeworski, Adam, 10/11.95

Public domain, 12/13. 18-31

Public good, 6/7. 49, 12/13. 11

Public libraries, 2.10, 3.31-42, 6/7.8
Austria, 15. 37-40
Canada, 15.17-18
Democratic purpose of, 10/11.86, 15. 18
Environmental information, 6/7. 12-13
Legitimacy, 15.54-58
Postwar planning (WWII), 15.54-58
Social change, 4.19
Working classes, 15. 17-18

The Public Library: Democracy’s Resource: A Statement of Principles (1982), 3.38, 3.42

Public Library Policy and Social Exclusion, 15. 44-45

Public Library Inquiry, 15.54-58

Public Library Trusteeship, 1.18

Public media, 8.76

Public Policy, 4.44-45

Public space, 10/11.10, 16.34

Public sphere, 6/7.15-16, 6/7. 20, 8.4

Publications Act, 1.32, 2.34

Publishers Weekly, 1.8-9, 4.30-36

Puppets, 5.44-46

Q

Quayle, Dan, 15.10

Québec, 14.13-21

Qu'est-ce que la propriété? Recherche sur le principe du droit et du gouvernement, (1840) 16.Supp.1

Quincentennial (Columbus’ voyage), 5.36-43
Counter-Quincentennial, 5.36-43

Quincentennial Literature, 5.36-43

Quitzow, Grace, 8.21-31 (translator)

R

RBOCs
See Regional Bell Operating Companies

Raber, Douglas, 15.54-58

Racism, 3.24, 4.3-6, 5.33, 15.16, 15.44, 15.62-64, 16. 10-11, 16.59-60

Radical activism, 15.48

Radical Historians Newsletter, 10/11.65

Radical History Review, 16.41, 16.45, 16.47

Radical immigrants, 16. Supp. 7

Radical librarians, 6/7.30, 15.46

“Radical Librarianship: Something of an Overview from the UK,” 15.41-50

Radical Research Center, 16.39

Radio, 4.42, 16.32

Radio Marti, 3.26

Radway, Janice A., 5.10-11

Ragan, Robin, 16.Sup. 1-6, 16. supp. 40

Rasimus, Edward J. 15.13

Raven Press, Bloemfontein, S.A., 1.22

Readers, 16. Supp.13, 16. Supp. 25

Reader-response criticism, 5.10-12

Reader’s Forum, 8.81-85

Reading Circles, 16. Supp. 19, 16. Supp. 37

Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy and Popular Literature (1984), 5.10-12

Reagan, Ronald, 1. 2, 1.41, 2.3, 2.11, 2.48, 3.9, 3.17, 3.25, 3.31, 3.52, 4.33, 5.36, 10/11.15-16, 10/11, 94, 14.5, 16.27

Reason, 10/11/46-47

The Rebel Poet, 1.40

Reclus, Elisée, 16.Supp. 13, 16.Supp.30

Red Army Faction, 8.34

Red Pepper, 16.47

Red Scare, 16. Supp. 8

Redfield, J.S., 12/13. Cover and inside front cover, 14 cover and inside front cover

Regeneration, 16. Supp. 9

Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs), 6/7.1718

Reid, Barrett, 4.18-19

Reinecke, Ian, 4.7

Reilly, Joseph, 1.inside cover, 1.16-17, 1.21-24, 1.42, 1.41-44, 1.59, 3.22, 15.25

Reilly, Melissa, 12/13. 60-62, 12/13. 76, 14. Inside front cover

Renewable power, 2.49

Republican National Convention, 10/11.71

The Resisting Reader: A Feminist Approach to American Fiction (1979), 5.5-6

Resolution on Israeli Censorship, 14.3
“Resolution on Loyalty Oaths,” 5.35

“Resolution on New York Public Library’s Science, Industry and Business Library,” 10/11.86
“Resolution on the Importance of Freedom of Expression and Free Access to Information, “ 10/11. 83-85.
“Resolution on the Library of Congress,”-American Historical Association, 6/7. 68-69

Resolution on New Statesman and Society,” 8.77-78
“A Response,” 5.51-52
Restitution of books, 15.35
Retired Officers Association, 10/11.63
Review of African Political Economy, 16.47

Reviewers as Censors, 4.34

Revista Blanca, 16.Supp. 30, 16. Supp. 37

Revisionist historians, 16. 37

Revolutionary consciousness, 6/7. 42

Rhodes, Glenda, 3.33

Ribeiro, Fabian, assassinated, 9.3

Ribeiro, Florence, assassinated, 9.3

“Ricardo Mestre (1906-1997): A Man Who Died Disseminating ‘the Idea,’” 16.Supp.21-29

Rich, Adrienne, 5.1

Richards, Margaret, 9.37

Rider University, 12/13. 14

Riefenstahl, Leni, 6/7. 36

Riera, José, 16.Supp.22
See Mestre, Ricardo

The Right to Know, 9.12

The Right to Know (ALA Conference theme, 1992), 4.66

The Right to Know (1990) review, 3.532-53

The “Right” political, 4.6, 5.37, (France)12/13. 63-68, 14.6

Rigney, Daniel, 14.8

Riley, Melissa, 15. Inside front cover

Ríos, Francese, 16. Supp. 35

Primo de Rivera, Miguel, 16.Supp. 21

Rivonia Trial, 9.3

Roach, Colleen, 3.5-23

Robinson, Charles, 6/7.24

Rockefeller, Nelson, 6/7.17

Rocker, Rudolf, 16.Supp. 22

Rojas, Eliseo, 16.Supp. 30

The Role of Women in Librarianship: 1876-1976: The Entry, Advancement and Struggle for Equalization in One Profession (1979), 8.11

Romance novels, 5.10-11, 6/7. 49

Romani Holocaust, 1.38

Rondonia, 5.43

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 2.24, 14.5

Roots, 6/7. 49

The Roots of American Foreign Policy: An Analysis of Power and Purpose (1969), 16.38

Rose, Charlie Congressman, 6/7. 66-67

Rose, Lance, 9.22-35, 9. Inside back cover

Rosemont, Franklin, 8.36, 8.37

Rosemont, Penelope, 8.36

Rosenzweig, Mark, 1. Inside front cover, 1. 2-15, 1.42, 2. Inside front cover, 2.2-8, 2.59, 3. Inside front cover, 3.2-4, 3.5-23, 3.55, 4.2, 5. Inside front cover, 6/7. Inside front cover, 8. Inside front cover, 8.32-35 (translator), 8.36-39, 9.inside front cover, 10/11. Inside front cover, 10/11.2, 12/13. Inside front cover, 12/13. 69-70, 12/13. 76, 14. Inside front cover, 14.1-4, 4.47-50, 15. Inside front cover, 15.3, 15.65, 16.inside front cover, 16.Sup. i

Rotenberg, Marc, 9.23

Rothstein, Samuel, 14.7

Royal Library of Belgium, 16. Supp. 14

Rozsak, Theodore, 6/7.1, 6/7.3-14, 6/7. 70-71, 8.2, 8.9

Ruckelshaus, Wlliam, 16.3

Ruggiero, Renato, 12/13. 46

Ruiz, Cano, 16.Supp. 30

Rushdie, Salman, 8.34

Russia, 16.43

Russian Revolution, 6/7. 32

S

SAB
See Sveriges Allmänna Biblioteksförening

SACP
See South African Communist Party

SAILIS
See South African Institute of Library and Information Science

SDS, 6/7. 43

SEC, 9.34

SEGUEF
See Sociedad para el Estudio de la Guerra Civil y el Franquismo

SEIU, 4.59

SOMAFCO
See Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College

SRRT
See Social Responsibilities Round Table

Saatchi & Saatchi, 3.16

Sabosik, Patricia E. 4.30-31

Sabotage, 4.11-12

Sacco, Nicola, 16. Supp. 9

Sacco and Vanzetti, 16. Supp. 9

Sachs, Albie, 9.6

Salaberria, Ramon, 16.Supp. entire issue

Salem affair (Liberian tanker delivers Kuwait oil to South Africa), 9.3, 9.8

Sale, Kirkpatrick, 5.41-5,42

Salvador Seguí Foundation for Libertarian Studies (Madrid), 16. Supp.32-33

Samizdat documents, 14.51

San Francisco Public Library, 12/13. 60-62

Sanchez, Joseph, 5.40

Sanctions Handbook (1987), 1.8

Sand Creek Massacre (1865), 5.39

Sanders, Gary, 4.35-36

Sandinistas, 3.26

Sandoval, Enrique, 16.Supp. 23

Sanger, Margaret, 10/11. 68

Santillán, Diego Abad de, 16.Supp. 4

Sar, Saloth
See Pol Pot

Sarmiento, Domingos F., 8.70

Sarney, José, 6/7, 52-61

Satellite communications, 3.22

Saudi Arabia, 2.49

Savimbi, Jonas, 9.5

Scandanavian Resolution concerning freedom of expression in Turkey, 10/11. 79-82, 10/11. 84

Schatzberg, Karin, 8.22-23

Schiller, Anita, 6/7.16-17

Schiller, Herbert I., 2.10, 2.15-22, 2.59, 3.8, 3.11, 3.20, 5.52, 6/7/16-17, 10/11.19, 16. 26-36

Schmück, Jocken, 16.Supp.16

Schneider, Karen G., 14.10

Schniderman, Saul, 4.53-58, 4.71

“The School and the Barricade,” 16. Supp.11-17

School of Library Economy, Columbia University, 10/11.49-50

Schooling and the Struggle for Public Life (1988), 10/11/20

Schools, 6/7.15, 6/7. 30, 6/7. 42

Schreibman, Vigdor, 12/13. 45-48, 12/13. 76

Schwenninger, Sherle, 16. 46

Scientific management, 10/11.35, 10/11. 50-51

“Searches with No Direct Hits/Words. An OPAC-generated list,” 10/11.90-91

“Searching for the ‘Enemy:’ Alternative Resources on U.S. Foreign Policy,” 16. 37-50

Sechaba, (official journal of the ANC), 1.22, 1.32, 2.34

Secrecy (South Africa), 9.1-15

Security legislation 2.31-32,

“Seeds of Change” [National Museum of Natural History], 5.38-40

Seers, 8.72

Segal, Howard, 10/11/8

Segui, Salvador, 16. Supp. 32-33

Seidel, Heike, 14.34-40, 14.55

“Selected Bibliography of Alternative Books on U.S. Foreign Policy,” 16.51-65

“Selected Bibliography of Alternative Sources for Latin America,” 16.56-58

Self-determination, 16. 37

Sellen, Betty-Carol, 15.6

Semana Tragica, 16. Supp. 33

Separate Amenities Act, 2.31, 2.42, 4.48

Serbia, 16.43

Serbs, 16.43

“Service Undermined by Technology: An Examination of Gender Relations, Economics and Ideology,” 10/11.9-22

Sex, 5.19-25

Sex segregation, 8.3-4

Sexism, 3.24, 4.3-6

Sexton, Ron, 8.32-35 (translator)

Shah, T. D., Mrs. 9.36

Shamy, Salwa M., 1.34, 1.42

Sharpeville Massacre, March 21, 1960 (South Africa), 1.18-19

Shaw, G.B., 8.77

Sheffield Scientific School, 10/11.47

Shalom, Stephen, 16.41, 16.46, 16.55

Shils, Edward, 6/7.38-41

Shopping malls, 2.17, 16.34

Shore, Elliott, 1.inside cover ,1.42

Showalter, Elaine, 5.6-7

Sierra, Judy, 5.44-46

Silberberg, Sophie, 1.33

Simians, Cyborgs, and Women (1991), 15.15

Simmons, Alma Wyden, 5.17

Simmons, Randall, 3.38-39

Sindicato de Espectáculos, 16.Supp. 34

Singham, A.W., 3.6, 3.15

Sister libraries, 3.46

Sisulu, Walter Max, 2.30, 9.11

Sitting Bull, 8.69

Slovevnis, 16.42

Slovo, Joe, 2.30

Small Press, 4.35

Small Press Book Fair, 2.50

“Small Press Center,” 2.50-51

Small presses, 2.50-51, 4.28-36, 12/13. 35-36

Smith, Merritt Rose Smith, 10/11.46

Smithsonian Institution, 10/11.60-78

Smythe, Dallas, 3.20

Snyder, Mitch, 3.32

Social accountability, 16.33-34

Social change, 5.47

Social crisis, 16.34-35

Social Democratic Party (PDS, Brazil), 6/7.60

Social exclusion, 15.44

Social isolation, 1.36

Social justice, 2.7, 3.3, 6/7. 42, 12/13.10, 15.44

Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT), 1.2, 1.16, 1.17, 1.20, 15.25
Alternatives in Print Task Force, 12/13. 39
ACONDA, 15.5, 15.8
Conscience of ALA, 14.2
Conscientious objectors to corporatism, 12.13.43
Enola Gay, 10/11. 62, 10/11.70-71
Feminist Task Force, 8.11
Founding (1969), 15.4
Gay and Lesbian Task Force, 6/7. 26, 14.39, 15.1
Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Task Force, 15.1
Guidelines for Librarians Interacting with South Africa, 1.20
International Human Rights Task Force, 1.18, 8.84
International Responsibilities, 16.51
“Librarians Against War: an Open Letter,” 14.1-4, 4.47-50
Persian Gulf, 2.49
Resolution on the “Together is Better…Let’s Read,” [McDonald’s adv. Campaign], 14.2-3
Role in librarianship, 15. 1-13
‘Social Responsibility around the World,’ 15.20-50

Social responsibility, 2.7, 3.4, 15.1-13

“Social Responsibility around the World,” 15. 20-50

Social Responsibility in Librarianship (1989), 15.12

“Social Responsibility vs. the Library Bill of Rights,” 15.6

Social Studies, 16.Supp. 22

Social work, 8.14

Socialism, 3.14, 10/11, 95, 15.27, 14.44, 16.32

Socialist critique of mass culture, 6/7. 31-32

Socialist International, 16.Supp. 2

Socialist party, 9. Inside back cover

Socialist Scholars Conference -9th, 3.5-23; 9.22-35

Socialist/Third World alliance, 3.9

Societal Para el Studio de la Guerra Civil y el Franquismo, 16.Supp. 33

Society for Electronic Access, 9.33

Sojourners, 16.47

Soldevila, Cardinal, 16.Supp.4

Solidaridad Obrera 16. Supp. 5, 16. Supp. 22, 16.Supp. 37

Soley, Laurence, 3.53

SOLINET, 12/13. 39-40

Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College, 1.21, 1.24, 5.47

Somerville, Mary, 12/13. 59

Somovia, Juan, 3.19-20

Songs of the Spanish Civil War, 16.Supp. 22

Soros Foundation, 14.51

South Africa, 1. 2-15, 1.16-17, 1.18-20, 1.21-24, 1.25-28, 4.17-27, 4.49-50, 10/11.79-80, 16.60, 61, 62
Advisory Committee on Land Reform, ACLA, 9.4
Apartheid, 1.2-15, 1.18,1.21-24, 1.25-28, 1.30, 2.31, 2.41-44, 3.4, 4.17-27, 4.49-50, 9.5
Arbitrary government power, 9.2
“Archives Act,” 9.2, 9.6
Bantu education, 4.49
Book boycott, 1.2-15
Centre for Educational Policy Development, 15.21
Civil Cooperation Bureau, 9.4
Civil Rights, 4.49-50
CODESA, Convention for a Democratic South Africa, 9.4
Cultural boycott, 3.37, 4.51-52
Election Day Messages from South African Librarians, 9.36-37
Freedom of Information, 9.1-15
Human rights, 9.1
Illiteracy, 4.17
“Indemnity Act,” 9.2
Kempton Park negotiations, 9.10-11
Librarians as cowards, 9.11-12
Librarians’ messages on Election Day, 9.36-37
Libraries, 1.21-24, 4.17-27 , 4.49
Library and Information Workers Organization (LIWO, South Africa), 2. Inside front cover, 2.42, 2.43-44, 2.59, 4.37, 4.49-50, 9.3, 9. Inside back cover, 10/11.87-89,15.20-26
Motsuenyane Commission, 9.6
Masizame Community Project, 15.29
National education Policy investigation, 15.21-22
National Indemnity Council, 9.5
National Intelligence Service, 9.6
National Security Management System, 9.6
Nuclear capability, 9.3, 9.4
Official secrecy, 9.1-15
Open Libraries Project, 15.21
Police informants, 1.22-23
Poverty, 4.17
Propaganda, 9.1-15
“Protection of Information Act,” 9.2, 9.3, 9.9
Racial discrimination, 4.49-50
Secrecy, 9.1-15
“Statistics Act,” 9.2
Statutory Censorship, 9.1-15
Transitional Executive Council, 9/11
Unification Debate, 87-89
White elite, 9.1

South Africa: The Peasants’ Revolt (1964), 2.34

“The South Africa "Book Boycott": Censorship or Solidarity?”, 1. 2-15
Bibliography, 1.13-15

South African Communist Party, 1.3, 1.4, 1.30, 2.31-32

South African Council of Churches, 1.21, 1.27

South African Institute of Library and Information Science, 1.3, 1.5-6, 1.16, 1.17, 2. Inside front cover, 2.42-43, 10/11.89, 15. 20-21
Apartheid, 15.21

South African Journal for Librarianship, 1.5

South African Journal of Library and Information Science, 15.21

South African State Library, 1.4, 1.35

South and Meso-American Indian Information Center, 5.43

Southall, Roger 4.31-32

Soviet Union, 3.25, 5.47, 10/11. 64-65, 14.51

Soviet-style Communism, 2.4

Soweto, South Africa, 4.24

Soweto Uprisng (1976), 1.21

Spam, 6/7. 5

“Spanish Anarchives: A Directory,” 16.Supp. 30-39

Spanish Civil War, 2.24, 16. Supp. Entire issue

Spanish Loyalists, 2.23

Spanish Revolution of 1936, 16. Supp. 14

Sparanese, Ann, 16.56-58, 16.73

Sparks, Allister, 1.27

Special Libraries Association, 12/13. 42

“Speech by Wayne Kelly, the Superintendent of Documents, to the Federal Documents Task Force at ALA’s Midwinter Meeting in Washington, DC,” Feb. 15, 1997, 12/13. 49-53

Spinnboden Lesbenarchive Berlin (Spinning-Room Lesbian Archive, Berlin), 8.24

Sports, 6/7. 42, 16.34

Sports statistics, 12/13. 25-30

St. Petersburg, Russia, 14.51-53

St. Petersburg Center for Gender Issues, 14. 52-53

Stack, Bill, 1.Inside front cover, 2.Inside front cover, 3.Inside front cover, 3.23, 4.2, 5. Inside front cover, 6/7. Inside front cover

“Statement of Robert L. Oakley, Director of the Law Library and professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Edward B. Williams Law Library on Behalf of the American Library Association, American Association of Law Libraries, Association of Research Libraries, Special Libraries Association before the Subcommittee on Legislative House Committee Appropriations on the FY 1998 Appropriations for the Government Printing Office, February 12, 1997.” 12/13. 53-59.

Stalinism, 2.7

Starr, Paul, 10/11.47

The Starvation of Young Black Minds: The Effect of Book Boycotts in South Africa: Report of a Fact-Finding Mission to South Africa, May 18-19, 1989, 1.2, 1.16-17, 1.18-20, 1.33

“The Starvation of Young Black Minds? A Critique,” 1.18-20

State of Emergency (South Africa), 1.30, 2.30-31

State library agencies, 2.23

“Statement and Resolution to the IFLA Conference, Moscow, August, 1991,” 4.48-50

STATS, Inc. 12.13.29

Statutory censorship (South Africa), 2.35-36

Steel, Helen, 15.60-61

Strategy and Tactics: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1976), 16.Supp.4

Street Library program, 16.71--72

Stenstrom, Pat, 9.21

Stilwell, Christine, 4.17-27, 4.71, 9.36-37

Stonewall Uprising, 1969, 15.10

Storck, Joel, 16.42

Structuration, 14.14-15

The Struggle is my Life, 1.21

“Study to Identify Measures Necessary for a Successful Transition to a More Electronic Federal Depository Library Program,” (June, 1966), 12/13. 54

Stultz, Newell, 4.31-32

Subject headings, 5.19-25, 8.30

Sub-Sahara, 3.43

Sugarcane industrialists (Brazil), 6/7.52, 55

Sukarno, 3.25

“Superhighways, Work and Infrastructure in the Information Age: A Symposium,” 9.22-9.35.

“Suppression of Information Under Israeli Rule: A Bibliography,” 2.52-54

Surrealism, 8.36-39

“Surrealism-Chicago Style,” 8.36-39

Surrealist Manifesto (1924), 8.71

Surrealist Movement
Australia, 8.72
Buenos Aires, 8.72
Czechoslovakia, 8.73
Madrid, 8.73
Paris, 8.73
Sao Paulo, 8.73
Stockholm, 8.73
United States, 8.73

Surveillance of workers, 6/7. 22-23

Surviving Together, 16.48

Sussman, Leonard, 3.11

Sveriges Allmänna Biblioteksförening, 15.29-39

Swathmore College Peace Collection, 15.48

Sweden, 5.31-34, 15. 27-30

Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions, 15.30

Swedish International Development Authority, 15. 22

Swedish Library Association, 10/11.81, 15.29-30

Swedish Public Library Investigation (1984), 5.32

Swedish Writer’s Union, 15. 29

Switzer, Donna, 1.4-5

Syndicalism, 16. Supp. 5

Symons, Anne, 14.3-4

Syria, 2.48

T

TAP
See Taxpayer Asset Project

TNCs
See Transnational corporations

TRANSLIS
See Transforming Our Library and Information Services

Taking Liberties: National Barriers to the Free Flow of Ideas (1990) (review), 4.66-69

Tales from Times Square (1989), 5.20-21

Tambo, Oliver, 2.35

Tanzania, 4.21

Tárrida del Marmol, Fernando, 16.37

Taxpayer Asset Project, 9.33-34

Taylor, Frederick, 10/11.50

Taylorizing work, 10/11.26-27, 14.8

Teachers for a Democratic Culture, 4.6

Technics, 10/11/44, 10/11.49

Technological determinism, 10/11.48-49

Technological subterfuge, 16.35

Technological utopianism, 10/11/9-12

Technology, 5.47-50, 6/7. 15-29, 8.1-9, 10/11.9-22, 10/11.43-59, 12/13.1-6, 14.9- 10, 16.33-34, 16.63-66

“Technology and Library and Information Science: Question or Answer?” 10/11.43-59

Technopornographic, 3.18

Telecommunications, 12/13. 45

Television, 6/7. 42, 44-49, 16.32

Television flow, 3.8, 4.42

"Television Traffic-A One-Way Street." UNESCO Reports and Papers on Mass Communication No. 70 (1974), 3.8

Telos, 2.2

Tembisa, South Africa, 4.24

Templeton, Rini, 2.cover, 2.8, 2.40, 2.51, 2.58

Temps Nouveaux, 16. Supp. 15

Tenured Radicals (1990), 4.3

Terp, Holger, 15. 48

Terra Lliure, 16. Supp. 22

Thatcher, Margaret, 16.27

Theme parks, 2.17

They Seek a City (1944), 1.40

Third World, 3.5-23, 3.23-30, 3.45, 4.40, 16.38

Third World Quarterly, 16.41, 16.48

Thomas-Harrison Bill, 2.23

Three worlds, 3.24

Thürmer-Rohr, Christina, 8.18-19

Tierra y Libertad, 16.Supp. 37

Time-Warner, 3.16

The Times Miscovers the ANC,” (reprinted from Lies of Our Times), 1.25-28

Thistlethwaite, Polly, 15.16

Tiananmen Square, 10/11/68

Tin Pan Alley, 6/7. 49

Tito, Josip Broz, 3.25

To Live in Utopia, 16. Supp. 34-35

“Together is Better…Let’s Read,” [McDonald’s adv. Campaign], 14.2-3

Toffler, Alvin, 10/11.8

Tolstoy, (Lev Nikolayevich), Leo, 16.Supp.24

Totemeyer, Andree Jeanne, 1.9

Toth, James, 16.42

Toward Freedom, 16.47

“Towards a New World Information and Communication Order: A Symposium,” 3.5-22

Tracings, 5.20

The Tragedy of American Diplomacy (1962), 16.37

Tramontana, 16.Supp. 37

Transcendental worldview, 12/13.3

Transforming Our Library and Information Services (South Africa), 10/11.88 15.22

TRANSLIS (South Africa), 10/11.88, 15.21

Transnational corporations (TNCs), 2.6, 2.9-11, 2.18, 3.9, 6/7. 47

Transvaal Resource Centre Network, 4.50

Transvaal Supreme Court, 9.6

Trash (reading material designation), 5.1-18, 6/7. 30

Traven, B.

Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 16.Supp. 22

Testimonies, 16.Supp. 22

Tricontinental, 15.51-52

Tronchet, Lucien, 16. Supp. 14

Triumph of the Will (1936), 6/7. 36

Trudeau, Pierre, 4.67

Truman, Harry S. 10/11/64, 14.5

“The Truth About Giving Readers Free Access to the Books in a Public Lending Library,” (1895), 6/7. Front cover

Tshwete, Steve, 2.30

Tubau, Josep, 16. Supp. 36

Tulsa Public Library, 3.36-37, 3.40

Tupac-Amaru, 8.69

Turkey, 2.48, 10/11.80-82, 14.3-4

Turkish Anti-Terrorism Law, 10/11.81-82, 10/11.84

Turkish Communication Research Association, 4.46

U

ULIS
See Unification of Library and Information Stakeholders

UNITA União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola), 9.5

USSR
See Soviet Union

U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 12/13. 57

U.S.C. Title 44, 12/13. 56-59

Uganda, 3.43

Umafrika, 2.38

Umbral, 16.Supp. 37

Unbanning (South Africa), 2.30, 4.48

Unclassified, 16.48

“Understanding Information Media in the Age of Neoliberalism: The Contributions of Herbert Schiller,” 16. 26-36

Unemployed librarians, 15.46-47

UNESCO, 1.18, 3.24-30
GII, 12/13. 46
Manifesto on public libraries, 5.34
New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO), 3.5-23
Peace-making body, 4.47
Resolution 8 (regarding apartheid and colonialism), 1.18
United States withdrawal, 3.5-15, 3.26

União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola
See UNITA

Unification of Library and Information Stakeholders (South Africa), 10/11.87- 89

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
See Soviet Union

Union for Democratic Communications, 3.11, 3.15

Unions, 1.40, 4.53-58, 4.65, 5.33, 8.34-35, 16. Supp.12

United Democratic Front, 1.3, 1.19, 1.20, 1.31, 2.33, 2.37, 2.42, 15.20

United Kingdom, 3.10, 15.41-50

United Nations, 1.19, 1.28, 2.41-44, 2.49, 3.5, 15. 46, 16.42
Centre for Science and Technology for Development, 3.45
Special Committee against Apartheid, 4.51

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992, “Earth Summit,” 6/7.13

United States
Archives, 9.25
Bosnia, 16. 42-43
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 3.22, 16.44
Congress, 10/11. 60-78
Department of Defense, 10/11.67
Domestic Council Committee, 6/7. 17
Environmental Protection Agency, 4.68, 16.3
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 2.27
Federal Depository Libraries 12/13/ 49-53, 12/13. 53-59
Foreign Policy, 16. 37-50, 16.51-65
Government Printing Office, 12/13.36, 12/13. 49-53, 12/13. 53-59
House Committee on Un-American Activities, 2.27, 4.68
Imperialist, 16. 37-50.
Information Agency, 1.12, 3.20, 3.45, 4.35, 4.68-69
Library of Congress
See Library of Congress
Manufacture of consent, 4.33
Military bases, 3.26, 16.30
Military budget, 4.33
National Cancer Institute, 12/13.49-50
National Security Agency, 9.34
National Security Council, 9.25
National Science Foundation, 6/7.16
Division of Scientific Information, 6/7.16
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 2.11, 14.44
Office of Technology Assessment, 12/13. 52
Patent and Trademark Office, 12/13.19, 12/13.27
Propaganda, 4.33
Public Printer, 12/13. 53-59
Security and Exchange Commission, 12.23
State Department, 1.12, 1.27, 3.22, 3.25, 4.67
Superintendent of Documents, 12/13/ 49-53
Supreme Court, 6/7. 12-18, 9.24, 12/13.18
Treasury, 15.51
War Department, 2.27

United States Trade Representative, 12.13. 45

United States, policy towards Cuba, 9.38-39

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 8.84, 10/11.80
Article 19, 10/11.80-82, 10/11. 83-85

Universal homogeneous state, 2.2

University of California, San Diego
16. 30

University of Chicago, 16.32

University of Florida, 5.38

University of Illinois,
Schiller, Herbert, 16.28-29
Student ALA Chapter, 5.34

University of Maryland
College of Library and Information Sciences, 3.35, 4.17
Samuel Gompers Papers, 6/7. 65

University of Michigan, 16. Supp. 7,-10
Labadie Collection, 16.Sup. I, 16. Supp. 7-10

University of Natal, 1.32, 4.22

University of South Florida, 16.72

Uprising in Palestine, 2.54

Upskilled, 10/11.25

Uris, Leon, 5.29

Utility, 14.6-7

Utilization from databases, 12/13.21-22

Utopian vision of technology, 10/11.9-10

V

VDT (song), 4.64-65

“VDT Survey, AFSCME Locals 2477 and 2910, Library of Congress,” 4.53-58

van Zijl, Philip, 15.20

Van Niekerk, Philip, 9.6

Vanzetti, Bartolomeo 16. Supp. 9

Varis, Tapio, 3.8

Venturella, Karen M., 3.31-42, 3.55, 16.70-72

Verein Frauenwohl (Association for Women’s Prosperity), 8.21-23

Veterans of Foreign Wars, 10/11. 60-78

Victory Book Campaign, 15.57

Vidal, John, 15.59-61

Video display terminals (VDTs), 4.53-58, 8.3

Vietnam, 3.16, 3.26, 9.38

Vietnam War, 16.38

Vilanova (Spain), 16. Supp. 21, 23, 24

Villanovense, 16. Supp.25

Voluntà

Voluntary Service Overseas, 15. 43

Virtual libraries, 6/7. 21-22, 12/13.37

Virtual library, 10/11.13

Vivir la Utopía, 16.Supp. 35-35, 16. supp. 38

Volksbuchereien, 15.37

Von Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie, 8.22

Vrye Weekblad, 2.33, 2.35, 2.36, 9.3-4, 9.11

Vyrheid, 4.21

W

WIPO
See World Intellectual Property Association

WTO
See World Trade Organization

Wallace, Mike, 10/11.65

Walsh, Dan, 15.51

Wang word processor, 9.31-32

War, 16.61
War Resisters League, 2.49, 15.42

Ward, John, 4.18

Warrior, Robert Allen, 5.42

Washington Post, 1.27, 1.28

Webb, Beatrice, 8.77

Webb, Sydney, 8.77

Webster, David, (assassinated) 2.35, 9.3

Wedgeworth, Robert, 1.2, 1.7, 1.10-11, 1.12, 1.16, 1.20, 1.29-30, 1.33

Wedgeworth/Drew report
See The Starvation of Young Black Minds

The Weed King and Other Stories (1985)

Weeding, 12/13.60-62

Weibel, Kathleen, 8.11

Welfare hotels, 3.36

Weskott, Father Martin, 15.33

West Africa, 3,46

West Bank, 2.48

West, Celeste, 12/13.38

West Germany, 15.33

West Publishing, 12/13.20-21, 12/13.23, 12/13.27

Western canon, 6/7. 30

Western control of information, 3.8-23

Western culture, 4.3-6, 5.8-9, 6/7.30, 8.72

Western Europe, 3.13

Western Librarianship, 5.1-18

Western Sahara, 2.49

WESTLAW, 9.34

Westzonen, 8.32

Wettmark, Lennart, 5. Inside front cover, 5.31-34, 5.34, 15. 27-30, 15.69

What is Property? (1840), 16.Supp. 1

“What Price Freedom?” NYPL Centennial exhibit 10/11.68

“What’s Public is Propaganda, What’s Secret is Serious: Official Secrecy and Freedom of Information in South Africa,” 9.1-15

“When Freedom to Read Suffers” [Publishers Weekly, 7/17/87], 1.8

White House Conference on Library and Information Science, 6/7. 18

The White Rose, 10/11.68

White, Herbert S., 3.32

White ruling class (South Africa) 1.5, 1.30

Who Knows: Information in the Age of the Fortune 500 (1981), 16.33-34

“Why Deny the Children?” [Publishers Weekly, 10/9/87], 1.9

Wiegand, Wayne A. 4.66, 15.57

Wilde, Oscar, 10/11/68

Will, George, 3.26

Willett, Charles, 4.28-36, 4.71, 12/13.44

Williams, Appleman Williams, 16. 37,16.38-39, 16.55

Williams, David, 8.81-85, 8.86

Winner, Langdon, 9.30

Winter, Michael, 6/7. 21-23, 14.5-12, 14.55

Wired, 12/13.3

Wiretap, 9.24

“Wise Use” agenda, 6/7.11

Witbank Public Library (South Africa), 2.42

Witt, John M. 15.1

Wolfe, Tom, 2.2

Wolpe, Harold, 1.32

Women
Germany, 8.10-8.20, 8.21-31
Librarians, 5.1-18, 8.1-9
See also, Social Responsibilities Round Table, Feminist Task Force
Library Users, 5.1-18, 6/7.30, 8.1-9, 15.9
Literacy, 4.25
Workers, 8.1-9

Women Against Military Madness, 2.49

Women Library Workers, 8.11

Women’s Archive in Osnabrück. 8.26

Women’s archives (Germany), 8.21-31

“Women’s Collections: Libraries, Archives and Consciousness,” 8.22

Women’s issues, 3.13, 4.3-6, 10/11.25

Women’s libraries (Germany), 8.21-31

Women’s literature, 8.21-31

Women’s studies, 8.5

Women’s Summer University (Munich), 14.34

Woodcock, George, 16. Supp. 15

Woodrum, Pat, 3.36-37

Woo, Janice
American Libraries article on SRRT “Guidelines for Librarians Interacting with South Africa” interpreted as boycott exemption, 1.18, 1.20

Words of a Rebel, 16.Supp. 2

Work, 10/11. 23-42

“The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,” 6/7. 35-36, 6/7.40

Work Circle of Critical Library Workers, 8.35

“Work Circle of Critical Library Workers, (“Arbeitskreis Kritische Bibliothekarinnen,”) Who We Are-What We Want,” 8.32-35

Workers’ Library (Johannesburg), 4.25

Workers Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, 15.48

Workers Solidarity, 16. Supp. 5

Working classes, 4.41, 6/7/32, 6/7. 41-43, 16. Supp. 8

Workplace democracy, 2.57, 8.84

World Association of Christian Communication, 3.11

World Bank, 3.27, 15.67

“World Bank Protest Letter; 6/29/98), 15.67

World Intellectual Property Association, 12/13.18-31

World Press Freedom Committee, 3.10

World Policy Journal, 16.47, 16.58

World Report, 3.12

A World to Win (1935), 1.40

World Trade Organization, 12/13. 45

World War I, 3.2, 6/7. 32, 16. Supp. 7-10

World War II veterans, 10/11. 60-78

World Watch Institute, 6/7.11

Wounded Knee Massacre, 1890, 5.38

Wren, Christopher, 1.25-1.27, 1.28

Wright, Christopher, 1.35

Wyley, Chantelle, 15.23

X

Y

Yeats, William Butler, 12/13/52

Yewell, John, 5.42

Yugoslavia, 3.25, 16.42-43

Z

Z Magazine, 16.41, 16.45, 16.46, 16.47

Zaid, Gabriel, 16.Supp. 22

Zed (publisher), 4.28-36

Zell, Hans, 3.43

Ziervogel, Christian, 15.20

Zimbabwe, 9.11

Zola, Emile, 16.Supp. 23

Zuboff, Shoshana, 6/7. 22-23, 10/11.30-35, 10/11.39

Zumbi dos Palmares, 8.69
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The Meaning of Freedom

2006-12-08T02:33:00.000-08:00

"The Poetry of War," from The Meaning of Freedom delivered by Bill Moyers at the United States Military Academy on November 15, 2006.

The Poetry Of War

Over the year I turned to the poets for help in understanding the realities of war; it is from the poets we outsiders most often learn what you soldiers experience. I admired your former superintendent, General William Lennox, who held a doctorate in literature and taught poetry classes here because, he said, “poetry is a great vehicle to teach cadets as much as anyone can what combat is like.” So it is. From the opening lines of the Iliad:

Rage, Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus’ Son Achilles…hurling down to the House of Death so many souls, great fighters’ souls, but made their bodies carrion for the dogs and birds….

to Wilfred Owen’s pained cry from the trenches of France:

I am the enemy you killed, my friend…

to W. D. Ehrhart’s staccato recitation of the

Barely tolerable conglomeration of mud, heat, sweat, dirt, rain, pain, fear…we march grinding under the weight of heavy packs, feet dialed to the ground…we wonder…

Poets with their empathy and evocation open to bystanders what lies buried in the soldier’s soul. Those of you soon to be leading others in combat may wish to take a metaphorical detour to the Hindenburg Line of World War I, where the officer and poet Wilfred Owen, a man of extraordinary courage who was killed a week before the Armistice, wrote: “I came out in order to help these boys—directly by leading them as well as an officer can; indirectly, by watching their sufferings that I may speak of them as well as a pleader can.”

People in power should be required to take classes in the poetry of war. As a presidential assistant during the early escalation of the war in Vietnam, I remember how the President blanched when the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said it would take one million fighting men and 10 years really to win in Vietnam, but even then the talk of war was about policy, strategy, numbers and budgets, not severed limbs and eviscerated bodies.

That experience, and the experience 40 years later of watching another White House go to war, also relying on inadequate intelligence, exaggerated claims and premature judgments, keeping Congress in the dark while wooing a gullible press, cheered on by partisans, pundits, and editorial writers safely divorced from realities on the ground, ended any tolerance I might have had for those who advocate war from the loftiness of the pulpit, the safety of a laptop, the comfort of a think tank, or the glamour of a television studio. Watching one day on C-Span as one member of Congress after another took to the floor to praise our troops in Iraq, I was reminded that I could only name three members of Congress who have a son or daughter in the military. How often we hear the most vigorous argument for war from those who count on others of valor to fight it. As General William Tecumseh Sherman said after the Civil War:

“It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation.”

Bush Junior's Library Needs MegaDonations to "Shape History"

2006-11-27T17:11:00.000-08:00

Think Progress reports that the Bush Library Courts ‘Wealthy Heiresses, Arab Nations, Captains of Industry’ To ‘Polish’ History.

Bush is attempting to raise $500 million to build his library and a think tank at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Bush fund-raisers hope to get approximately $250 million from what they call “megadonations” of $10 million to $20 million each. Among the candidates for “megadonations,” whose names will remain anonymous:

Bush loyalists have already identified wealthy heiresses, Arab nations and captains of industry as potential “mega” donors and are pressing for a formal site announcement - now expected early in the new year.

Bush allies feel they need enormous funds to shape how history views Bush’s legacy. A Bush insider said, “The more [money] you have, the more influence [on history] you can exert.” Much of the money will be used to build a “legacy-polishing” institute:

The legacy-polishing centerpiece is an institute, which several Bush insiders called the Institute for Democracy. Patterned after Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, Bush’s institute will hire conservative scholars and “give them money to write papers and books favorable to the President’s policies,” one Bush insider said.

Bush had earlier indicated his desire to create a think tank “to talk about freedom and liberty and the DeTocqueville model of what [French political philosopher Alexis] DeTocqueville saw in America.”

Cuban Disinformation Paid for by U.S. Taxpayers

2006-11-16T06:00:00.000-08:00

Foreign Assistance: U.S. Democracy Assistance for Cuba Needs Better Management and Oversight, GAO-07-147, November 15, 2006.

Nearly all of the $74 million a federal agency has spent on contracts to promote democracy in Cuba over the past decade has been distributed without competitive bidding or oversight in a program that opened the door to waste and fraud, according to a report released yesterday by the Government Accountability Office.

In one of the more extreme cases of apparent abuse, the GAO said a Miami-based group used government money to purchase "a gas chainsaw, computer gaming equipment and software (including Nintendo Game Boys and Sony PlayStations), a mountain bike, leather coats, cashmere sweaters, crab meat, and Godiva chocolates."

And here is Mel Martinez asking Donald Rumsfield for TV money.

Full report is here.

Pastor Ted's Recommended Reading

2006-11-05T06:03:00.000-08:00

This may be purged from the website of the New Life Church now that Pastor Ted has showed that he is a hypocrite of the first order preaching against gay marriage while involved with a gay prostitute and buying drugs.

Pastor Ted's Recommended Reading

LETTERS TO A YOUNG CONSERVATIVE

WHATS SO GREAT ABOUT AMERICA

How Christianity Changed the World

The World Is Flat

The Wisdom Of Crowds

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People

Winning With People

Joy At Work

THE CHURCHING OF AMERICA

THE 21 IRREFUTABLE LAWS OF LEADERSHIP

Laura Bush on Manipulation

2006-11-01T09:53:00.000-08:00

In an interview on C-Span, First Lady Laura Bush was asked about Michael J Fox’s advocacy for candidates who support embryonic stem cell research. Mrs. Bush responded that it was wrong for Fox and others to suggest that increased support for embryonic stem cell research could lead to cures for Alzheimer’s and other diseases.

She concluded with a thinly veiled critique of Fox: “It’s always easy to manipulate people’s feelings, especially when you are talking about diseases that are so difficult.” Watch it:

Bush with a Million-Dollar Education Doesn't Read

2006-10-31T06:29:00.000-08:00

George McEvoy,Palm Beach Post Columnist, on George Bush as Willy Loman:

George W., with his family's money, bought himself a million-dollar education at the finest schools. But what did he learn? I wonder.

Harry Truman never went to college, but academicians have described him as one of the finest historians ever to occupy the Oval Office. He did it by reading incessantly.

I don't mean that a president has to be a bibliophile, but to not show the slightest interest in books that analyze your own administration just seems deliberately anti-intellectual.....

I have tried to think what character in literature most reminds me of our current president, and I finally came up with the answer.

Willy Loman. Yep, George W. is like the title character in Arthur Miller's masterpiece play, Death of a Salesman.

After he dies, Willy is described as a guy who got by most of his life on a shoeshine and a smile.

That's our leader, folks. He's got the smile, the strut, the shiny boots.

But he won't read the books because that would be like looking in a mirror, and that's scary.

Lord Peter Wimsey- Guide for Young Adults

2006-10-24T11:12:00.000-07:00

I tried to introduce some teens to Dorothy Sayers and found they struggled with locations and terms. I suggested that when they found a term they didn't know that they should find a definition on the Internet and I would post the information here.
Using the Avon editions in paperback from 1961. Maybe this will be helpful to others.
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Whose Body . 1923. Avon, 1961.

Piccadilly Circus. p.7.
Savile Club. p.7.
Battersea. p.9.
Eton. p. 9.
Balliol. p. 9.
'beautiful Malacca walking stick.', p. 11.
Joseph Chamberlain (July 8, 1836-July 2, 1914.) p. 16.
Harold Skimpole. p.18.
houris. p. 20.
Chesterfield sofa. p. 20.
Sèvres vases. p. 20.
Adolph Beck, John Smith. p. 22.
Ritz. p. 22.
Ingoldsby Legends. p. 23.
acushla. p.26.
golden mean. p.37.
golden ass. p.37.
Ishmaels. p.43.
"Letters of a Self-made Merchant to his Son." p.49.[1903 best-seller by George Horace Lorimer].
three-hat trick. p.52. [cricket term].
[Salisbury] Close. p. 79.

William Morris. p. 97.
Leon Kestrel, the Master-Mummer. p.106.
puss-in-the-corner. p. 111.
blatherskite: "A babbling, foolish person." p. 113.
Music Halls, p.136. Music Hall Society.
Socrates' slave.p. 151.

Becoming American – New Immigration Stories

2006-10-18T13:28:00.000-07:00

"Becoming American – New Immigration Stories" is a project of the American Library Association, Public Programs Office designed to provide libraries throughout the United States with a selection of excellent books on immigrant literature for adults and families. The reading lists and resources on this Web site have been developed to help librarians engage their communities in reading and discussing important texts containing rich and deep insights into our vibrant tradition of immigrant literature.

Joint Conference of Librarians of Color

2006-10-10T18:43:00.000-07:00

Joint Conference of Librarians of Color

Man Booker Announcement Today

2006-10-10T04:31:00.000-07:00

Man Booker announced today.The announcement of the winner of the 2006 Man Booker Prize for Fiction will air on the BBC 10 O'Clock News; this will be followed by coverage on BBC 2 Newsnight, BBC News 24 and BBC Radio 4 as well as interviews that will air around the world. BBC Radio 4's Today Programme has been airing pieces on the shortlisted authors throughout this week and the Culture Show also featured a slot on the Prize on the 30 September.

The six shortlisted books were chosen from a longlist of 19 and are:

Desai, Kiran. The Inheritance of Loss - Hamish Hamilton
Grenville, Kate. The Secret River - Canongate
Hyland, M.J. Carry Me Down - Canongate
Matar, Hisham. In the Country of Men - Viking
St Aubyn, Edward. Mother’s Milk - Picador
Waters, Sarah. The Night Watch - Virago

Romanian-born German writer Oskar Pastior dies at 78

2006-10-05T18:41:00.000-07:00

Romanian-born German writer Oskar Pastior dies at 78.
Germany's culture minister, Bernd Neumann, described Pastior as "one of the most significant authors of our time.""His virtuoso linguistic art is a pleasure but also a challenge for the reader," Neumann said in a statement. "Great seriousness and a passion for the word were evident in his playful linguistic experiments."

2006 Georg-Büchner-Preis.

Bush's Disinformation Machine (Miami)

2006-10-05T04:15:00.000-07:00

Carl Hiassen:
Now we find out that the U.S. government-run stations are actually running a charity for needy journalists, at least 10 of whom have been paid to appear on their programs.
Some people might call this corrupting the press; I call it compassionate conservatism...Look what it did for Armstrong Williams, a newspaper columnist and conservative talk-show host. Back in 2004, he got $240,000 from the government to babble wonderful compliments about President Bush's No Child Left Behind education program....Over the last five years, while staff reporter Pablo Alfonso wrote columns and covered Cuba for El Nuevo Herald, he was getting paid nearly $175,000 to host programs on Radio and TV Martí. During that same period, staff writer Wilfredo Cancio collected almost $15,000.
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BUT THEN...
The publisher has been forced to resign.

The fired reporters were given their jobs back because, Diaz wrote,
ethical standards were not clearly articulated within the El Nuevo
Herald newsroom. Columnist Hiaasen says journalists at The Miami
Herald would never have been allowed to accept money from the
government -- but that reporters at El Nuevo Herald were operating in
a different world.

"You're either the voice of the free press, or you're the voice of
the government," Hiaasen says. "You aren't the voice of both."
Listen to this story... by David Folkenflik
'Herald' Publisher Quits, Reporters Reinstated

Reading First and NCTE

2006-10-02T15:34:00.000-07:00

The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) responds:

The report reveals that during the crucial implementation years of the Reading First program, high-level Department of Education officials created guidelines that undermined the very principles of evidence-based decision-making. They held states to implementation guidelines not established under the No Child Left Behind Act,they stacked grant review panels with people sympathetic to their own view of literacy learning and, oftentimes, with direct ties to the same commercial programs they recommended; and they took charge of reporting review comments back to state education agency applicants themselves rather than having the review panels do so.

In 2002 NCTE called upon Congress to establish an independent investigatory body to look into the implementation of Reading First. Even then, we could not ignore the teachers and administrators across the country who disclosed that they were being steered toward particular commercial reading programs and were being forced to use poorly-conceived reading methods they knew to be ineffective.

AKSHAR

2006-09-29T20:26:00.000-07:00

The word AKSHAR in Sanskrit not only means the letter or the alphabet but also describes the smallest unit that cannot be destroyed. Thus AKSHAR is a wonderful symbol of faith in language and its elementary power, and is an appropriate name for the Indo-German Writers in Residence project.

The entries of the following authors are now online:

Georg Martin Oswald (Bangalore, 27.05. – 18.06.2006)

Guy Helminger (Hyderabad, 11.06. – 15.07.2006)

Angela Krauß (Chennai, 23.06. – 01.08.2006)

Sandra Hoffmann (Mumbai, 24.07. – 21.08.2006)

Kristof Magnusson (Pune, 16.08. – 08.09.2006)

Martin Mosebach (New Delhi, 07.09. – 27.09.2006)

Adyasha Das (Frankfurt, 14.09. – 09.10.2006)

Josef Winkler (Kolkata, 01.09. – 24.09.2006)

Mahesh Dattani (Stuttgart, 14.09. – 09.10.2006)

Rajula Shah (Hamburg, 14.09. – 09.10.2006)

Bhupinder Aziz Parihar (Cologne, 14.09. – 09.10.2006)

Mogalli Ganesh (Munich, 14.09. – 09.10.2006)

Swapnamoy Chakraborti (Berlin, 14.09. – 09.10.2006)

Librarians and Torture

2006-09-28T04:24:00.000-07:00

Amnesty International:
The US Congress is currently considering legislation which would have major implications for the treatment, detention and possible trial of people held in US custody in the "war on terror", and would fail to uphold the USA's international legal obligations.
Salon reports:
With George W. Bush eager for a star-spangled signing ceremony as Congress adjourns this week for the election season, the House approved the administration bill by a 253-168 margin, while the Senate was expected Thursday to reject the last four amendments standing in the way of passage.

The legislation, which was prompted by a June Supreme Court decision applying the Geneva Conventions to prisoners held by U.S. forces, had originally provoked a well-publicized struggle over placing legal limits on interrogation techniques.

The American Library Association has passed this resolution against torture:

Resolution Against the Use of Torture as a Violation of Our Basic Values as Librarians

The following resolution was adopted unanimously by the elected representatives of the Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) on June 26, 2004. An amended version of this resolution was passed by ALA Council on June 30, 2004.

This SRRT resolution represents a revision of the SRRT resolution On Intellectual Freedom & the Use of Torture in War or Peace, approved by SRRT Action Council on January 19, 2002. No vote on that resolution was taken in ALA Council in January 2002 due to the lack of a quorum.

SRRT is a body within the American Library Association but does not and should not be taken to speak for the Association as a whole. In this resolution SRRT speaks only on its own behalf.

WHEREAS, The American Library Association (ALA) is among the preeminent defenders of intellectual freedom and government openness in the US; and

WHEREAS, Intellectual freedom, our primary value as librarians, cannot be more seriously violated than by forcing speech or enforcing silence through systematic violence by government against detained individuals; and

WHEREAS, The US government has proven its readiness to use torture (including practices such as hooding, shackling, drugging, sleep deprivation, etc.) in the interrogation of suspected terrorists or their suspected accomplices in its "war on terror"; and

WHEREAS, The use of torture and coercive interrogative practices is inhumane, illegal, and destructive of the democratic sensibilities of a free society, to which we as an Association and as a profession are committed; and

WHEREAS, The secrecy which attends the use of torture violates our commitment to open government and the dissemination of true and accurate information of our government's actions; and

WHEREAS, The violence of torture violates our commitment to the rule of law as a protector of the integrity and dignity of the human person; and

WHEREAS, The barbarity of torture fundamentally violates our commitment to the preservation of the human spirit; and

WHEREAS, The threat of torture or the use of torture and similar practices of coercing testimony, confessions, information is universally condemned under international law [e.g. the Geneva Convention, Article 3 and 31 and by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948, Article 5] and (a) the Fourth Amendment's right to be free of unreasonable search or seizure (which encompasses the right not to be abused by the police), (b) the Fifth Amendment's right against self-incrimination (which encompasses the right to remain silent during interrogations), (c) the Fifth and the Fourteenth Amendments' guarantees of due process (ensuring fundamental fairness in criminal justice system) and (d) the Eighth Amendment's right to be free of cruel or unusual punishment];

BE IT RESOLVED, That ALA condemns the use or threat of torture by the US government as a barbarous violation of human rights, intellectual freedom and the rule of law. The ALA decries--along with the practice of torture anywhere--the suggestion by the US government that under a `state of emergency' in this country, or in territories it occupies, torture is in any case an acceptable tool in pursuit of its goals; and

BE IT RESOLVED, That this resolution be widely publicized, including the press, the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and members of the United States Congress.

Respectfully submitted by Mark C. Rosenzweig, ALA Councilor at large
second Al Kagan, SRRT Councilor

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

The legal basis for this follows, including some explication of issues
raised by these references:

*Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, Article 5 states: "No one
shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
or punishment."

*Article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
(ICCPR), ratified by 153 countries, including the U.S. in 1992

*Convention against Torture or Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment (the Convention against Torture), ratified by 136 countries,
including the U.S. in 1994.

*European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental
Freedoms African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.

*American Convention on Human Rights [Signed at the Inter-American
Specialized Conference on Human Rights, San JosÈ, Costa Rica, 22 November
1969].

*The 'Laws of War': the prohibition against torture is also fundamental to
international humanitarian law which governs the conduct of parties during
armed conflict.

Article 3 to the Geneva Conventions, for example, bans "violence of life
and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment
and torture" as well as "outrages upon personal dignity, in particular
humiliating and degrading treatment."

Article 31 of the Fourth Geneva Convention: "No physical or moral coercion
shall be exercised against protected persons, in particular to obtain
information from them or from third parties."

1999 Initial Report of the United States to the U.N. Committee against
Torture: in the United States, the use of torture "is categorically
denounced as a matter of policy and as a tool of state authority

No official of the government, federal, state or local, civilian or
military, is authorized to commit or to instruct anyone else to commit
torture. Nor may any official condone or tolerate torture in any form

Every act of torture [...]" is illegal under the [Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, G.A.
res. 39/46, [annex, 39 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 51) at 197, U.N. Doc. A/39/51
(1984)], entered into force June 26, 1987]. is illegal under existing
federal and state law, and any individual who commits such an act is
subject to penal sanctions as specified in criminal statutes."

*The US Constitution: Torture violates rights established by the Bill of
Rights.

The U.S. courts have located constitutional protections against
interrogations under torture in

a)the Fourth Amendment's right to be free of unreasonable search or
seizure (which encompasses the right not be abused by the police)

b)the Fifth Amendment's right against self-incrimination (which
encompasses the right to remain silent during interrogations),

c)the Fifth and the Fourteenth Amendments' guarantees of due process
(ensuring fundamental fairness in criminal justice system), and

d)the Eighth Amendment's right to be free of cruel or unusual punishment.

*In numerous cases, the U.S. Supreme Court has condemned the use of force
amounting to torture or other forms of ill treatment during interrogations,
including such practices as whipping, slapping, depriving a victim of food,
water, or sleep, keeping him naked or in a small cell for prolonged
periods, holding a gun to his head, or threatening him with mob violence.

*"Miranda v Arizona: The U.S. Supreme Court in 1966 also established a
rule requiring the police who seek to question detainees to inform them of
their "Miranda" rights to remain silent and to have an attorney present
during the questioning [Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966)].

In explaining the need for this rule, the Court noted the continuing
police practice of using physical force to extract confessions, citing, as
an example, a case in which police beat, kicked and burned with lighted
cigarette butts a potential witness under interrogation.

*Torture would also violate state constitutions, whose provisions
generally parallel the protections set forth in the federal Bill of Rights.
Article 4 of the Convention against Torture obligates state parties to
ensure that all acts of torture are criminal offenses under domestic
legislation.

*The principal federal law that would apply to torture against detainees
is 18 U.S.C. 242, which makes it a criminal offense for any public official
to willfully to deprive a person of any right protected by the Constitution
or laws of the United States.

*Neither international nor domestic law conditions the right not to be
subjected to torture on citizenship or nationality. No detainee held by
U.S. authorities - regardless of nationality, regardless of whether held in
the U.S. or in another country, and regardless of whether the person is
deemed a combatant or civilian - may be tortured. All applicable
international law applies to U.S. officials operating abroad, including the
Convention against Torture and the Geneva Conventions.

Some explication relevant to the particular questions raised by the
government's consideration of the use of torture in its "War Against
Terrorism"

1)The prohibition against torture is universal and covers all countries
both regarding U.S. citizens and persons of other nationalities.

2)The Convention against Torture provides that any statement that has been
made as a result of torture shall not be invoked as evidence in any
proceedings, except against a person accused of torture as evidence that
the statement was made.

3)Under customary international law as well as under international human
rights treaties, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment is
prohibited at all times and in all circumstances. It is a non-derogable
right, one of those core rights that may never be suspended, even during
times of war, when national security is threatened, or during other public
emergencies.

4)According to the U.S. government, " U.S. law contains no provision
permitting otherwise prohibited acts of torture or other cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment to be employed on grounds of exigent
circumstances (for example, during a "state of public emergency") or on
orders from a superior officer or public authority."

5)The European Court of Human Rights has applied the prohibition against
torture contained in European Convention on Human Rights in several cases
involving alleged terrorists. As it noted in one case, "The Court is well
aware of the immense difficulties faced by States in modern times in
protecting their communities from terrorist violence. However, even in
these circumstances, the Convention prohibits in absolute terms torture or
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, irrespective of the victim's
conduct." (Chahal v. United Kingdom, Nov. 15, 1996)

6)The Committee against Torture, reviewing Israel's use of torture as a
method of interrogation against suspected Palestinian terrorists, stated,
"The Committee acknowledges the terrible dilemma that Israel confronts in
dealing with terrorist threats to its security, but as a State party to the
Convention Israel is precluded from raising before this Committee
exceptional circumstances as justification for [prohibited] acts" [United
Nations Committee against Torture. "Concluding observations of the
Committee against Torture" (1997), A/52/44,paras.253-260. (15 Nov. 2001).]

Some people argue that the goal of saving innocent lives must override a
person's right not to be tortured. Although such an exception might appear
to be highly limited, experience shows that the exception readily becomes
the standard practice. For example, how imminent must the attack be to
trigger the exception and justify torture - an hour, a week, a year? How
certain must the government be that the detainee actually has the necessary
information?

The international community, however, rejected the use of torture even in
this type of case. International human rights law - as well as U.S. law -
do not contain any exceptions to the prohibition against torture.

Respectfully submitted,
Mark Rosenzweig
ALA Councilor at large

Page last modified October 15, 2004.

Children's Poet Laureate

2006-09-27T20:07:00.000-07:00

The NYTimes reports: The Poetry Foundation has named Jack Prelutsky its first children's poet laureate, in the hopes that the appointment will raise awareness of the genre and encourage more poets to write for children. Mr. Prelutsky, 66, is the author of more than 35 books, including "Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant, and Other Poems" (Greenwillow). Collectively his books and anthologies have sold more than a million copies.

The Chavez Book Club

2006-09-21T13:47:00.000-07:00

If Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's vitriolic speech before the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, proved anything, it's that there is no such thing as bad press. During his two-hour rant on Bush's satanic identity, the communist leader took time to plug Noam Chomsky's Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Domination.
Chavez's impassioned endorsement has jolted sales of the linguist's 2003 book from relative obscurity to Amazon's top 5 in less than 36 hours.

Broward Library Site of Historic Announcement Regarding First Black Lieutenant Governor Candidate in Florida Hstory.

2006-09-14T11:37:00.000-07:00

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jim Davis named former state Sen. Daryl Jones as his running mate Thursday, a choice that could lead to the first black lieutenant governor in Florida history.

Davis made the official announcement at the Broward County Library, joined by state House Democratic leader Chris Smith, of Fort Lauderdale, and incoming House Democratic leader Dan Gelber, of Miami Beach. Both were considered as possible Davis running mates.

Vicente Huidobro & creacionismo

2006-09-11T15:33:00.000-07:00

Vicente Huidobro -1893-1948.

Papers at the Getty.

. Correspondence and personal papers
"Croniquilla diesiochesa, 4 pp.," A drama without title with characters Dona Pilar, Done José, etc., 10 pp., "El Loco de Antonia, 24 pp." fourth act of Gilles de Raiz, 7 pp.

Altazor or a Voyage in a Parachute/1919, a Poem in VII Cantos (Palabra sur.)

Site for Poemas.

Bush Disinformation. Miami Herald Fires Two Reporters for Taking Pay from US Government

2006-09-08T14:13:00.000-07:00

Miami Herald Fires Two Reporters for Taking Pay from US Government

At least 10 Florida journalists received regular payments from a U.S. government program aimed at undermining the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, The Miami Herald reported on Friday.
Pablo Alfonso, who reports on Cuba and wrote an opinion column for El Nuevo Herald, was paid almost $175,000 since 2001 to host shows on Radio and TV Marti, U.S. government programs that promote democracy in Cuba, according to government documents obtained by The Miami Herald.
Olga Connor, a freelance reporter who wrote about Cuban culture for El Nuevo Herald, received about $71,000 from the U.S. Office of Cuba Broadcasting, and staff reporter Wilfredo Cancio Isla, who covered the Cuban exile community and politics, was paid almost $15,000 in the last five years, the Herald said.

The newspaper said Alfonso and Cancio were fired and Connor's freelance relationship was severed.

Buddy Johnson, Elections Supervisor in Hillsborough County, FL is GOP Crony

2006-09-08T02:58:00.000-07:00

Buddy Johnson, Hillsborough County FLORIDA Supervisor of Elections has hired a GOP firm....lections office work went not to a solitary attorney but to as many as 10 Broad and Cassel lawyers and paralegals who racked up hundreds of hours of work.n Broad and Cassel provided tens of thousands of dollars of free legal work to Johnson’s office.In May, for instance, the firm did $69,322 worth of work for the elections office, yet billed Johnson for $13,442.- In funneling nonpartisan elections issues to outside attorneys, Johnson selected one of the most politically connected law firms in the Tampa Bay area.
Steven G. Burton, Broad and Cassel’s managing partner, has deep roots in GOP politics. He has provided support to Republicans at every level of government, from President Bush to Gov. Jeb Bush to Johnson himself. In 2004, Burton was part of the legal team for the campaign to re-elect Bush-Cheney. In 2002, he was among the lawyers working for Gov. Jeb Bush’s re-election campaign. In 2000, Burton sued the county’s Canvassing Board — an arm of the elections office — on behalf of the Bush-Cheney ticket to seek validation of overseas military ballots.

Buddy Johnson has also failed to answer why Supervisor of Elections office isn't answering questions about why a fired employee got a hefty severance check in return for his silence.$24,000 Agreement To Keep Quiet Looks A Lot Like Hush Money

Why Does Hillsborough Cty. Elections Sup. Buddy Johnson call Office "The Company.?
Fri Sep 01, 2006 at 06:55:54 AM EDT
The St. Pete Times editorial for 9/1/2006 asks: What should citizens think of an elections supervisor who calls his agency "the Company," pays hush money to a former aide and declares that employees of his government office must sign confidentiality agreements?

This is the culture Buddy Johnson has brought to Hillsborough County's elections office. An agency responsible for involving citizens in their democracy and running clean elections looks more like the closed world of some corporate conglomerate. Johnson was a Jeb Bush appointee.

"I don't know what the big deal is," Johnson told a [Tampa]Tribune reporter Mark Holan this week.

Repub. Elections Chief Pays Hush Money in Hillsborough

Sat Aug 26, 2006 at 10:37:38 AM EDT
Buddy Johnson(R)-Hillsborough Election Supervisor Pays $24,000 in "Hush Money" reports the Tampa Tribune on Aug 26, 2006....Indeed, Johnson's spending spree on severance pay, employee raises and a revolving door of new hires makes one question how he is running the elections office. He has asked the county for $1.2 million more than the $7.3 million he budgeted for next year. Commissioners should use this opportunity to ask tough questions about his liberal spending ways... Johnson gave his assistant supervisor of elections five raises since 2005. Altogether, Johnson and his top two employees make $409,813 annually. By contrast, Pinellas Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark and her two assistants make $284,274, the paper reported.

Voters expect Johnson to run a competent and transparent office, while demonstrating a measure of fiscal conservatism.So long as their elections supervisor chooses to keep secrets, it will be hard to have confidence in him.
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Buddy Johnson and the Hillsborough "Company."
Thu Aug 24, 2006 at 08:10:08 AM EDT
Hillsborough Tax dollars go for HUSH MONEY

In the office of Hillsborough Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson, the public information director is not a civil service employee. He serves at Johnson's pleasure and can be fired at his whim.

But last month, when Johnson abruptly asked for the resignation of public information director Steve Holub, it came with an unusual offer. Johnson promised to pay Holub $24,142 if he agreed not to sue the office and pledged to keep his mouth shut about anything he had observed during his eight months of employment there....

The five-page agreement, patterned after corporate releases, refers to the public elections office as "the Company," and warns that disclosing the terms of the agreement may result in "the Company" seeking "legal damages."

Scholastic squashes 'The Path to 9/11' guide

2006-09-07T16:11:00.000-07:00

Children's publishing company Scholastic said that it is removing materials from its Web site originally created for use in conjunction with ABC's "The Path to 9/11" amid growing controversy over the docudrama...."After a thorough review of the original guide that we offered online to about 25,000 high school teachers, we determined that the materials did not meet our high standards for dealing with controversial issues," Dick Robinson, Chairman, President and CEO of Scholastic said in a statement. They will be replaced with materials stressing critical thinking and media literacy.

Media Matters for America review of The Path to 9/11 "resource sheets" and "discussion guide[s]" provided to teachers has found that the material omits critical information regarding the Bush administration's pre-Iraq war weapons of mass destruction claims; falsely suggests a tie between Iraq and the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks; gives upbeat accounts of reportedly dire conditions on the ground in both Iraq and Afghanistan; suggests that military responses to Osama bin Laden by the Clinton administration could have "hinder[ed] the U.S. stance on the war on terror"; and asks students to debate whether the media "hinder our national security."

Jeb Bush's Voucher Candidate Voted Down in Miami-Dade

2006-09-06T08:10:00.000-07:00

In Florida's meanest and most expensive state Senate race, Miami Sen. Alex Villalobos was reelected Tuesday night, overcoming the millions spent by third-party attack groups and the ire of Gov. Jeb Bush, who helped run a candidate against the moderate Republican.

Villalobos said his squeaker of a victory over Miami-Dade School Board member Frank Bolaños was a triumph of the little guy over ''special interests'' in the state capital, which could face political gridlock with his return. He was to be Florida's first Cuban-American Senate president before he was cast out by the leaders of his own party.

Another reason for Villalobos' win: The unprecedented negative advertising blitz targeting him backfired on Bolaños and his supporters, the Florida Chamber of Commerce and an education lobby group, All Children Matter, that was miffed that he voted against a Bush school-voucher plan. [bankrolled by the families that founded Wal-mart and Amway.]

The group, All Children Matter, supports candidates nationwide who favor using public voucher money to send poor children to private schools. Also contribued was $10,000 from Betsy DeVos, whose family built the marketing company Amway and owns the Orlando Magic. The families have long been active in the school-choice movement.

[Frank Bolaños is one of the Miami-Dade School Board members who voted to censor a book about Cuba}.

Jeb's Bootlickers

2006-09-05T07:41:00.000-07:00

Daniel Ruth in the Tampa Tribune satirizes the toadying,real-deal sycophantic,Jeb Bush lemmings.

the real conservative in this race since .. would wear a lampshade on his head and squeal like a pig if Jeb Bush so much as nodded in his direction."

See: The Battle to be Jeb's Lotion Boy.

Thanks Jeb-Florida Fails Again-Not One City in Smartest Top 25

2006-08-31T11:15:00.000-07:00

Florida has had 8 Years of Jeb Bush and fails to make this list.

If you equate education with intelligence, then the smartest city in the United States is Seattle - 52.7 percent of its residents age 25 or older have completed a Bachelor's degree or higher.

The education rankings were released this month by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Not one city in Florida

Florida's SATS at Bottom-Thanks to Jeb Bush's Education Policies

2006-08-30T15:56:00.000-07:00

The percentage of high-school sophomores with proficient reading scores has dropped during the Bush administration -- 33 percent when he was elected, as high as 37 percent in 2001 and now just 32 percent.

Florida's composite SAT score remained among the nation's lowest after dropping three points from 2005, even though the national average sharply declined seven points, according to results released Tuesday.
With average scores of 496 in reading and 497 in math, Florida remained among the nation's poorest SAT performers. Florida is in a 48th place, tied with Pennsylvania among the 50 states and District of Columbia. Only South Carolina at 985 and Georgia at 990 had lower scores.

Polygamist Fears Books

2006-08-29T18:01:00.000-07:00

The leader of a notorious polygamist cult and one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives was behind bars last night after being pulled over in a routine stop by a patrol officer in Nevada....His followers are not permitted to have books, newspapers or television and they are told that much of the outside world is evil.

Librarian has an ISSN.

2006-08-23T14:59:00.000-07:00

Librarian has an ISSN.
ISSN 1932-8559

Postcolonial Studies & Jean Rhys

2006-08-20T06:22:00.000-07:00

Postcolonial Studies is a term that helps to organize reading that illuminates much of the world's political conflict.

What a mess the English made.

I've been reading Jean Rhys.

New Book:
The Light: A History of the Movement for Progressive Literature in the Indo-Pakistan Subcontinent
Sajjad Zaheer and Amina Azfar.
BN13: 9780195471557ISBN10: 0195471555 Hardback, 350 pages
Jun 2006

Here is an introduction to post-colonial literature with a map.

"Books That Change Your Life" Meme. Busman's Holiday for a Readers' Advisor

2006-08-11T07:19:00.000-07:00

The Red Mantis list has an interesting set of books and you can then go back and read others who have been tagged which is sort of a busman's holiday for a readers' advisor.

Book-lovin' hobo sues bum-hatin' library

2006-08-10T07:01:00.000-07:00

Sploid reports:

--fuller discussion here.

Bush Administration Attacks Democracy and the Press

2006-08-06T06:57:00.000-07:00

Library Juice reports:
The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication passed a resolution against the Bush Administration’s anti-press policies at its annual conference.

the current administration has engaged in a number of practices and has enacted a series of severe and extraordinary policies that attack the press specifically and by extension, democracy itself.

Internet Pottage?

2006-07-27T22:06:00.000-07:00

Thomas Mann, a veteran reference librarian in the
Main Reading Room and the author of The Oxford Guide to Library Research wonders if the national library of the United States is “giving away the birthright of American scholars in exchange for a mess of Internet pottage.”

World Digital Library: Statement of Saul Schniderman
representing The Library of Congress Professional Guild

Destruction of Palestinian Archives

2006-07-27T16:52:00.000-07:00

Rory Litwin at Library Juice writes:

Israel targets Nablus administrative records for destruction.

Once the building was reduced to rubble, according to Gale Courey Toensing in “First, Destroy the Archives,” Israeli soldiers drove over the broken file cabinets with bulldozers, mixing their contents with the earth to prevent their recovery.

FYI, this listserv is funded by the current administration

2006-07-25T05:17:00.000-07:00

Every once in a while I go back and look at this because it is so depressing.

Please keep your political beliefs and opinions to yourself.
FYI, this listserv is funded by the current administration and if a
democrat were president now, the headline below would reflect that.

This new essay:
Social Capital and Neo-Liberal Voluntarism by Alex Law and Gerry Mooney helps one to understand the level of control that has been attempted these past few years.

I've written a bit more about it here.