Intellectual Freedom and Social Responsibility in American Librarianship, 1967-1974

by Toni Samek

Between 1967 and 1974, a number of librarians came together to push for change in the American Library Association. They soon prompted a majority of the profession to examine their role in the dissemination and preservation of culture and to ask basic questions about the terrain that the profession defends. A particular concern was the limitations to intellectual freedom (if any) that might arise in the pursuit of other perhaps equally worthy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786409169
• ISBN13: 9780786409167
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher