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Peer reviewedMediavilla, Cindy – Library Trends, 1997
Chronicles the California Library Association's battle against anti-Communist censorship attempts from 1946 to 1956 in schools and public libraries as well as on the legislative front. An overview of the "Fiske report" is offered as an explanation of how intellectual freedom challenges impacted California librarians of the period.…
Descriptors: Censorship, Communism, History, Intellectual Freedom
Peer reviewedAnderson, Barbara L. – Library Trends, 1994
Examines the role that the public library plays as a center for community activities, as a civic building, and as a representative of government. Examples of these roles in California communities are given, and sources of income and funding problems are addressed. (Contains 10 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Community Centers, Community Programs, Library Role, Problems
Peer reviewedSmith, Virginia Carlson; Treese, William R. – Library Trends, 1975
The experience of the University of California Santa Barbara Arts Library with computerizing bibliographic control of art exhibition catalogsis described. (PF)
Descriptors: Art, Bibliographies, Catalogs, Computer Programs
