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Direct linkWiegand, Wayne A. – Library Quarterly, 2011
This essay challenges traditional assumptions about the small-town American public library and the roles it has played in its community. Conventional thinking and professional rhetoric grounded on a "user in the life of the library" perspective identifies the public library as a neutral agency "essential to democracy" that…
Descriptors: Democracy, Municipalities, Public Libraries, Females
Gorman, Michael; Tyckoson, David A.; Jackson, Mary E.; Schmidt, C. James; Baker, Betsy – American Libraries, 2000
These articles address the core values of librarianship, focusing on democracy and public libraries; equity of access to information, including building collections, circulation policies, interlibrary loan, and intellectual property and licensing; intellectual freedom, including rating systems for various media; and library service in the light of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change, Democracy, Intellectual Freedom
