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Main Authors: Ring, Daniel F., And Others
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1994
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ489751
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author Ring, Daniel F.
And Others
author_facet Ring, Daniel F.
And Others
Ring, Daniel F.
And Others
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contents Has the American Public Library Lost Its Purpose? Ring, Daniel F. And Others Censorship Intellectual Freedom Library Directors Library Expenditures Library History Library Material Selection Library Policy Library Role Public Libraries Discusses the mission of public libraries in light of the decision to purchase Madonna's book "Sex." Three viewpoints are presented: a critic of selection policies that are too broad in the name of intellectual freedom; the director of a small public library with a limited budget; and a library historian. (Contains 18 references.) (LRW)
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spellingShingle Has the American Public Library Lost Its Purpose?
Ring, Daniel F.
And Others
Censorship
Intellectual Freedom
Library Directors
Library Expenditures
Library History
Library Material Selection
Library Policy
Library Role
Public Libraries
Has the American Public Library Lost Its Purpose? Ring, Daniel F. And Others Censorship Intellectual Freedom Library Directors Library Expenditures Library History Library Material Selection Library Policy Library Role Public Libraries Discusses the mission of public libraries in light of the decision to purchase Madonna's book "Sex." Three viewpoints are presented: a critic of selection policies that are too broad in the name of intellectual freedom; the director of a small public library with a limited budget; and a library historian. (Contains 18 references.) (LRW)
title Has the American Public Library Lost Its Purpose?
topic Censorship
Intellectual Freedom
Library Directors
Library Expenditures
Library History
Library Material Selection
Library Policy
Library Role
Public Libraries
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ489751