Progressive Librarian: A Journal for Critical Studies and Progressive Politics in Librarianship is a forum for critical perspectives in Library and Information Science (LIS), featuring articles, book reviews, bibliographies, reports, and documents that explore progressive perspectives on librarianship and information issues.

The table of contents for the latest issue - #30, Winter 2007/2008 - is here, as well as complete Tables of Contents for prior issues of Progressive Librarian, with many articles in full text.

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Progressive Librarian is published, produced and distributed by the Progressive Librarians Guild two times a year; ISSN 1052-5722.

Indexed in the Alternative Press Index (no.1, 1990-), Alt-Press-Watch (Issue 2 1990-91-current, full text), Library Literature & Information Science (June 2000-, full text) and Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts.

Editors: John Buschman, Kathleen de la Peña McCook, Peter McDonald, Susan Maret, and Mark Rosenzweig.


Managing Editor: Elaine Harger

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