Progressive Librarian Issue no. 25, Summer 2005


ARTICLES

Tabloid Ethics, News Reporting on the Iraq War and the Simulacrum of Objectivity, by Frank Louis Rusciano page 1

Information Criticism: where is it?, by Jack Andersen page 12

The Digital Divide and Public Libraries: a first-hand view, by Denise E. Agosto page 23

Libraries and National Security Law: an examination of the USA PATRIOT Act, by Heather Phillips

Ethical Reflections on 21st Century Information Work: an address to teachers and librarians, by Toni Samek page 48

Out of the Closet...But Not on the Shelves? an analysis of Canadian public library holdings of gay-themed picture books, by Vivian Howard page 62

Freedom or Micro-Fascisms: debates in ethics in information studies, by Natasha Gerolami page 76


BRAVERMAN PRIZE

Public Library Collection Development Issues Regarding the Information Needs of GLBT Patrons, by Jennifer Downey page 86


FROM THE ALTERNATIVES LIBRARY

Update on Prison Projects, by Lynn Andersen page 96


ADDED ENTRY

Inaugural, by Peter McDonald page 100


DOCUMENTS

Salinas Public Library Support, by Lincoln Cushing page 101

Resolution on the Federal Library Depository Program and the Print-on-Demand Allowance Program, from DANJ page 104

Secrecy Report Card, from OpenTheGovernment.org page 106


BOOK REVIEWS

Introduction to Public Librarianship, by Kathleen de la Peña McCook, reviewed by Mark Hudson page 110

On Bullshit, by Harry G. Frankfurt reviewed by John Buschman page 113


NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS,
page 115


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