TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harger,Elaine
TI  - Which side are you on?: seven social responsibility debates in American librarianship, 1990-2015 
SN  - 9781476624716
AV  - Z716.4 .H367 2016eb
U1  - 020.973 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Jefferson, North Carolina
PB  - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
KW  - American Library Association
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - fast
KW  - Libraries and society
KW  - United States
KW  - Library science
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Librarians
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Biblioth�eques et soci�et�e
KW  - �Etats-Unis
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 20e si�ecle
KW  - Biblioth�economie
KW  - Aspect social
KW  - Aspect politique
KW  - Biblioth�ecaires
KW  - Activit�e politique
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Library & Information Science
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; In denial : speaking about The speaker -- Singing (and silencing) solidarity : interrupting legacies of racism and the anti-apartheid "book boycott" -- Censuring a censor : the debate on censorship in Israel and the Occupied Territories -- Speaking with one voice, strangling others : McDonald's and the Boy Scouts of America -- Abandoning Snowden ... and privacy : hegemony at play in ALA -- Charting a new course : ALA and climate crisis
N2  - "Shattering any idea that librarianship is a politically neutral realm, this insider's account of seven debates from the floor of the American Library Association Council illustrates the mechanisms the governing body used to maintain the status quo on issues like racism, government surveillance and climate change. At play in each debate are rules of parliamentary procedure, appeals to authority, denial, and chastisement of librarians who pushed the ALA to make real its commitments to human rights and social justice. Providing a fascinating look at the Council's inner workings, the author parses debates concerning anti-apartheid boycotts; partnerships between ALA, McDonald's and the Boy Scouts of America; spying by the National Security Agency; censorship in Israel and the Occupied Territories; fossil fuel industry divestment; and the recent revival by ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom of the infamous film The Speaker"--Provided by publisher
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