Sanford Berman

Not in My Library!

Berman's Bag Columns from The Unabashed Librarian, 2000-2013

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Produktbeschreibung

Contains an interview plus 45 columns dealing with such topics as book-burning, genocide, government secrecy and repression, cataloging, indexing, Banned Books Week, classism, self-censorship, and free speech for library staff.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 382g
• ISBN-13: 9780786478224
• ISBN-10: 0786478225
• Artikelnr.: 38598730

Autorenporträt

Famed librarian Sanford Berman as written several books and numerous shorter works ("provocative"--Library Journal. He is the recipient of an American Library Association Honorary Membership (2004) and the Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award (1996), and was named Minnesota Librarian of the Year in 1977.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Foreword by Maurice J. Freedman
1 Introduction (Counterpoise Interview with Kristin Hoyer, 2005)
10 Why Catalog? delete(U*L 116, 2000)
19 Must "The Poor" Always Be Among Us? delete(U*L 117, 2000)
21 The Top Censored Library Stories of 1998-2000 delete(U*L 118, 2001)
27 Updates and Additions delete(U*L 119, 2001)
31 Updates and Additions delete(U*L 120, 2001)
35 No More Shushing: Library Staff and Users Speak (Part 1) delete(U*L 121, 2001)
42 Harry Potter Imperiled, Keyword Searching as Panacea, Robin Hood's Noble Liege, and Other Foolishness delete(U*L 124, 2002)
46 "Not in My Library!" delete(U*L 125, 2002)
52 Updates and Additions delete(U*L 127, 2003)
57 Cuba Libre! delete(U*L 128, 2003)
62 No More Shushing: Library Staff and Users Speak (Part 2), More on Cuba delete(U*L 129, 2003)
65 King County Responds, "Banned Books Week" Deconstructed, Cataloging Blues at LAPL, Loompanics' Mike Hoy on Censorship, Deep-Sixed Afghan Atrocity Film, Cuba Again delete(U*L 130, 2004)
71 Access Denied delete(U*L 133, 2004)
77 Squelched Letters, More Access Denied delete(U*L 134, 2005)
81 Fighting the USA PATRIOT Act, Updates and Additions delete(U*L 135, 2005)
86 UCLA Cross-Refs, AACR3, Library Openness delete(U*L 136, 2005)
89 Cataloging Zines and Widgets delete(U*L 137, 2005)
92 Questions delete(U*L 138, 2006)
95 "Genocide" or Merely "Massacres"?-The Politics of Subject Cataloging delete(U*L 139, 2006)
98 Darfur Revisited, GLBT Access Denied delete(U*L 140, 2006)
101 LC Subject Cataloging (Part 1) delete(U*L 143, 2007)
103 LC Subject Cataloging (Part 2) delete(U*L 142, 2007)
105 LC Subject Cataloging (Postscript), Self-Censorship delete(U*L 143, 2007)
108 Obsessions delete(U*L 144, 2007)
111 Huh?, Fines and Fees, Self-Censorship (Continued) delete(U*L 145, 2007)
114 "Controversial" Cataloging delete(U*L 146, 2008)
117 Flawed Indexing, Erotica Selection, Subject Heading Currency, Undercataloging delete(U*L 147, 2008)
121 Darfur Redux, LC Cataloging Rescue, Subject Heading Currency (U*L 148, 2008)
124 One Book, Many Missed Opportunities, or Why Cataloging Matters (When It's Done Right) delete(U*L 149, 2008)
127 Cats, Cataloging, Fines, and BBW (Banned Books Week) delete(U*L 150, 2009)
131 More Classism in the Stacks delete(U*L 151, 2009)
134 Cataloging Stink, Truth in Materials Selection, CEO Pay delete(U*L 152, 2009)
138 Liberated Foreword, Unrequited LC Letters delete(U*L 153, 2009)
141 Nation Gets It Wrong, More Unrequited LC Letters, LCSH Currency delete(U*L 154, 2010)
144 More (Attempted) LCSH Input, Geopolitics Versus Historical Truth delete(U*L 155, 2010)
147 LCSH Currency (Continued), Libraries and Politics, Retiring the R-Word, Celeste West Tribute delete(U*L 156, 2010)
151 The Kids Are Not All Right delete(U*L 157, 2010)
154 Remembrance of Things Past, Interview Excerpts delete(U*L 158, 2011)
157 More Interview Excerpts, Atheist De
cit, What Rosa Said delete(U*L 159, 2011)
161 No to Government Secrecy and Repression! delete(U*L 160, 2011)
165 Word Peeves, "Content-Enriched Metadata," No "Sexting" Allowed (U*L 161, 2011)
168 Really Banned Books, Another Word Peeve, Clint's Fantasy, OWS Library Trashed, PFC Manning's Gift delete(U*L 162, 2012)
171 Post Of
ce Crisis, LC Letters delete(U*L 163, 2012)
175 Another Real Banning, the Trashing of Both Hypatia and Her Library, Not-So-Funny Cataloging delete(U*L 164, 2012)
178 Laureates Support PFC Manning, Self-Censorship Af
rmed, J'Accuse LC of Untimeliness and Sloth, Let's Hear It for Robin Hood! delete(U*L 166, 2013)
182 Index
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