Progressive Librarians Guild
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LIBRARIANS GUILD
radical views on library & info issues

Progressive Librarian | Issue #23

Spring 2004

 

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ARTICLES

Repetitive Strain Injuries, Ergonomics Regulation, and Catalogers
by John Gehner, page 1 [.pdf file]

The Scarf-and-Mitten Adventure: A Meditation on Emergent Poetries and the Library
by David Pavelich, page 10 [.pdf file]

The School Library/Media Center & Construction of the Subject
by Bria O'Brien, page 32 [.pdf file]

The Basis of a Humanist Librarianship in the Ideal of Human Autonomy
by Mark Rosenzweig, page 40 [.pdf file]


DOCUMENTS

Librarianship as a Radical Profession
by Naomi Klein, page 46 [.pdf file] (Spanish translation)

International Relations Committee and Intellectual Freedom Committee: REPORT ON CUBA
page 55 [.pdf file]


ADDED ENTRIES

In Praise of Learning
by Bertolt Brecht, page 60 [.pdf file]

The Answer to "Bad" Speech: a Comment on ALA Debate
by Mark Rosenzweig, page 61 [.pdf file]

Progressive Librarian Adopts Creative Commons
page 64 [.pdf file]


BOOK REVIEWS

Henry Giroux's Abandoned Generation & Critical Librarianship: A Review Article
by Ryan A. Gage, page 65 [.pdf file]

Dismantling the Public Sphere: Situating and Sustaining Librarianship in the Age of the New Public Philosophy, by John E. Buschman
reviewed by Bernd Frohmann, page 75 [.pdf file]

A Note on Frohmann
by John Buschman, page 87 [.pdf file]

Philosophical Scaffolding for the Construction of Critical Democratic Education, by Richard A. Brosio
reviewed by Michael J. Carbone, page 89 [.pdf file]

Revolting Librarians Redux: Radical Librarians Speak Out, edited by Katia Roberto and Jessamyn West
reviewed by John Buschman, page 91 [.pdf file]


Notes on Contributors
page 93 [.pdf file]