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The library's legal answer book
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ISBN: 0838908284 0838999182 9780838999189 9780838908280 Year: 2003 Publisher: Chicago American Library Association

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Libraries are in the thick of legal issues as new technologies add layers of complexity to everyday work in the library. How do you know what's legal? What can you do to identify and address issues before they turn into bona fide legal matters? Where do you turn for help?. With coverage of all the issues of the day—filters, fair use, copyright, Web publishing and Internet use, software sharing, ADA compliance, free speech, privacy, access, and employment and liability issues—you will have a ''librarian's J.D.'' in short order! Detailed and ready-to-apply answers to more than 600 legal question

Libraries, the First Amendment, and cyberspace
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ISBN: 0838999697 9780838999691 0838907733 9780838907733 Year: 2000 Publisher: Chicago American Library Association

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The First Amendment is inextricably tied up with all kinds of library service, from providing meeting rooms for patrons, to lending materials to children, to giving patrons access to the Internet. Written by the director of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Libraries, the First Amendment, and Cyberspace examines how and in what areas the First Amendment affects library decision making and service delivery. With attention to today's electronic environment, Peck's timely and comprehensive book answers the questions librarians most often have about censorship, access, the role of the l


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Access for all
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ISBN: 9781631176661 1631176668 Year: 2014 Publisher: New York

Libraries & democracy
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ISBN: 0838998410 0838999190 9780838998410 9780838908082 083890808X Year: 2001 Publisher: Chicago American Library Association

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During World War II when the future of democracy was uncertain, Franklin D. Roosevelt described libraries as ''the great symbols of the freedom of the mind,'' ''essential to the functioning of a democratic society.'' Kranich begins this new collection of essays with Roosevelt's sentiment in mind. From Librarian of Congress, James Billington, to founding director of the Center for the Book, John Cole, the leading-edge information specialists of the day share their insights on the role libraries play in advancing democracy. One of the few institutions in the world where people have free access t

Digital dilemmas and solutions
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ISBN: 1843340402 1843340399 1780630646 9781780630649 9781843340393 9781843340409 Year: 2004 Volume: *5 Publisher: Oxford [England] Chandos Publishing

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Today, all librarians face daunting challenges posed by trends in technology, publishing, and education as the impact of a globalising information economy forces a rethink of both library strategic directions and everyday library operations. This book brings together the main issues and dilemmas facing libraries; the book clearly shows how to deal with them, and provides a best-practice guide to the solutions.Provides analysis of recent trends and relevant and viable solutions to problems facing all librariansWritten by a highly knowledgeable and well-respected practit


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Public libraries and internet service roles
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ISBN: 1441619232 0838997120 9781441619235 9780838935767 Year: 2009 Publisher: Chicago American Library Association

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The Internet is not a one-way street in terms of library service as it challenges any traditional notion of its use for collecting or managing information. In this resource authors Charles McClure and Paul T. Jaeger speak to the ways in which the Internet has had more impact on public libraries than any other technology since the creation of the book.


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Creating digital communities : a resource to digital inclusion
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ISBN: 9781631176326 1631176323 Year: 2014 Publisher: New York : Nova Publishers,

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