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Gates Speaks to Librarians.

St. Lifer, Evan – Library Journal, 1997

In an interview, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates answers questions about the Gates Library Foundation; Libraries Online; tax-support for libraries; comparisons to Andrew Carnegie; charges of "buying" the library market; Internet filters, policies, and government censorship; the future of the World Wide Web and the role of librarians in its…

Descriptors: Censorship, Futures (of Society), Information Policy, Librarians

The Margin of Victory: How the Idaho Library Association Defeated an Antigay Initiative.

Carr, Mary M.; Greever, Barbara C. – Library Journal, 1995

Discusses steps taken by the Idaho Library Association to defeat an antigay ballot initiative by means of a coordinated, statewide public relations campaign. The ballot, known as Proposition One, would have violated First Amendment rights and caused library materials to be censored to determine whether they addressed homosexuality. (Author/JKP)

Descriptors: Censorship, Discriminatory Legislation, Freedom of Information, Freedom of Speech