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Digital Dreams and Dashboards: Notable Government Documents 2009
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Griffths, David N. – Library Journal, 2010
Though some libraries thrived in 2009, many more took a beating, and the fiscal crises that have struck many states and thousands of municipal governments in 2010 increase the odds that the effects of the new Great Recession will be felt over the long term. The decline in payroll and collections budgets have led to a loss of expertise and key…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Public Policy, Information Services, Electronic Libraries
Down with E-Reserves: Confusing, Contentious, and Vital, E-Reserves Fuel Higher Education--And an Ongoing Copyright Battle
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Albanese, Andrew Richard – Library Journal, 2007
A little over a year ago, press releases from the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and Cornell University touted the release of new "jointly drafted" copyright guidelines to govern what has become a tense subject: the use of electronic course reserves, or e-reserves. Since the mid-1990s, e-reserves have offered libraries and academic…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Copyrights, Course Content, Academic Libraries
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
Where's the Sex? Our Double Standards in Visual Media.
Pitman, Randy – Library Journal, 1997
Examines the inability of libraries to include sexual videotapes in their collections. Discusses the explicit text versus visual images and the double standards in collection policies; Madonna's picture book, "Sex"; controversial films; and who the censors are. Reviews 20 videotapes with explicit images of violence, sex, and other issues. (AEF)
Descriptors: Censorship, Information Policy, Library Collections, Library Policy
Intellectual Freedom Legislation: The State of the States.
Oder, Norman – Library Journal, 1998
This overview of current state legislative issues related to intellectual freedom covers attempts to impose filtering on library Internet access, new "harmful to minors" laws, community obscenity statutes, restrictions on video lending, and more. A sidebar highlights the work of a coalition to defeat a "harmful to minors" law…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Children, Information Policy, Intellectual Freedom
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
Keeping Public Information Public.
Kelley, Wayne P. – Library Journal, 1998
Discusses the trend toward the transfer of federal government information from the public domain to the private sector. Topics include free access, privatization, information-policy revision, accountability, copyright issues, costs, pricing, and market needs versus public needs. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Accountability, Copyrights, Costs