Synopses & Reviews
This highly acclaimed biennial ("the best of alternative library journalism"--Library Journal) provides a reminder of the roots of librarianship and a prod to a profession that sometimes threatens to extirpate them. People/Work, Women, Censorship/Human Rights/Peace, Kids, Alternatives, Service/Advocacy/Empowerment, Multiculturalism/Third World, and Cyberspace/Virtual Libraries are the topics covered, with writings from Nancy Kranich, Earl Lee, Charles Willett, Toni Samek, Chris Dodge and others.