Libraries & democracy: the cornerstones of liberty

I. Historic and Theoretical Overview of the Role of Libraries and Democracy

Reconsidering Arsenals of a Democratic Culture: Balancing Symbol and Practice / Frederick Stielow

Imagining Fairness: Equality and Equity of Access in Search of Democracy / Jorge Reina Schement

Poverty, Democracy, and Public Libraries / Kathleen de la Pena McCook

II. Libraries and Civil Society

Libraries and Civil Society / Joan C. Durrance, Karen Pettigrew and Michael Jourdan / [et al.]

Civic Librarianship / Ronald B. McCabe

Information Literacy for the Twenty-First-Century Citizen / Elizabeth L. (Betty) Marcoux

III. Libraries, Technology, and Democracy

Libraries, the Internet, and Democracy / Nancy C. Kranich

Library Internet Access Controversy and Democracy / Susan B. Kretchmer

Libraries, the New Media, and the Political Process / Nancy C. Kranich

Sex, Democracy, and Videotape / Randy Pitman

IV. Libraries Supporting Democratic Information Policy

In Support of Democracy: The Library Role in Public Access to Government Information / Anne Heanue

Information Ethics and Government Power: From the White House E-Mail to the Stasi Files / Thomas S. Blanton

Libraries: Where the First Amendment Lives / Paul K. McMasters

First Amendment, Libraries, and Democracy / Susan B. Kretchmer

Copyright and Democracy: Its Implications for the Public's Right to Know / Siva Vaidhyanathan

V. Library of Congress and Democracy

Library of Congress and the Democratic Spirit / John Y. Cole

Library of Congress and the Widening Horizons of Democracy Building / James H. Billington

VI. Library Advocacy for Democracy

Advocating for America's Right to Know / Patricia Glass Schuman

Advocacy for Democracy I: The Role of the American Library Association / William R. Gordon

Advocacy for Democracy II: The Role of the Swedish Library Association / Joneta Belfrage.