A legal eagle librarian might have notes on matters of intellectual freedom of potential interest to library users/clientele , librarians and library unions advocates. Negotiating for the Reoganization Plan of our Boston Public Library has been a very trying process for our public library users/clientele , for librarians, for other library workers and for library unions advocates. It's ironical how our North American cities' public libraries flout intellectual freedom principles when the information concerns the same respective municipalities public archival records and concerns the same respective municipalities public libraries public archival records like minutes and reports from public meetings of public library boards.

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Collaborative WebLog
http://GuideToProblematicalLibraryUse.WebLogs.com/faq

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