Not in My Library!
"Berman's Bag" Columns from <IB>The Unabashed Librarian</IB>, 2000-2013
Published on 14. August 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-7864-7822-4 (ISBN)
Description
Foreword by Mitch Freedman, a reprinted Counterpoise interview and 45 of Sanford Berman's U*L columns dealing with book-burning, genocide, government secrecy and repression, cataloging, indexing, classism, self-censorship and free speech for library staff (et cetera!). Index by Chris Dodge.
Reviews / Votes
"McFarland & Company has done a valuable service for librarianship and academia by bringing Berman's work to a larger audience than that of The Unabashed Librarian readership"-Journal of Information Ethics; "recommended...essential"-Australian Library Journal; "fascinating"-Canadian Library Association; "of value...excellent"-ARBA; "Berman's incredible, lifelong commitment to people-oriented librarianship shines through every page"-The Moral Atheist; "fascinating"-Feliciter; "In a world longing for heroes, let's pay tribute to Sandy"-Bill Katz (1988); "Like a modern-day Diogenes, Sandy seeks honest librarians and where he does not find them, calls them to task. Good thing his humor is as great as his outrage at the shoddy, the biased, the incomprehensible"-James P. Danky, coeditor (with Sandy), Alternative Library Literature, 1982-2001; "The indefatigable Sandy is, right now, campaigning for LC to add the subject headings stop-and-frisk, wage theft, and drone warfare"-Tina Gross, Minnesota librarian, writer and activist; "Sandy Berman is one of the most original and interesting thinkers in the library field. Anything he writes-I want to read!"-Patricia Glass Schuman, cofounder Neal-Schuman, former ALA president; "Known as an advocate for the disadvantaged, the minority, the isolated, Sandy is much more-faithful custodian of the intellectual commons that the public library must be if our democracy is to survive"-James Chaffee, San Francisco library advocate; "Sandy has the passion of a revolutionary. His righteous indignation is all the more endearing for the pomposity of his targets"-James V. Carmichael, Jr., LIS professor, UNC Greensboro; "Sandy Berman is fire for the mind. Along with heat and light, he brings unchained intelligence and a passion for justice. He's readable, he's revolutionary, and, by golly, he's right!"-Rosalie Maggio, How to Say It author; "Sandy Berman is the biggest mensch in librarianship. He is fiercely brilliant and critical, but just as strongly warm and generous"-Jenna Freedman, research & zine librarian, Barnard; "Indulge yourself in a marathon binge. Where else are you going to find cover-to-cover unadulterated library opinion? Just askin'!"-Toni Samek, LIS professor, University of Alberta; "For more than half a century, Sandy Berman has radicalized librarianship, improved cataloging, admonished the Library of Congress, stimulated peers, and published hundreds of scholarly works. Thank goodness!"-Robert Hauptman, editor, Journal of Information Ethics; "We live in difficult times, but Sandy's optimism and faith gives us all hope for the future of libraries"-Earl Lee, technical services, Pittsburg State University; "Our leading missionary, revolutionary, irritant and inspiration"-Eric Moon (1993).More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
402 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-7822-4 (9780786478224)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Famed librarian Sanford Berman as written several books and numerous shorter works ("provocative"-Library Journal. He is the recipient of an American Library Association Honorary Membership (2004) and the Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award (1996), and was named Minnesota Librarian of the Year in 1977.
Content
Table of Contents
Foreword by Maurice J. Freedman ?1
Introduction (Counterpoise Interview with Kristin Hoyer, 2005) ?10
Why Catalog? delete(U*L 116, 2000) ?19
Must "The Poor" Always Be Among Us? delete(U*L 117, 2000) ?21
The Top Censored Library Stories of 1998-2000 delete(U*L 118, 2001) ?27
Updates and Additions delete(U*L 119, 2001) ?31
Updates and Additions delete(U*L 120, 2001) ?35
No More Shushing: Library Staff and Users Speak (Part 1) delete(U*L 121, 2001) ?42
Harry Potter Imperiled, Keyword Searching as Panacea, Robin Hood's
Noble Liege, and Other Foolishness delete(U*L 124, 2002) ?46
"Not in My Library!" delete(U*L 125, 2002) ?52
Updates and Additions delete(U*L 127, 2003) ?57
Cuba Libre! delete(U*L 128, 2003) ?62
No More Shushing: Library Staff and Users Speak (Part 2), More on Cuba delete(U*L 129, 2003) ?65
King County Responds, "Banned Books Week" Deconstructed, Cataloging Blues at LAPL, Loompanics' Mike Hoy on Censorship, Deep-Sixed Afghan Atrocity Film, Cuba Again delete(U*L 130, 2004) ?71
Access Denied delete(U*L 133, 2004) ?77
Squelched Letters, More Access Denied delete(U*L 134, 2005) ?81
Fighting the USA PATRIOT Act, Updates and Additions delete(U*L 135, 2005) ?86
UCLA Cross-Refs, AACR3, Library Openness delete(U*L 136, 2005) ?89
Cataloging Zines and Widgets delete(U*L 137, 2005) ?92
Questions delete(U*L 138, 2006) ?95
"Genocide" or Merely "Massacres"?-The Politics of Subject Cataloging delete(U*L 139, 2006) ?98
Darfur Revisited, GLBT Access Denied delete(U*L 140, 2006) ?101
LC Subject Cataloging (Part 1) delete(U*L 143, 2007) ?103
LC Subject Cataloging (Part 2) delete(U*L 142, 2007) ?105
LC Subject Cataloging (Postscript), Self-Censorship delete(U*L 143, 2007) ?108
Obsessions delete(U*L 144, 2007) ?111
Huh?, Fines and Fees, Self-Censorship (Continued) delete(U*L 145, 2007) ?114
"Controversial" Cataloging delete(U*L 146, 2008) ?117
Flawed Indexing, Erotica Selection, Subject Heading Currency,
Undercataloging delete(U*L 147, 2008) ?121
Darfur Redux, LC Cataloging Rescue, Subject Heading Currency (U*L 148, 2008) ?124
One Book, Many Missed Opportunities, or Why Cataloging Matters
(When It's Done Right) delete(U*L 149, 2008) ?127
Cats, Cataloging, Fines, and BBW (Banned Books Week) delete(U*L 150, 2009) ?131
More Classism in the Stacks delete(U*L 151, 2009) ?134
Cataloging Stink, Truth in Materials Selection, CEO Pay delete(U*L 152, 2009) ?138
Liberated Foreword, Unrequited LC Letters delete(U*L 153, 2009) ?141
Nation Gets It Wrong, More Unrequited LC Letters, LCSH Currency delete(U*L 154, 2010) ?144
More (Attempted) LCSH Input, Geopolitics Versus Historical Truth delete(U*L 155, 2010) ?147
LCSH Currency (Continued), Libraries and Politics, Retiring the R-Word, Celeste West Tribute delete(U*L 156, 2010) ?151
The Kids Are Not All Right delete(U*L 157, 2010) ?154
Remembrance of Things Past, Interview Excerpts delete(U*L 158, 2011) ?157
More Interview Excerpts, Atheist De?cit, What Rosa Said delete(U*L 159, 2011) ?161
No to Government Secrecy and Repression! delete(U*L 160, 2011) ?165
Word Peeves, "Content-Enriched Metadata," No "Sexting" Allowed (U*L 161, 2011) ?168
Really Banned Books, Another Word Peeve, Clint's Fantasy, OWS
Library Trashed, PFC Manning's Gift delete(U*L 162, 2012) ?171
Post Of?ce Crisis, LC Letters delete(U*L 163, 2012) ?175
Another Real Banning, the Trashing of Both Hypatia and Her Library,
Not-So-Funny Cataloging delete(U*L 164, 2012) ?178
Laureates Support PFC Manning, Self-Censorship Af?rmed, J'Accuse
LC of Untimeliness and Sloth, Let's Hear It for Robin Hood! delete(U*L 166, 2013) ?182
Index ?187
Foreword by Maurice J. Freedman ?1
Introduction (Counterpoise Interview with Kristin Hoyer, 2005) ?10
Why Catalog? delete(U*L 116, 2000) ?19
Must "The Poor" Always Be Among Us? delete(U*L 117, 2000) ?21
The Top Censored Library Stories of 1998-2000 delete(U*L 118, 2001) ?27
Updates and Additions delete(U*L 119, 2001) ?31
Updates and Additions delete(U*L 120, 2001) ?35
No More Shushing: Library Staff and Users Speak (Part 1) delete(U*L 121, 2001) ?42
Harry Potter Imperiled, Keyword Searching as Panacea, Robin Hood's
Noble Liege, and Other Foolishness delete(U*L 124, 2002) ?46
"Not in My Library!" delete(U*L 125, 2002) ?52
Updates and Additions delete(U*L 127, 2003) ?57
Cuba Libre! delete(U*L 128, 2003) ?62
No More Shushing: Library Staff and Users Speak (Part 2), More on Cuba delete(U*L 129, 2003) ?65
King County Responds, "Banned Books Week" Deconstructed, Cataloging Blues at LAPL, Loompanics' Mike Hoy on Censorship, Deep-Sixed Afghan Atrocity Film, Cuba Again delete(U*L 130, 2004) ?71
Access Denied delete(U*L 133, 2004) ?77
Squelched Letters, More Access Denied delete(U*L 134, 2005) ?81
Fighting the USA PATRIOT Act, Updates and Additions delete(U*L 135, 2005) ?86
UCLA Cross-Refs, AACR3, Library Openness delete(U*L 136, 2005) ?89
Cataloging Zines and Widgets delete(U*L 137, 2005) ?92
Questions delete(U*L 138, 2006) ?95
"Genocide" or Merely "Massacres"?-The Politics of Subject Cataloging delete(U*L 139, 2006) ?98
Darfur Revisited, GLBT Access Denied delete(U*L 140, 2006) ?101
LC Subject Cataloging (Part 1) delete(U*L 143, 2007) ?103
LC Subject Cataloging (Part 2) delete(U*L 142, 2007) ?105
LC Subject Cataloging (Postscript), Self-Censorship delete(U*L 143, 2007) ?108
Obsessions delete(U*L 144, 2007) ?111
Huh?, Fines and Fees, Self-Censorship (Continued) delete(U*L 145, 2007) ?114
"Controversial" Cataloging delete(U*L 146, 2008) ?117
Flawed Indexing, Erotica Selection, Subject Heading Currency,
Undercataloging delete(U*L 147, 2008) ?121
Darfur Redux, LC Cataloging Rescue, Subject Heading Currency (U*L 148, 2008) ?124
One Book, Many Missed Opportunities, or Why Cataloging Matters
(When It's Done Right) delete(U*L 149, 2008) ?127
Cats, Cataloging, Fines, and BBW (Banned Books Week) delete(U*L 150, 2009) ?131
More Classism in the Stacks delete(U*L 151, 2009) ?134
Cataloging Stink, Truth in Materials Selection, CEO Pay delete(U*L 152, 2009) ?138
Liberated Foreword, Unrequited LC Letters delete(U*L 153, 2009) ?141
Nation Gets It Wrong, More Unrequited LC Letters, LCSH Currency delete(U*L 154, 2010) ?144
More (Attempted) LCSH Input, Geopolitics Versus Historical Truth delete(U*L 155, 2010) ?147
LCSH Currency (Continued), Libraries and Politics, Retiring the R-Word, Celeste West Tribute delete(U*L 156, 2010) ?151
The Kids Are Not All Right delete(U*L 157, 2010) ?154
Remembrance of Things Past, Interview Excerpts delete(U*L 158, 2011) ?157
More Interview Excerpts, Atheist De?cit, What Rosa Said delete(U*L 159, 2011) ?161
No to Government Secrecy and Repression! delete(U*L 160, 2011) ?165
Word Peeves, "Content-Enriched Metadata," No "Sexting" Allowed (U*L 161, 2011) ?168
Really Banned Books, Another Word Peeve, Clint's Fantasy, OWS
Library Trashed, PFC Manning's Gift delete(U*L 162, 2012) ?171
Post Of?ce Crisis, LC Letters delete(U*L 163, 2012) ?175
Another Real Banning, the Trashing of Both Hypatia and Her Library,
Not-So-Funny Cataloging delete(U*L 164, 2012) ?178
Laureates Support PFC Manning, Self-Censorship Af?rmed, J'Accuse
LC of Untimeliness and Sloth, Let's Hear It for Robin Hood! delete(U*L 166, 2013) ?182
Index ?187