Worth Noting
Editorials, Letters, Essays, an Interview, and Bibliography
Published on 5. December 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-0-7864-9351-7 (ISBN)
Description
The topics of these 34 selections range from "Herrenvolk" terminology, fiction access, and subject headings for consumer health information to South African censorship, Idi Amin's repressions, and the Creationists' "hidden agenda." Also includes material on cataloging teenage literature, racism in children's books and an ALA-produced film (The Speaker), and reportage on the "intellectual freedom" scene in Greece, West Germany, and Soviet Union.
Reprinted from sources such as Interracial Books for Children Bulletin, Top of the News, Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom, Technicalities.
Reprinted from sources such as Interracial Books for Children Bulletin, Top of the News, Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom, Technicalities.
Reviews / Votes
"Wonderful"-Booklist; "a unique voice and style...always something fascinating to find"-Public Library Quarterly; "recommended"-Library & Information Science Annual; "Berman is someone American librarianship needs many more of"-Libraries & Culture; "valuable reference"-SRRT Newsletter; "a welcome addition...a compendium of writings...these essays are entertaining...thought provoking"-The Journal of Academic Librarianship; "entertaining and informative"-Wilson Library Bulletin; "librarian gadfly Sanford Berman speaks out against rchaic Lc Subject headings, inadequate cataloging of fiction, South African censorship, racist children's books, creationists and other material"-American Libraries; "he really believes what he says, and he says it eloquently"-Reference Quarterly.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
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
279 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-9351-7 (9780786493517)
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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 Bill Katz
Cataloging
Herrenvolk Language
Fiction Access: New Approaches
Fiction Access: (Continued)
A Bonnie Screw-Up
Where Have All the Moonies Gone?
Title Access: The Need, the Policy, and the Practice
Missing Titles
The Terrible Truth About Teenlit Cataloging
C'Mon Guys, Lighten Up!
Catalog Access to Consumer Health Information
Orwellian Postscript to the Proposed Subhead "-Health Hazards"
Thanks a Lot!
Indoor Flings
Indoor Flings (Continued)
Censorship/Human Rights
Notes from Europe
Letter from Stuttgart
Prexy Song
South African Censorship
IFLA and Racism
Palatnik/Trachtenberg Case
Uganda: Speak in Whispers, If at All
"The Speaker": Not Recommended
Jake-And Library Issues of Selection
On Beyond Jake: A Call to Dialog
The Letter That Wasn't
Another Letter That Wasn't
Technology, Humanism, and Civil Liberties: A Review
Creationism
Not-So-Hidden Agenda
Gimme That Old Time Religion
"In the Beginning": The Creationist Agenda
Religion and/or Science
Another Letter That Wasn't/Gimme That Old Time Religion (Grand Finale)
No Comment
Alternative Perspectives: A Conversation with Sandy Berman, by Jim Dwyer
Bermaniana: A Select Bibliography
Index
Foreword by Bill Katz
Cataloging
Herrenvolk Language
Fiction Access: New Approaches
Fiction Access: (Continued)
A Bonnie Screw-Up
Where Have All the Moonies Gone?
Title Access: The Need, the Policy, and the Practice
Missing Titles
The Terrible Truth About Teenlit Cataloging
C'Mon Guys, Lighten Up!
Catalog Access to Consumer Health Information
Orwellian Postscript to the Proposed Subhead "-Health Hazards"
Thanks a Lot!
Indoor Flings
Indoor Flings (Continued)
Censorship/Human Rights
Notes from Europe
Letter from Stuttgart
Prexy Song
South African Censorship
IFLA and Racism
Palatnik/Trachtenberg Case
Uganda: Speak in Whispers, If at All
"The Speaker": Not Recommended
Jake-And Library Issues of Selection
On Beyond Jake: A Call to Dialog
The Letter That Wasn't
Another Letter That Wasn't
Technology, Humanism, and Civil Liberties: A Review
Creationism
Not-So-Hidden Agenda
Gimme That Old Time Religion
"In the Beginning": The Creationist Agenda
Religion and/or Science
Another Letter That Wasn't/Gimme That Old Time Religion (Grand Finale)
No Comment
Alternative Perspectives: A Conversation with Sandy Berman, by Jim Dwyer
Bermaniana: A Select Bibliography
Index