The Overseas Libraries Controversy and the Freedom to Read: U.S. Librarians and Publishers Confront Joseph McCarthy.

Explores the response of the American Library Association (ALA) and the American Book Publishers Council to United States Senator John McCarthy's attacks on the Department of State's Overseas Libraries. Adoption of a Library Bill of Rights by the ALA; Identification of librarians as defenders of int...

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Published in:	Libraries & Culture Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 27 - 40
Main Author:	Robbins, Louise S.
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Texas Press Winter2001
Subjects:	American overseas information libraries Library laws American Library Association United States
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost