Worth Noting - by Sanford Berman (Paperback)

About the Book

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.

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

"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.

About the Author

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.