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No. 26, Winter 2007- 2008 (all in PDF Format, formatted for A4 paper).

Special Issue on 'Libraries and Social Exclusion'.

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Contents and Editorial

Articles


No. 25, Summer 2007 (all in PDF Format, formatted for A4 paper).

Special Issue on 'Libraries and Information Workers in Conflict Situations'.

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Contents and Editorial

Opening Poem

Articles


No. 24, Winter 2006 - 2007 (all in PDF Format, formatted for A4 paper).

Special Issue on 'Libraries & Information in World Social Forum context'.

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Contents and Editorial

Articles

Politics of information: reality & vision

World Social Forum

World Public Finances

World Public Library

Mumbai, January 2004

Bamako Experiences, January-February 2006

Training the Trainers Workshop, 2006

Preparing for Nairobi WSF, January 2007

Equality & Social Justice


No. 23, Summer 2006 (all in PDF Format, formatted for A4 paper).

Special Issue on 'Education for Social Change'.

Contents and Editorial

Articles

E-Dialogues and E-Interviews

Book Reviews

Biographical Reflections

Poems

Epilogue


No. 22, Winter 2005 (all in PDF Format, formatted for A4 paper)

The newspaper industry and the powerful effect of language; Cuba – libraries and computers; globalisation – health, libraries, information and education; social exclusion and colonialism; social class and public libraries; academic freedom; Social Action in Library and Information work worldwide; the UK Government’s Education White Paper; Quebec and writing for the information sector.

Articles

Book Reviews

Film Reviews


No. 21, Summer 2005 (all in PDF Format, formatted for A4 paper)

E-Books; Public Libraries, Information, Communities, Social Exclusion and Culture; Copyright, Libraries in Nigeria and Globalisation


No. 20, Winter 2004 (HTML Format unless otherwise stated.)

'Library Documentation, Libraries and the Working Class, Anti-Semitism, Knowledge and Social Change'.


No. 19, Summer 2004 (HTML Format unless otherwise stated.)


No. 18, Winter 2003 (HTML Format unless otherwise stated.)

Part One : Past and Present .

Part Two : International Issues .

Part Three : Cuba, Culture and Development .

Part Four : Any Other Business .


No. 17, Summer 2003 (HTML Format unless otherwise stated.)


No. 16, Winter 2002 (HTML Format unless otherwise stated.)


No 15, Summer 2002 (HTML Format unless otherwise stated.)


No. 14, Winter 2001-2002 (HTML Format unless otherwise stated.)


No. 13, Summer 2001 (HTML Format unless otherwise stated.)


No. 12, Winter 2000-2001 (HTML Format unless otherwise stated.)


No. 11, Summer 2000 (HTML Format unless otherwise stated.)


No. 10, Winter 1999-2000 (HTML Format unless otherwise stated.)


No. 9, Summer 1999, combined issue with Link-Up 11/1-2 (HTML Format unless otherwise stated.)


No. 8, Winter 1998

  • Editorial. John Pateman.
  • Pio Gama Pinto: some facts about the life of a great leader and patriotic journalist. Shiraz Durrani .
  • SRRT ALA Washington 1998 or An Enthusiasm for Radical Information Work. Martyn Lowe .
  • Dying for a cause. Ndungi wa Mungai .
  • Impact of the Human Rights Act on UK public authorities.
  • Keep the British Library Free.
  • The end of capitalism as we know it! Mzee Edari .
  • Freedom Press website is seized.
  • Declaration: "Year 2000 without war".
  • Poor People and Library Services (book review).
  • Your friendly neighborhood Infoshop. Chuck Munson .

No. 7, Summer 1998

  • Editorial. John Pateman .
  • CO's and slavery: Conscription and Conscientious Objection. Martyn Lowe .
  • K is for Culture. James Kelman .
  • An introduction to the Kate Sharpley Library.
  • Will Nyanjiru be silenced? Shiraz Durrani .
  • A Riot to Read.
  • Fellow Travellers.

No. 6, Winter 1997

  • Editorial. John Pateman .
  • People Without Places. Patrick Opendi .
  • Libraries, Information and the Dispossessed. Joe Hendry .
  • Czech Fiction from the Post-Kundera Generation. Elena Lappin .
  • Refugees and Asylum Seekers. Dick Williams .
  • The Writers' Paradigm. Ahmad Ebrahimi .

No. 5, Summer 1997

  • Editorial. John Pateman .
  • Publishing In Post Communist Times In the Former Yugoslavia. Kathleen Ladizesky .
  • Librarians in Opposition. Erwin Marks .
  • Towards a Redefinition of Radical Information Work. Martyn Lowe .
  • Fellow Travellers.
  • A Riot to Read.
  • Some Practical Projects.

No. 4, Autumn 1996

  • Editorial. John Pateman .
  • Library Services in China since 1949. Kathleen Ladizesky .
  • Education and Literacy in Vietnam. Len Aldis .
  • Back to the Past in South Africa.
  • A Riot to Read. Martyn Lowe .
  • Fellow Travellers. Martyn Lowe .
  • A Short History of the Commonweal Collection. Sylvia Barlow .
  • The Culture War Against Use Of Public Libraries. Sara Lobman .
  • Librarians For Social Change. Richard Alexander .
  • Counterpoise: A Brief Conversation with Charles Willett. Katina Strauch .

No. 3, Spring 1996

  • In Cuba They're Still Reading. John Pateman .
  • Scientific and technical information activities in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Li Rong Yip .
  • Alternatives In Poland. Martyn Lowe .
  • A Few Words About Akribie. Maria Kuhn-Ludewig .
  • Kribibi. Renate Obadalek .
  • Zines in Libraries. Billie Aul .
  • Easy listening for the hard of hearing. Ian Trowell .

No. 2, Autumn 1995

  • The news that doesn't make the news: sources for alternative current affairs reporting. Chris Atton .
  • The Struggle For Information in South Africa. Christopher Merrett .
  • A Star That Never Sets: the Early Years of the Morning Star Co-operative. Mary Rosser .
  • Pittsburg Students Protest Censorship. Selva Nebbia .
  • Festival of Rights. Paul Donovan .
  • Some Recent Alternative Publications.
  • A Riot to Read.

No. 1, Winter 1994 (all in PDF Format, formatted for A4 paper)

  • Editorial
  • Organising an Alternative Press Display for Local Libraries. Jason McQuinn .
  • The Struggle for Information as an Aspect of the Struggle for Liberation. Shiraz Durrani .
  • Whatever Happened to the Rare Books? Fred Whitehead .
  • Emerging Democracies and Freedom of Information. John Pateman .
  • Letter from South Africa. Christopher Merrett.
 

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