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Risks and Benefits of Visibility: Librarians Navigating Social and Political Turbulence

Peter Johan Lor
pp. 108-127
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2016.0025
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Libraries after Charlie: From Neutrality to Action

Raphaëlle Bats
pp. 128-142
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2016.0026
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Is the Library a Political Institution?: French Libraries Today and the Social Conflict between Démocratie and République

Denis Merklen
pp. 143-153
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2016.0027
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Putting Crises behind Us: A New Opportunity for Libraries

Joseph Belletante, Patricia Phillips-Batoma
pp. 154-164
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2016.0028
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The Rhetoric of Digitization and the Politicization of Canadian Heritage

Mary Kandiuk
pp. 165-179
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2016.0029
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Politics and Public Libraries in the Republic of Turkey

Hasan S. Keseroğlu
pp. 180-197
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2016.0030
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Libraries and a “Better Life for All”: The Politics, Processes, and Promises of the South African LIS Transformation Charter

Genevieve Hart, Mary Nassimbeni
pp. 198-216
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2016.0031
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Under-Resourced, Inadequately Staffed, and Little Used: Some Issues Facing Many School Libraries, Seen through the Lens of an Exploration of the Situation in Iraq

Ian M. Johnson
pp. 217-250
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2016.0032
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Introduction: Redefining the Role of Libraries in the Political Process and in Conflict Situations

Christine Stilwell, Raphaëlle Bats, Peter Johan Lor
pp. 93-107
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2016.0024
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