“News agencies are rarely in the public eye. Yet they are one of the most influential and at the same time one of the least known media types. They are key institutions of substantial importance to any media system… ” (Wolfgang Vyslozil)
Part V continues this essay about the current US and public libraries.
Part IV continues this essay about the current US and public libraries. Wolin’s “Democracy Incorporated” receives particular attention.
The central problem for public libraries, in their present and future place in US public services, is not the libraries themselves…
“The excuse of leaders who follow a path based solely on economic realism is marked with ignorance, or a desire to subjugate people.”
“A friendly end for the humanities? Would educated people outside the university notice if the humanities disappeared from these institutions? The process has begun.”
