Librarianship and human rights

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Librarianship and human rights

by Leslie Dillon, from Leader's Digest April 2007

Librarianship and Human Rights: A XXI Century Guide "demonstrates that many librarians are aware of the power they have and their responsibility of fairly using it. They have already assumed an active, creative, imaginative, consistent, and supportive role in their job and, consequently, in our society. Toni Samek’s work also gives evidence of many librarians waking up from a hundred-year-old dream and being able to knock out their library’s walls, open the bookcases, and allow books to reach every corner of their communities. Her work tells us about those librarians who dare to shout and dream at the same time that they recognise the painful reality that surrounds them. These professionals are always trying to find solutions for users’ needs and interests by working next to them." (Edgardo Civallero, Forward, Librarianship and Human Rights: a XXI Century Guide by Toni Samek, 2007, 8 pages; PDF, via ResourceShelf, Mar. 27, 2007.)