tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18504323.post114424661075307473..comments2023-03-24T02:59:21.585-05:00Comments on LIS 569: History of American librarianship: In Time of WarGreg Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09154543464555817869noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18504323.post-1144270061657839742006-04-05T15:47:00.000-05:002006-04-05T15:47:00.000-05:00I think one major reason for a change in librarian...I think one major reason for a change in librarian attitudes towards intellectual freedom was the Vietnam War.<BR/><BR/>A lot of librarians in the '60s and '70s openly opposed the war, and were much less willing then librarians during WWII to cooperate with government interference in their collections. In the book I'm reading for my report, the author mentions that during the Vietnam War law enforcement officials wanted to be able to get at library records (a la the Patriot Act) to see who might be reading about how to build bombs. The Feds weren't worried so much about foreign terrosits though, they were more concerned with Americans who were against the war. <BR/><BR/>I think this sort of thing made a lot of librarians feel that the ALA needed to take a stronger anti-censorship stance and that librarians needed to stand up more for intellectual freedom.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09892934409758178223noreply@blogger.com