Knowledge for the Win Expanding the notion of library advocacy to help combat ignorance

摘要

Perhaps you saw in a recent American Libraries piece celebrating ALA's 140th anniversary a reproduction of a classic World War I poster. The doughboy soldier, still in uniform, tin helmet and all, has laid down his rifle, pack, and canteen and is moving toward the staircase made of books labeled FARMING, DRAFTING, CITIZENSHIP, BUILDING, BUSINESS, ENGINEERING, LAW, and on and on, winding and twisting its way up toward an ethereal city in the distant clouds.