Toni Samek
Areas of Interest
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Intellectual Freedom and Censorship
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Social Responsiblity
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Information Access
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Alternative Press
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Publishing
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History of Librarianship
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History of the Professions and Professional Jurisdiction
Description of Research Activities
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Ethos of the Library Free Press
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Chronology and accompanying analysis of the evolution of library users
(from patron to customer)
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History of the American Library Association's Social Responsibility Round
Table
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History of the Radial Research Center and the Alternative Press Index
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A second work, in a planned series in collaboration with Dr.
Dianne Oberg, on the role of practicum in LIS education.
Recently Published Work
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Toni Samek. (1998) Intellectual Freedom and Social Responsibility: An
Ethos of American Librarianship, 1967-1973. Madison, Wisconsin: University
of Wisconsin-Madison. [Dissertation]
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Toni Samek and Dianne Oberg. (1998) A New Model for Field-Based Learning
in Today's LIS Education. Feliciter 44(5), 34-37.
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Toni Samek. (1996) The Library Bill of Rights in the 1960s: One Profession,
One Ethic. Library Trends 45(1), 40-50.
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Hope Olson and Toni Samek. (1995) Library and Information Studies Faculty
in Canada: A Sex Ratio Study. Journal of Education for Library and Information
Studies 36(2), 155-169.
Recent Conference Presentations/Seminars
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Changing Faces: The Evolution of Library Users. Alexandria Quartet:
The Third of Four Lecture Series on the Future of Academic Libraries. A
joint presentation by the Faculty of Arts and the University Libraries,
University of Alberta. March, 1998.
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Clash of Values: Social Responsibility and Intellectual Freedom.
School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta, Research
Seminar Series on Intellectual Freedom and Censorship. January, 1998.
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Librarianship and the Alternative Press Movement, 1967-1973. School
of Library and Information Studies, Dalhousie University, Friday Lecture
Series. February, 1996.
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The Library Bill of Rights and the 1960s: One Profession, One Ethic.
Symposium on the Library Bill of Rights. University of Madison-Wisconsin.
October, 1995.
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Exploring the Politics and Culture of Librarianship: A Dissertation
in the Making. School of Library and Information Studies, University
of Alberta, Research Seminar Series. October, 1994.
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Feminist Standpoint For Library and Information Science Education: Implications
for Doctoral Study.Association for Library and Information Science
Education. Los Angeles, California. January, 1994.
Courses Taught
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LIS 503--Introduction to Reference Services
and Resources
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LIS 512--Information Resources for Academic Disciplines
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LIS 525--Reference Service Theory and Field
Experience
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LIS 536--Electronic Reference and Information
Retrieval
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LIS 590--Practicum in Library and Information
Studies
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