Areas of Interest

• Censorship and Intellectual Freedom
• Community Standards and Artistic Freedom
• Education for Library and Information Specialties
• Foundations of Library and Information Science
• Historical, Societal, Philosophical Treatment of Library and Information Science
• Reference and Information Services
• Research Methods and Bibliometrics
• Social Science Information Resources

Description of Research Activities

• Information seeking behaviour of politically marginalized groups
  

  This project seeks to determine the range of information sources used by individuals to meet their varying needs, and the relevance of libraries to this endeavour.

• Intellectual freedom and censorship - public libraries, school libraries, the Internet
  

  The aim of this ongoing work is to explore issues and trends in complaints about the ideas and materials that have been made available through libraries and information technology such as the Internet.

• Philosophical foundations of library and information science
  

  This project is an investigation of the core functions of the discipline, with an emphasis on formal definitions of library science, information science, information management, their conceptual antecedents, and concurrent terminology.

• Professional education for library and information studies
  

  The goal is to identify appropriate competencies for entry level librarians and information specialists in a rapidly changing employment market.

Recently Published Work

• Schrader, A.M. (1997). Community pressures to censor gay and lesbian materials in the public libraries of Canada. In: Liberating Minds: The Stories and Professional Lives of Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Librarians and Their Advocates, edited by Norman G. Kester. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, pp. 149-160.
• Schrader, A.M.(1997). Why you can't "censorproof" your public library: What research tells us. Public Library Quarterly, 16, 3-30.
• Schrader, A.M. (1996). U of Alberta surveys placement and salary of graduates for 1994. Feliciter, 42, 21-22.
• Schrader, A.M. (1996). Censorproofing school library collections: The fallacy and futility. School Libraries Worldwide, 2, 71-94.
• Schrader, A.M. (1995). Fear of words: censorship and the public libraries of Canada. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Library Association.
• Schrader, A.M. (1993). The "R" word: The role of research in graduate education for library and information studies. Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 18, 44-63.
• Schrader, A.M. (1992). A systems theory of access, In P. Vakarri and B. Cronin (Eds.), Conceptions of Library and Information Science: Historical, Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives. London, England: Taylor Graham, pp. 187-200.
• Schrader, A.M. (1992). Too young to know? The censorship of children's materials in Canadian public libraries. Canadian Children's Literature, 68, 187-200.

Courses that Dr. Schrader teaches

• LIS 505--Research Methods for Library and Information Studies
• LIS 597--Seminar in Advanced Research Methods for Library and Information Studies

Degrees held

• B.A. (honors), M.A., M.L.S., Ph.D.

Contact information

• If you would like more information about Dr. Schrader's research interests or the classes that he teaches, please contact him by e-mail or at 492-3932