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Full disclosure
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Archon Fung |
Which SUVs are most likely to rollover? What cities have the unhealthiest drinking water? Which factories are the most dangerous polluters? What cereals are the most nutritious? In recent decades, go… |
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WikiLeaks and the Age of Transparency
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Micah L. Sifry,Micah Sifry |
Looks at the rise in prominence of Wikileaks, and the broader ongoing trend away from closed systems and toward transparency and openness in government and corporations. |
OL15673999W |
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The virtues of openness
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Peters, Michael,Roberts, Peter |
Publisher's description:
"The movement toward greater openness represents a change of philosophy, ethos, and government and a set of interrelated and complex changes that transform markets alterin… |
OL16485991W |
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Intellectual freedom manual
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Garnard Martin,Trina J. Magi,American Library Association. Office for Intellectual Freedom |
An essential reference for librarians seeking information and guidance in applying the principles of intellectual freedom in library service. It covers current ALA intellectual freedom polices and gu… |
OL16536289W |
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Grenzenlos vernetzt? Gewerkschaftliche Positionen zur Netzpolitik
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Frank Bsirske,Lothar Schröder,Frank Werneke,Dina Bösch,Achim Meerkamp |
Der Kampf um die Ausgestaltung des Internets ist geradezu zwangsläufig ein Thema für Gewerkschaften. Welche heißen Eisen damit angefasst werden, zeigen die Beiträge in diesem Band. |
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Cypherpunks, Freedom, and the Future of the Internet
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Julian Assange |
Cypherpunks are activists who advocate the widespread use of strong cryptography (writing in code) as a route to progressive change. Julian Assange, the editor-in-chief of and visionary behind WikiLe… |
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Libraries & democracy
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Nancy C. Kranich |
"From Librarian of Congress, James Billington, to founding director of the Center for the Book. John Cole, the leading-edge information specialists of the day come together to discuss the role that l… |
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Chasing Shadows: Visions of Our Coming Transparent World
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David Brin,Stephen W. Potts |
336 pages ; 25 cm |
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The idealist
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Justin Peters |
"A smart, lively history of the Internet free culture movement and its larger effects on society--and the life and shocking suicide of Aaron Swartz, a founding developer of Reddit and Creative Common… |
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Kitle iletişim özgürlüğü
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Özden Cankaya |
Freedom of the press and speech; Turkey. |
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Catholicism and history
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Owen Chadwick |
Continual and sometimes heated interest is shown in the control by governments over documents in their possession, and in the time during which access to them is denied - and not only on the part of … |
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Right to Information Act, 2005
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India |
Articles on the Act with reference to India. |
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Zoia!
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Zoia Horn |
Autobiography of intellectual freedom pioneer and librarian Zoia Horn. A proper lady librarian, Zoia went to jail for refusing to testify in a trial against anti Viet Nam war activists in the Harrisb… |
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Secrecy Wars
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Philip H. Melanson |
"Secrecy Wars presents a startling array of information from formerly classified files on the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy, the U.S. nuclear testing program, CIA covert ope… |
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Freedom
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Lois Cantwell |
Explores the concept of freedom, explaining how ideals such as freedom of religion and the freedom to petition and assemble were developed, secured, and made accessible to all Americans. |
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Truth and duty
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Mary Mapes |
This book is a riveting account of how the public's right to know is being attacked by an unholy alliance among politicians, news organizations and corporate America, from the producer at the heart o… |
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Right to information
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Stefan Mentschel |
Probes into the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan fighting against the corruption in rural development projects in Rajasthan through right to information. |
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Government by fiat
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Warwick Funnell |
Looks at the accountability - or increasingly the lack of accountability - of Australia's state and federal governments. Its focus is on the government-directed public-sector reforms of the last two … |
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Code
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Lawrence Lessig |
Although the book is named Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, Lessig uses this theme sparingly. It is a fairly simple concept: since cyberspace is entirely human-made, there are no natural laws to de… |
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Freedom to know
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Joseph Carter |
Examines the issue of censorship and freedom of information in their legal and social aspects. |
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