Gretchen Goldman

November 23 & December 7, 2016.

Gretchen Goldman, Research Director for the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists, talks about the role of science in public policy, including issues ranging from scientific integrity in government decision-making to political interference in science-based standards on hydraulic facturing, climate change, sugar, and chemicals. Dr. Goldman holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in environmental engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in atmospheric science from Cornell University. She has authored pieces for Science, The New York Times, NPR, The Boston Globe, Reuters, Politico, and Bloomberg.

44:57 minutes.

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Alex Byrne

April 8, 2008.

Alex Byrne, University Librarian at the University of Technology, Sydney, and 2005-2007 President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), discusses intellectual freedom advocacy, libraries, internationalism, and his book: The Politics of Promoting Freedom of Information and Expression in International Librarianship, published by Scarecrow.

49:48 min.

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John Willinsky

October 23, 2007

Public knowledge advocate John Willinsky discusses his book The Access Principle: The Case for Open Access to Research and Scholarship, winner of the American Library Association's 2006 Blackwell Scholarship Award, published by MIT Press.

47:53 min.

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Patricia Phagan

February 6, 2007

Patricia Phagan, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Frances Lehman Loeb Center at Vassar, talks about the exhibition: For the People: American Mural Drawings of the 1930s and 1940s, on view January 12 - March 11, 2007.

36:02 min

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