Dr. Toni Samek profiled in U. of Alberta article about teacher-librarian crisis

The University of Alberta’s Express News today features an article titled “Librarians are freedom fighters, says author,” about professor Toni Samek and her recent advocacy of school librarianship in Alberta. Samek has written extensively on librarians as activists for intellectual freedom and human rights. Dr. Samek has a book coming out soon on Chandos Press on librarians and human rights. You may have seen her book published by McFarland in 2001, Intellectual Freedom and Social Responsibility in American Librarianship, 1967-1974. I’m looking forward to reading her new book…