IT'S OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY : CAN WE KEEP IT FREE?
IT'S OUT PUBLIC LIBRARY : CAN WE KEEP IT FREE? / Elizabeth Martinez| interviewed and produced by Barbara Dunlap. - SERIES: New signals - Los Angeles City librarian Elizabeth Martinez discusses the new automated cataqlog system which will make 6 million monographs and periodicals searchable from home computers. She argues that public libraries must remain neutral and independent, for school libraries have curricular objectives. The new library technologies should be free of charge to private individuals, she argues, but businesses should pay for searches. Ms. Martinez provides and inside look at the evolving library's role in society. RECORDED: KPFK, 21 Sept. 1993.