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Collection Overview

Title: Maurice J. (Mitch) Freedman Papers, 1996-2005

Predominant Dates:2001-04

ID: 2/1/44

Primary Creator: Freedman, Maurice J. (Mitch)

Extent: 15.6 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Alphabetical

Date Acquired: 06/29/2006. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Advocacy, ALA Annual Conference, ALA Midwinter Meeting, Banned Books, Executive Board, ALA, International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), Library of Congress, Pay Equity, President, ALA, Publicity, Public Library Association (PLA), Salaries, Status of Women, USA PATRIOT Act

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Papers of Maurice J. (Mitch) Freedman, President (2002-03), includes articles, correspondence, interviews, photographs, reports, and speeches concerning administrative duties, affiliated professional organizations, conference logistics, election and inaugural activities, legislative advocacy and issues, and travel. Correspondents include Sanford Berman and Patricia Schroeder. Also included are materials for: ALA annual and midwinter conferences (2001-04), Better Salaries Task Force, Campaign for America's Librarians, Cuban libraries and librarians, ALA Honorary Membership nominations, IFLA conferences (2001-03), Iraqi libraries, media advocacy and training, Palestinian libraries, regional and state library association meetings, ALA policy on torture, and USA PATRIOT Act.

Biographical Note

Maurice J. (Mitch) Freedman earned a M.L.S. and Ph.D in library and information science [1]. Over his career, he has held various positions at the Library of Congress, the Information Dynamics Corporation, and the Hennepin County (Minn.) Library [2]. In 2005, he retired from his position as the Director of the Westchester (NY) Library System after 23 years [3]. He was Director of the New City Library from 2013 to 2015 [4]. He has been a consultant and speaker for the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Information Service, and he has also taught in library and information science programs at Columbia University, the Pratt Institute, and Rutgers University. He was President of ALA from 2002 to 2003. In 2014, he received the 2014 Joseph W. Lippincott Award [2].

Subject/Index Terms

Advocacy
ALA Annual Conference
ALA Midwinter Meeting
Banned Books
Executive Board, ALA
International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
Library of Congress
Pay Equity
President, ALA
Publicity
Public Library Association (PLA)
Salaries
Status of Women
USA PATRIOT Act

Administrative Information

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Accruals: 10/02/2006

Access Restrictions: Access Restricted: Interview transcripts in Box 4, Folder: ALA-APA Director Search Committee, 2003. Access restricted pending notification from ALA HQ. Check with ALA Librarian.

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Folder 1: ALA Public Library Association (PLA), 2001-03

Folder 2: PLA 9th National Conference-Phoenix 3/12-16, 2002

Folder 3: PLA Symposium-Chicago 3/1-3, 2001

Folder 4: Publicity: "Ex-library staffers join those opposing staff cuts", 2004

Article by Karen Lee Ziner in The Providence Journal, July 9, 2004

Folder 5: Publicity: Letter to the Editor re "Libraries wired, and reborn" The New York Times, 2004

April 22, 2004

Folder 6: Publicity: "Should we ever work for free?", 2004

Conference call with Freedman and P. Baugher; American Libraries; April 2004

Folder 7: Publicity: "Libraries in today's world" The World Almanac & Book of Facts, 2004

Folder 8: Publicity: Forum fur bibliothek und information October/November, 2003

ein Gesprach mit Maurice J. Freedman

Folder 9: Publicity: "Wir mussen fur die bibliotheken kampfen!" by Michael Reisser - Bibliothek (Germany), 2003

Folder 10: Publicity: New York Times letter to the editor re book buyers article 6/30, 2003

Folder 11: Publicity: "Beyond borders and book " by M. Freedman & Wendy Newman - Toronto Star June 19, 2003

Folder 12: Publicity: "Mere i lon - The American way" by Jesper Laursen Biblioteks Press - Nr. 11 0 3 Juni, 2003

Folder 13: Publicity: M. Freedman's President's Message, American Libraries August-June/July, 2002-03

Folder 14: Publicity: "Starp misiju un politiku" by Ivars Ijabs Neatkariga Rita Avize 24 May, 2003

Riga, Latvia

Folder 15: Publicity: "Library provision in PATRIOT Act under fire" by Susan Elan The Journal News 4/13, 2003

Westchester, Rockland, Putnam (NY) counties

Folder 16: Publicity: "Continuity & change for U.S. libraries in the digital age..." Information Services & Use vol.23 #4, 2003

Folder 17: Publicity: "Librarians as FBI Extension Agents" by David H. Price - Counterpunch March 6, 2003

Folder 18: Publicity: "These tighter economic times shouldn't starve our libraries" The Philadelphia Inquirer 1/24, 2003

Folder 19: Publicity: Raising issues of salaries & status for library/information professionals" by L. Ashcroft New Library World, 2003

Folder 20: Publicity: "See no evil?: Online screening at public libraries takes away an individual right" by M. Freedman, The New York Times 12/8, 2002

Folder 21: Publicity: "Tough times for libraries" by Elizabeth Herrington The Bookpress, November, 2002

Folder 22: Publicity: "Espresso checkout" by Erin Burt, Ahead Kiplinger's October, 2002

Folder 23: Publicity: "Give librarians the credit and pay they deserve" by Maurice J. Freedman 9/9, 2002

Folder 24: Publicity: "Librarians' salaries need to keep pace" by Maurice J. Freedman Rochester Democrat & Chronicle Sept. 4, 2002

Folder 25: ALA Articles that mention Mitch as ALA president, 2002

Folder 26: "Books bring people together" by Maurice J. Freedman, Newsweek August 12, 2002

Folder 27: "Library building is booming in US, surprising doomsayers" by Steve Friess, Christian Science Monitor, July 25, 2002

Folder 28: "New media to expand at library" by Maggie O'Brien, Des Moines Register 7/22, 2002

Folder 29: "US radical takes ALA helm" by Elspeth Hyams, Library & Information Update, July, 2002

Folder 30: "At the helm, librarian's librarian" by Carin Rubenstein, The New York Times, 6/16, 2002

Folder 31: "The tricky task of shelving the Web" by John Schwartz, The New York Times; June 20, 2002

Folder 32: "Libraries no fan of porn filters" The Journal News, 6/7, 2002

Folder 33: "Task forces hold open forun on status, salaries and equity," Library Hotline 1/28, 2002

Folder 34: "Making libraries come alive," by Steven Pryor-Bennett, The Westchester County Times, October, 2001

Folder 35: "Freedman to focus on filtering, diversity & librarians' salaries," American Libraries Aug., 2001

Folder 36: "ALA breaks attendance records despite Marriott boycott" American Libraries Aug., 2001

Folder 37: "Freedman leads fight against Web censorship," by Adam Schleifer, The Patent Trader, 6/14, 2001

Folder 38: "Porn surfers invade the library," by Karen Jo Gounaud, The Wall Street Journal, February 3, 2000

Folder 39: "Director unites county libraries" by Cara Bonnett, The Journal News 1/3, 1999

Folder 40: ALA Publishing Services Department, 2001

Folder 41: SUNY Purchase Speech 4/4, 2005

Folder 42: Queens College Talk-Flushing, NY 10/9, 2002

Folder 43: Queens Public Library FirstFind.Info, 2003

Folder 44: Queens Borough PL Library staff, page, and fellows graduation 1/7, 2003

Queens Public Library

Folder 45: ALA Quotable Facts About America's Libraries, 2004

Folder 46: ALA Kay Raseroka, 2001

Folder 47: ALA Reference & User Services Assn. (RUSA), 2003

Folder 48: ALA REFORMA, 2002

National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to

Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking

Folder 49: URI Library School Annual Gathering-Providence, RI 4/23, 2003

Folder 50: ALA Richmond Public Library (CA), 2004

Folder 51: Jackie Robinson Papers Luncheon-Library of Congress, 11/6, 2001

Folder 52: Mark Rosenzweig, Reference Center for Marxist Studies-New York City, 9/24, 2002

Folder 53: ALA RUSA/ASCALA Directory of Peer Consultants & Speakers, 2002

Folder 54: ALA Russian Library Association (RLA), 2002-03

Folder 55: Rutgers Student Visit & Alumni Dinner, 4/15, 2003

Folder 56: Rutgers PhD Program 50th Anniversary, 10/25, 2003

Folder 57: ALA Julian Samuel, 2002

Folder 58: ALA San Francisco Media Day, 2002

Folder 59: ALA Tony Sarmiento/Senior Service America, Inc., 2002

Folder 60: Savio Memorial Lecture-Berkeley, CA 11/15, 2001

Folder 61: Pat Schroeder-AAP New York Office, 8/7, 2002

Folder 62: Senator Schumer-Washington, DC 10/10, 2001

Folder 63: Nassar Sharify Lecture-Pratt NYC, 10/20, 2002-03

Folder 64: ALA National Library of South Africa, 2002

Folder 65: SCLA/SELA Joint Conference-Charleston, SC, 10/24-26, 2002

Folder 66: Simmons College Visit-Boston, MA 4/22, 2003

Folder 67: ALA Socially-Responsible Investing, 2002-03

Folder 68: ALA The Society of American Archivists (SAA), 2004

Folder 69: ALA Julia Spann, 2003

Folder 70: Special Libraries Assn/SLA Conference-New York, 6/7-12, 2003

Folder 71: ALA Spectrum Scholarship Program, 2002-03

Folder 72: ALA SRRT, 2002-03

Folder 73: State University of New York Distinguished Professorship, 2002

Folder 74: Barbara Stripling Visit-10/30, 2002

Folder 75: ALA Sun Yat-Sen Library, Guangdong Province, China, 2002

Folder 76: Library Science Talks-Geneva, Switzerland, 12/9-10, 2002

Folder 77: ALA Winston Tabb, 2002

Folder 78: ALA Tax Status Basic Rules, n.d.

Folder 79: ALA Texas Library Association (TLA), 2001

Publication: The Jewish Texans (1996)

Folder 80: TLA Annual Conference-San Antonio, TX 3/28-31, 2001

Folder 81: Texas Library Association Conference-Houston 3/31-4/4, 2003

Folder 82: ALA Torture Policy, 2004

Folder 83: ALA TTG Travel, 2001, 2003

Folder 84: UCLA Visit Feb, 2002

Folder 85: ALA National Library of Uganda, 2003

Sub-Series 1: Unattended Meetings

Folder 86: ALA Unattended Meetings, 2002-03, 2005
Folder 87: AALL Annual Meeting-Boston 7/10-14, 2004
Folder 88: National Library Legislative Day-Washington DC 5/2-4, 2004
Folder 89: PLA Conference-Seattle 2/24-28, 2004
Folder 90: Montrose Board Meeting Visit 2/9, 2004
Folder 91: Univ. of Guadalajara X Colloquium-Guadalajara Mexico 12/1-3, 2003
Folder 92: University of Washington-Seattle Oct/Nov (?), 2003
Folder 93: Norway Library Association Oct, 2003
Folder 94: ALA Islands Journeys 10/2-5, 2003
Folder 95: OCLC Trip (George Needham) Fall (?), 2003
Folder 96: Rila Centennial Gala-Bryant College RI 6/12, 2003
Folder 97: Upper Hudson LS Annual Meeting-Albany NY 6/11, 2003
Folder 98: Four County Library System Annual Meeting-Green NY 6/9, 2003
Folder 99: Pulisdo COnference-Canandaigua NY 6/2-3, 2003
Folder 100: ASCUBI 2nd Congress-Havana Cuba 2/5-8, 2003: (La Asociacion Cubana de Bibliotecarios)
Folder 101: Academic Library Assn of Ohio (ALAO) Annual Conference, 2002-03
Folder 102: The Nation Digital Archive Dinner-NY Century Club 11/13, 2002: The Nation magazine
Folder 103: Providence Atheneaum 250th Anniversary, 2002-03
Folder 104: International Forum on Digital Libraries-Mexico 11/5-29, 2002
Folder 105: Linda Goodman 10/9, 2002
Folder 106: NMLA Annual Meeting-New Mexico, 2001, 2003: New Mexico Library Association

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