Silencing Marginalized Voices: The Fragmentation of the Official Record

Authors

  • Martin Garnar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/rusq.57.3.6604

Abstract

Librarians have good reason to be concerned about the potential loss of government information, but they can take action to help preserve the historical record.

Author Biography

Martin Garnar

Martin Garnar (mgarnar@uccs.edu) is Dean of the Kraemar Family Library at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs.

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Published

2018-03-16

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