Boerema, Amy. "Libraries without books? Suburban librarians say not quite, but books are only one chapter in future libraries' offerings." Chicago Daily Herald (Paddock) 09 Jul. 2007:  eLibrary. Web. 03 Nov. 2010.

Carnegie, Andrew. The Gospel of Wealth. Bedford, Massachusetts: Applewood Books, 1998. Print.

Franklin, Benjamin. The Autobiography Of Benjamin Franklin. Ed. John Bigelow. Roslyn, New York: Black's Readers Service, 1932. Print.

Franklin, John Hope. "Libraries in a Pluralistic Society." Libraries and the Life of the Mind in America. American Library Association: Chicago, 1977.

This is a collection of addresses delivered at the Centennial Celebration of the American Library Association in 1977. One address that is included is titled Libraries In A Pluralistic society by John Hope Franklin.  While Franklin praises libraries, he also talks about the failures of public libraries to live up to their high ideals.  I will use the address by John Hope Franklin to discuss segregation in America's public libraries.  Other essays discuss libraries and the first amendment and freedom to access information. 

Fultz, Michael. "Black Public Libraries in the South in the Era of De Jure Segregation." Libraries & The Cultural Record 41.3 (2006): 337-359. Web. 27 Oct. 2010.

This is an article that talks about the development of public libraries for African Americans in the South during  the era of segregation.  I will use this article to give historical context of the issue of segregation in public libraries.  It will also discuss libraries' efforts to desegregate.  Fultz is a professor and chair of the Department of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; his master's and doctoral degrees are from Harvard, and his research has much focus in the subjects of this article.

Gladwell, Malcolm. Outliers The Story Of Success. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2008. Print.

Goodson, Paul. "Male Librarians: Gender Issues and Stereotypes." Library Student Journal 41.3 (2006): n. pag. Web. 10 Dec. 2010.

Johnson, Marilyn. This Book Is Overdue: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All. New York: Harper Collins, 2010. Print.

This book is about the culture of libraries.  This book challenges the idea that libraries are unnecessary in today's world technological world.  It describes how librarians are using technology to be better educators, curators, and archivists.  Instead of technology making librarians irrelevant, librarians are actually made more important as guides through what can sometimes be the overwhelming maze of information that is now available to us.  I will use this book to show the way technology is changing library culture.  This book will also help show the cultural stereotypes of librarians and librarians' response to those stereotypes. 

Jones, Theodore. Carnegie Libraries Across America A Public Legacy. San Francisco, California et al: John Wiley & Sons, 1997. Print.

Lorber, Judith. "Night To His Day The Social Construction Of Gender." Race, Class, And Gender In The United States An Integrated Study. Ed. Paula S Rothenberg. New York, NY: Worth Publishers, 2009. 54-65. Print.

Mantsios, Gregory. "Class In America." Race, Class, And Gender In The United States An Integrated Study. Ed. Paula S. Rothenberg. New York: Worth Publishers, 2009. 177-190. Print

McNamee, Stephen J, and Robert K. Miller. The Meritocracy Myth. London et al: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, INC., 2009. Print.

Miller, John J. “In The Fray: Should Libraries' Target Audience Be Cheapskates With Mass-Market Tastes?” Wall Street Journal 3 Jan. 2007, Eastern edition: ProQuest. Web. 28 Oct. 2010.

Mills, C. Wright. “The American Business Elite: A Collective Portrait.” The Journal of Economic History 5 (1945): 20-44. JSTOR. Web. 18 Nov. 2010.

Moore, Everett T. Issues of Freedom in American Libraries. American Library Association: Chicago, 1964.

This book is a collection of articles published in the "Intellectual Freedom" department of the ALA Bulletin, the official journal of the American Library Association.  The articles are from the early 1960's.  These articles are about the libraries' struggle to uphold ideals of intellectual freedom and equality.  I will use this book to give a  firsthand account of being affected by the fight for the search and seizure of freedom that was taking place in America and in America's public libraries.  The articles encompass issues of censorship, book burning, revisionist history, defining obscenity, children and public decency, and equal public access.  The articles discuss actual library events from all over the country,  such as Albany, Santa Barbara, Jackson Mississippi, Memphis, Plymouth, even Bartlesville Oklahoma.  They are quality opinions of an actual librarian writing for the ALA Bulletin as the events occur, and therefore ought to be a quality primary source.

Willingham, Taylor L. "Libraries as Civic Agents." Public Library Quarterly 27.2 (2008): 97-110. Print.

Libraries

American Library History

Segregated Libraries

Stereotypes of the Library Profession

The Future of Libraries