Library Journal has news about the passing of former Wilson Library Bulletin editor William Eshelman. In the same issue, LJ editor John Berry remembers his friend, Billy.
Billy thought the American Library Association (ALA) should come out against unjust wars, as it did over Vietnam. His belief in intellectual freedom was undiluted by the political and administrative expediency and compromise that so often weakens our professional resolve. Critics said he was too angry or too noisy about it. I disagreed.
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