The academic library as crypto-temple : a Marxian analysis / by Stephen Bales -- Social reproduction in the early American public library : exploring the connections between capital and gender / by Alexandra Carruthers -- From steam engines to search engines : class struggle in the information economy / by Amanda Bird and Braden Cannon -- Working with information : some initial enquiries / by Steve Wright -- Crisis talk / by Toni Samek -- Poverty and the public library : how Canadian public libraries are serving the economically challenged / by Peggy McEachron and Sarah Barriage -- Lost in the gaps : the plight of the pro se patron / by Carey Sias.