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Sanford Berman (October 6, 1933 - ) is an outspoken, radical librarian who promoted alternative viewpoints in librarianship, opposed library oppression and acted as a valuable one-man information conduit to other librarians around the world.Sanford ("Sandy" to his friends) was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended University of California at Los Angeles, where he earned a B.A. with "Highest Honours" in Political Science with minors in Sociology, Anthropology and English, and received the Phi Beta Kappa from the national scholastic honour society. After acquiring an M.S. in Library Science from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C, Berman began work as a librarian. He worked for the U.S. Army Special Services Libraries, West Germany (1962-1966) ; Schiller College, Kleiningerheim, West Germany (1966-1967) ; University of California at Los Angeles Research Library (1967-1968) ; University of Zambia Library, Lusaka (1968-1970) ; Makerere Institute of Social Research, Makerere University Library, Kampala, Uganda (1971-1972) ; and Hennepin County Library, Minnesota (1973-1999).
The spark of Berman's cataloging revolution was the inclusion in LCSH (Library of Congress Subject Headings) of the term KAFIRS, which he came across while working in Zambia : "Berman was told by offended black fellow-workers that calling someone a kafir was similar to being called a nigger in America" (Pendergrast). This is an Article on Sanford Berman. Page Contains Information, Facts Details or Explanation Guide About Sanford Berman Alternative Classification