ALVIN M. SCHRADER
SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

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© 2025 Alvin M. Schrader



Alvin M. Schrader, PhD
 Professor Emeritus
University of Alberta
Adjunct Professor
Fyrefly Institute for Gender
    and Sexual Diversity

School of Library and Information Studies
7-104 Education North
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada T6G 2G5

Email: alvin.schrader@ualberta.ca
Web: ualberta.ca/~aschrade/

Areas of Interest

  • Intellectual freedom and censorship
  • Queering libraries: Library services to sexual minority and gender variant (2SLGBTQ+) communities
  • Internet access and filtering
  • Content labelling, ratings, viewer and audience advisories, and "trigger warnings", in all media
  • Definitional analysis of Library and Information Science
  • Challenges in articulating the value of libraries
  • Edmonton Pride Seniors Group Society
  • Edmonton Queer History Project
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