Very few issues in librarianship have risen to the level of notoriety and controversy as the Beall’s List affair (as I call it). It has generated national publicity, controversy, recriminations, and a retirement. After so much has been written, it would seem little more could be said. One overlooked aspect of the affair is an examination of its political sociology: What are the groups/groupings that were prominent? What were their arguments supporting, opposing, modifying, influencing, envisioning, or deciding on the issues raised in the Beall’s List affair? And what were the relative power relationships among them? This article seeks to map those relationships and the arguments deployed to better situate library and information science within a broader environment and identify the forces at work within and on the field.

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比尔清单事件的政治社会学

随着比尔的名单事件（我称之为），图书馆管理中很少有问题达到臭名昭著和争议的程度。它引起了全国宣传，争议，谴责和退休。写了那么多文章之后，似乎只能说更多了。事件的一个被忽视的方面是对其政治社会学的考察：哪些是突出的团体？他们在支持，反对，修改，影响，设想或决定“比尔清单事件”中提出的问题时有哪些论点？它们之间的相对权力关系是什么？本文力图绘制这些关系和论点，以更好地在更广泛的环境中定位图书馆和信息科学，并确定在现场和现场工作的力量。