Librarians On Front Lines To Protect Gay Literature From Censorship

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/11/111305library.htm

During the 2004 Republican National Convention as thousands of protesters massed in New York City, a group of 40 volunteers came to their aid, researching questions about the convention and offering ``ready reference kits'' - city maps, schedules of demonstrations, lists of telephone numbers for lawyers, hospitals and lodgings.

The group called itself Radical Reference, and its members took to the streets to provide on-the-go information, including an explanation of a protester's rights in the event of arrest.

The group's co-founder, Jenna Freedman, a librarian at Manhattan's Barnard College, and many of her colleagues in the library world are proving that the stereotype of the quiet librarian is just that.

[nickinSTL]

1. for anyone interested, here's the link

to Radical Reference's blog:
http://radicalreference.info/

[davidinalameda]

4. way cool!

thanks for posting that

[NighthawkMS]

2. Librarians are true protectors of free speech.

The ones in my town are really nice, and I'm glad they have some sense not to fall for the nutjob ideas of censorship.

[xchrom]

3. they deserve my thanks for their hard work.

[MountainLaurel]

5. Thanks Dwick

For reminding me to check about volunteering for RR, the Progressive Librarians Guild, or one of the other groups fighting the Reich.

ML, librarian