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Activism
 Websites presented in alphabetical order ALA Washington Office Submits Report to Obama-Biden Transition Team 
 Page for the December 2008 American Library Association (ALA) report "Opening the 'Window to a Larger World,' Libraries' Role in Changing America." The report discusses broadband and telecommunications policy, school libraries, library funding, access and transparency in government, access and civil liberties issues (including USA PATRIOT Act provisions), literacy and lifelong learning, and copyright. http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2008/december2008/wotransitionteam.cfm Topics: Librarianship Last updated Mar 26, 2009 Freedom's Fortress: The Library of Congress, 1939-1953
This site "tells the history of the Library of Congress during a particularly important period ... [when] the Library underwent a myriad of changes that established the institution as one of America's foremost citadels of intellectual freedom." Search and browse thousands of images representing memoranda, letters, photographs, and other resources. Offers biographical sketches of key figures such as Archibald Macleish and Luther Harris Evans. From the American Memory project at the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/freedoms_fortress/ Topics: Correspondence, Librarianship, Libraries & Archives by Type, Social Issues Last updated Nov 16, 2004 Holt Labor Library
This site explores the "theoretical, historical, and experiential dimensions of the class struggle in the advanced industrialized world." The Internet Links section categorizes Web sites featuring labor-related news, law, libraries and archives, occupational health, periodicals, and the visual arts. The Monthly Feature elucidates history using biography, bibliographies, pictures, and articles. This San Francisco-based library contains an extensive reference collection. Site maintained by librarian Shannon Sheppard. http://www.holtlaborlibrary.org/ Topics: Jobs & Work, Labor, Librarianship, Political Parties & Theories, United States History Last updated May 11, 2008 Hunger, Homelessness & Poverty Task Force
The website for this portion of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association (ALA) features links to documents, publications, tools, and organizations on topics such as community building, economic justice, funding and grants, social exclusion, statistics, and teaching aids. The archive section includes blog entries back to mid-2005. http://www.hhptf.org Topics: Librarianship, Poverty, Social Issues Last updated May 29, 2006 The Impact of the USA PATRIOT Act on Free Expression
This analysis argues that "libraries remain more important than ever to ensuring the right of every individual to hold and express opinions and to seek and receive information. ... But just as the public is exercising its right to receive information and ideas ... in order to understand the events of the day, government is threatening these very liberties." Written for the Free Expression Policy Project (FEPP) by Nancy Kranich, past president, American Library Association. http://www.fepproject.org/commentaries/patriotact.html Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Librarianship Last updated Apr 10, 2007 LibrarianActivist.org
This site offers "resources to librarians who want to be active in political and social issues surrounding libraries and librarianship" and aims to help publicize "the efforts of librarians and their friends in raising public awareness." Emphasis of listings is on Canadian and U.S. resources. From science librarian Danielle Dennie. http://www.librarianactivist.org Topics: Activism, Librarianship Last updated Sep 28, 2004 Library Juice
A blog for librarians and library science students that highlights websites, brief articles, threads from electronic mailing lists, and the latest news in information science and reference. Covers topics "of interest to passionate librarians, from a political Left perspective ... linked to and implicit in the fundamental values of the profession in its modern form." Edited and published by librarian Rory Litwin. http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/ Topics: Blogs & Podcasts by Subject, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Librarianship, Magazines, Social Issues, Social Science Last updated Feb 27, 2007 Office for Intellectual Freedom: American Library Association (ALA)
"The Office for Intellectual Freedom is charged with implementing ALA policies concerning the concept of intellectual freedom as embodied in the Library Bill of Rights, the Association’s basic policy on free access to libraries and library materials." Includes links to ALA intellectual freedom policies and its code of ethics, Banned Books Week information, and steps librarians can take to oppose censorship. Searchable. http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/index.cfm Topics: Ethics, Librarianship, Social Issues, Special Months Last updated Dec 2, 2008 Remarks by Herbert Foerstel
A summary of the Library Awareness Program, which ran from 1973 to the late 1980s, in which the Federal Bureau of Investigation expected librarians to "report on 'foreigners' [who were] using America's unclassified scientific libraries." Text from a speech by Herbert Foerstel, the author of the book, "Surveillance in the Stacks: The FBI's Library Awareness Program." http://www.aaas.org/spp/secrecy/Presents/foerstel.htm Topics: Activism, Ethics, Librarianship, Social Science Last updated Apr 13, 2006 Resolution In Support of User Privacy and Freedom of Information in Libraries
Text of the resolution passed by the California Library Association (CLA) in 2003 that in light of the USA PATRIOT Act condemns "any current and future legislation that erodes privacy, information access and Constitutional rights and opposes the use of governmental power to suppress the free and open exchange of information and ideas." Opens directly into PDF file. http://www.cla-net.org/included/docs/CLAPatriotResolution.pdf Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Librarianship Last updated May 23, 2003 Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) of the American Library Association
"SRRT is a unit within the American Library Association. It works to make ALA more democratic and to establish progressive priorities not only for the Association, but also for the entire profession. Concern for human and economic rights ... remains an urgent concern today." The site contains information on SRRT Task Forces concerning issues in publishing, the environment, information policy, and homelessness; documents and newsletters dating back to 1997; and more. http://libr.org/srrt/ Topics: Activism, Ethics, Librarianship, Social Science Last updated May 15, 2006 |
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