Radical Librarianship: Something of an Overview from the UK

To quote the editorial in Issue 21 (Winter 1979) of Librarians for Social Change "we look at a wide range of libraries of an alternative, trade union, community-based nature." The issue also contains an article entitled: "Gay Access: New approaches in Cataloguing" by Sandy Berman...

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Published in:Progressive librarian 1999-01 (15), p.41
Main Author: Lowe, Martyn
Format: Article
Language:English
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Education
Employment
Libraries
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Summary:To quote the editorial in Issue 21 (Winter 1979) of Librarians for Social Change "we look at a wide range of libraries of an alternative, trade union, community-based nature." The issue also contains an article entitled: "Gay Access: New approaches in Cataloguing" by Sandy Berman. And in the "Contacts" list of this issue we find such groups as: Librarians Against Racism & Fascism; Gay Librarians Group; Library Workers Action; Trade Union Librarians Group; & Socialist Library Workers Group. LSC published its journal and pamphlets under the imprint of John Noyce Publications. (John Noyce being one of the people active within LSC.) LSC pamphlets include such titles as: "Self Management in Libraries"; "Radical Librarianship"; and "Censorship within Public Libraries." One of the biggest issues facing British society is social exclusion. In the same way that "social justice" has replaced "Socialism" in the dictionary of Blairs' New Labour-speak, so the concept of "Social Exclusion" has replaced "poverty" and "racism."
ISSN:1052-5726