Radical Reference: Using Technology to Improve Access for All
presented by Natalie Brant of MDRC and Cheryl Yanek of Catalyst
Special Libraries Association Annual Conference
jenna's blog
Radical Reference at SLA
Submitted by jenna on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 11:04am.Resistance Behind Bars, new book by Victoria Law
Submitted by jenna on Wed, 06/10/2009 - 10:09am.I don't think I ever got around to this when Vikki's book first came out, but Alison Lewis's nice review in the Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) Newsletter reminded me to do it now.
Basically I'm saying, "Yay! Radical Reference helped someone write a book!"
Radical Reference Unpanel: Alternative Materials in Libraries
Submitted by jenna on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 4:20pm.Skillshare offered at the Grassroots Media Conference
Saturday, May 30, 2009
2:45-4:15
Hunter College, 68th & Lexington
Register for the whole conference
Radical Reference Presents: Do It Yourself Archives
Submitted by jenna on Sun, 03/29/2009 - 12:38pm.2009 NYC Anarchist Book Fair
Saturday, April 11, 11:15am-12:45pm
Tamiment Library
70 Washington Square South
Free
Jillian's slides
Nicole and Nick's slides
Archivists Jillian Cuellar (Tamiment Library) and Nicole Martin (Democracy Now!) and IT Director Nick Gilla (Democracy Now!) will give instruction on archiving principles and techniques for physical and digital materials. This skillshare will be appropriate for individuals and groups interested in preserving their documents and media.
Radical Reference member Lia Friedman named Mover & Shaker
Submitted by jenna on Mon, 03/16/2009 - 3:07pm.Lia Friedman, a core Radical Reference member and one of the organizers of the recent ACRL Preconference Unconference was named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker.
Radical ACRL
Submitted by jenna on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 1:05pm.For those attending the Association of College and Research Libraries conference in Seattle, and those who live in/near Seattle:
Thursday, March 12, 10-2:30pm
Call for Proposals - National Diversity in Libraries Conference
Submitted by jenna on Tue, 03/03/2009 - 1:58pm.Call for Proposals - National Diversity in Libraries Conference
The 2010 National Diversity in Libraries Conference, "NDLC2010: From Groundwork to Action," will take place from July 14-16, 2010 in Princeton, NJ.
OutHistory Requests Histories of LGBT Employee Groups
Submitted by jenna on Sat, 02/14/2009 - 7:09pm.Jonathan Ned Katz, who presented at our Radical Archives event in NYC, posted this call for contributions to the Radical Reference NYC announcements list:
Open Source/Drupal Week in the Northeast: February 23-28
Submitted by jenna on Thu, 01/29/2009 - 2:45pm.February 23-26 Code4Lib 2009 in Providence, RI costs money, but has been sold out for weeks anyway
February 27 Drupal4Lib Camp in Darien, CT FREE, also sold (freed) out
February 28 DrupalCampNYC6 in NY, NY FREE, meals provided, and there are still seats available
Rad Ref NYC on OCLC Policy Change
Submitted by jenna on Fri, 01/23/2009 - 2:48pm.Tonight, January 23, 2009 the NYC Radical Reference Collective is hosting a salon style discussion of the new Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records proposed by OCCL.
Even if you can't attend, you might get some use out of the bibliography we're developing or the notes posted by one of our members about a previous discussion on this topic.
