Radical Reference in the news

Radical Reference in the News (in reverse chronological order)

• An Evening with Radical Reference in Swiss Army Librarian by Brian Herzog. November 23rd, 2010.
• Your guide to lefty data: Radical Reference librarians unlock treasure troves of information for social justice seekers by Matt Jones in Montreal Mirror. October 21, 2010.
• Marilyn Johnson, author of This Book Is Overdue (2010), discusses Radical Reference's work at the 2004 RNC in video clip 4 on the Library Journal site.
• Annoyed Librarian's "Radical Librarians: Cultivate Your Own Gardens" in Library Journal 6/29/2009.
• Radical Reference's Lia Friedman named a 2009 Mover and Shaker in Library Journal.
• CQ Politics profiled Radical Reference at the 2008 RNC. Wanda Marsolek and Steve LaBash are quoted.
• Dennis Johnson of MobyLives interviewed Jenna Freedman for his podcast show. April 8, 2006.
• Eli Edwards wrote a titillating article for Clamor Magazine called "Taking it to the streets: Passion, Librarians and Radical Reference." Issue 35.5 January/February 2006.
• We were mentioned in an AP article about Radical Librarians. Here it is on the Newsday site. There's a revised version of the AP story from November 12, 2005, and this time it leads off with RR.
• A conservative librarian brings the hate in The Chronicle of Higher Education. The link will probably require a log-in after a while. We're only mentioned in passing at the very end--along with our pals the Librarians against Bush. David Durant. "The Loneliness of a Conservative Librarian." September 30, 2005. Volume 52, Issue 6, Page B12
• Counterpunch named Radical Reference their site of the weekend July 2-4, 2005.
• Members of Radical Reference published a profile of our group in SLA's Information Outlook. Vol.9 No.6, June 2005: p.55-59. If you are a logged in authenticated Rad Ref participant, you can view the pdf.
• Two or Radical Reference's founders, James Jacobs and Shinjoung Yeo, profiled in Library Journal's Movers & Shakers, 2005.
• An article in January/February 2005's Bayline, the Special Libraries Association's newsletter gives us props, "Intersect: SLA and Government," p.10-11.
• Radical Reference mentioned in 2005 Library Journal's breaking news section
• 75+ words from Amber Drea in Venus, "Librarians Are Rad." Winter 2004-05, p. 12.
• A blurb about Radical Reference at the 2004 RNC in Library Journal.
• Radical Reference was profiled by Lennart Wettmark in Sweden's progressive library journal Bibliotek i Samhälle (Libraries in Society), 2004, issue #3, p.13-14. Here's the english translation, kindly translated by Charles Fineman, Librarian for France, Italy, Finland, and the north Atlantic; acting bibliographer for Denmark, Norway, and Sweden at Harvard University.
• "Out of the stacks and into the street" from the NYC Indypendent posted September 22, 2004. p. 6 It was reposted on Chuck's Infoshop News with a great picture of one of our radical reffies doing a reference interview on the subway!! Thanks to Emily Waltz!
• American Libraries News Release. No login required.
  The article, on page 14 of American Libraries. May require member login. We are pictured there with our friends and co-conspirators, the Librarians against Bush.
• "The Republican convention is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of protesters eager to air their discontent with the Bush administration," by Gail Gibson in the Baltimore Sun, p. 1F. August 22, 2004
• On Friday August 20, 2004 emk was interviewed about Radical Reference on WEFT 90.1 FM (Champaign, IL) during MediaGeek, a show about grassroots and independent media, as well as things you should know about that are affecting your media environment.
• N.Y.C. Activists Work to Make Protesters Welcome (NPR) 19 August 2004
• Disgruntled Librarians Strike Back. The New York Sun by Daniel Moreau August 4, 2004 Pg. 3.