Radical Librarians

The Radical Librarians Collective aims to build a network of solidarity for those critical of the marketisation of libraries and commodification of information.

[Radical Librarians @RadicalLibs]

A reminder that our 2018 annual gathering will be taking place on 1st of September in Leeds: https://t.co/O8dW2uX85C

[EachOther @EachOtherUK]

Digital privacy is very serious and confusing and The Matrix-y.

Here's @Nikwilliams2 on why it's worth understanding anyway.

[journal rad lib @JournalRadLib]

new article published today -
'Contextualizing the “Marketplace of Ideas” in Libraries', by Nailisa Tanner & Grant Andersen https://t.co/Tylq6QQKts

[Radical Librarians @RadicalLibs]

Thanks to everyone who came to and contributed to #radlib18. A great day of theory discussion and some actions for ongoing practice.

[Radical Librarians @RadicalLibs]

Check out the hashtag (#radlib18) for the tweets and discussion from the day.

[Radical Librarians @RadicalLibs]

Thanks to everyone who came to and contributed to #radlib18. A great day of theory discussion and some actions for ongoing practice.

[Radical Librarians @RadicalLibs]

@archivist23 We haven't had that discussion, no, but it would be an interesting one to have.

[Radical Librarians @RadicalLibs]

We're now opening up a discussion about autonomous cataloguing practice. This is an open discussion asking for advice and thoughts on how to catalogue a specific collection of radical books #radlib18

[Radical Librarians @RadicalLibs]

@AnneWelsh The feeling in the room is that Marc is too heavy duty for the kind of small collections we're talking about. Smaller homegrown formats probably easier in this context.

[Radical Librarians @RadicalLibs]

#radlib18

[Radical Librarians @RadicalLibs]

@AnneWelsh From the discussion, it would depend entirely on the context. Whatever format - formal or informal - works for the user community.

[Radical Librarians @RadicalLibs]

There's now an impromptu workshop on how to create a card catalogue. Just don't use Marc21 for digital records #radlib18

[Radical Librarians @RadicalLibs]

Daydreaming about a union catalogue of zine libraries in the UK... #radlib18

[Radical Librarians @RadicalLibs]

What we're pushing against is a top-down perception of what a library is being pushed on libraries - and society - by neoliberal value system(s) #radlib18

[Radical Librarians @RadicalLibs]

We're now talking about he transcultural library: a "tender polemic" #radlib18

[Radical Librarians @RadicalLibs]

Using audio recording rather than video recording in interviews as a way to encourage engagement #radlib18

[Radical Librarians @RadicalLibs]

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[Ellie @turquoiseellie]

@RadicalLibs Whereas we emphatically see the library as political.