PLG

PLG (Progressive Librarians Guild) is concerned with complacent acceptance of service to an unquestioned political, economic and cultural status quo.

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LIBRARIES, INFORMATION, EMPIRE: A Political Education Course. Online: Fridays, August 2026. We are organizing ourselves. For more info, visit the website+fill out the interest form if you’d like to join us: https://t.co/8TKaDilJuU. Questions? [email protected]

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plg returns! slowly but surely. watch this space for more details and future directions, but in the meantime visit the website and read our latest letter https://t.co/qonIPEzXfQ

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Please join us for our meeting tomorrow! Future of Progressive Librarianship: Amplifying Change for Social Justice.

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Suggest our next read! #progressivelibrariansguild #bookclub https://t.co/UkSdFvX0aA

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We are currently reading Little Fires Everywhere as our next book club book. #littlefireseverywhere #librarians #bookclub #read #progressivelibrarians

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Join us for the discussion of Teaching to Transgress this Saturday, 9/7 at 11am PST, 2pm EST, and 8am Hawaii time. The phone number to join is 605.313.5379 and the code is 880962. #teachingtotransgress #bellhooks #progressivelibrarians

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Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom is our next book club read. Join the Goodreads discussion here: https://t.co/EeJP3jFs4d #progressivelibrarians #bookclub #bellhooks

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@LibJuicePress Wow!

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Amazing cover design!

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Excited by our newest book, just out now:

Masked by Trust: Bias in Library Discovery, by Matthew Reidsma

https://t.co/M9DmjKX1HI

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Yes, come join us: it's going to be a great conversation!

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Join the #ProgressiveLibrariansGuild this Saturday at 11am Pacific time to discuss #AlgorithmsofOppression. Message me for conference call info! Or join the #Goodreads discussion here: https://t.co/ksXvz4IJkp

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Have you seen our statement on the ALA Midwinter? If not, check out our Facebook group to download a copy of it (& don't worry: it'll be up on our website soon too!) https://t.co/kLCFEk68IA

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ALA Executive Board: https://t.co/ciSc9Z3yjI; APALA: https://t.co/OnMzCRPZBA; ACRL: https://t.co/9RwjlgfVxz; REFORMA: https://t.co/AO1SYD844x; AILA: https://t.co/NmUwYbUlE6; BCALA: https://t.co/tIA90zxV5F; SRRT: https://t.co/ZxWvgDUt3k; GLBT: https://t.co/zChuH9fFJ5

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wants to thank @diedrec08 for this comprehensive list of statements made about this year's racist, discriminatory, and harrassive incidents at ALA Midwinter: it's nice to know that librarians have a lot to say!

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And for those not on the West Coast: You can join in by phone too! We'll be posting that information closer to the date.

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Care to join in a little timely reading? Our Official PLG Book Club will be discussing "Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism" by Safiya Umoja Noble on March 2 from 11:00 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST. Learn more at https://t.co/EqhDpEzHeE

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You can also see @reformanational's statement on racism at Midwinter at https://t.co/hPC3xSJ2zL and the ALA Social Responsibilities Round Table's statement on racism at Midwinter at https://t.co/44VjRVvSg6

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Still recovering from ALA Midwinter, but wanted to take a moment and share in solidarity @AprilHathcock's write-up (https://t.co/Rv3JWrhED5) of the racism she faced there.

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For those who want to see other coverage, you can find @insidehighered's reporting on this at https://t.co/WAGtljVIMQ

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* Sunday, January 27: PLG meeting
4:30-5:30pm at the Washington Convention Center on 705 Pike Street in Room 209

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Looking to meet up or hangout with your fellow Guildies during the ALA Midwinter in? Come find us! We’ll be at:

* Saturday, January 26: PLG Reception
7:00-9:00pm at Left Bank Books on 92 Pike Street
Co-sponsored with CritLib-Seattle, SRRT, and Sustainability Round Table

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* Sunday, January 27: no. NOT EVER. Countering White Nationalism Training for Librarians
1:00-3:00pm at Seattle Public Library Central on 1000 Fourth Ave. in Paccar Room 5
Co-sponsored with CritLib-Seattle. Registration is required: https://t.co/p36RdQ22aT