Progressive Librarians Guild
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The Progressive Librarians Guild was founded in New York City
in January 1990 by librarian
s concerned with library profession's rapid drift into dubious alliances with business and the information industry, and into complacent acceptance of service to an unquestioned political, economic and cultural status quo."
The Progressive Librarians Guild publishes the journal The Progressive Librarian , a forum for critical perspectives in librarianship and information studies. The journal features articles, book reviews, bibliographies, reports, and documents. The first issue of Progressive Librarian (PL), published in the summer of 1990 on the heels of the founding of PLG, was given its title by none other than Sandy Berman who exclaimed that the journal of PLG could have no other title than Progressive Librarian (the subtitle, A Journal of Critical Studies and Progressive Politics in Librarianship, came later in 1998 with issue #14). The first issue was to be a contribution to the debate taking place within the American Library Association (ALA) in which the upper ranks of power in ALA were attempting to overturn the association's official support of the cultural boycott against apartheid institutions in South Africa. Harger, Elaine. 2010. "Looking backward, imagining forward: celebrating 20 years of “Progressive Librarian”." Progressive Librarian 58-71. An index for 1990-1999 was published in 2007.
The Guild also bestows the Miriam Braverman Award to Library and Information Science students attending a graduate level program in the United States
or Canada
who submit a paper based on an aspect of the social responsibilities of librarians, libraries, or librarianship.
The Guild sponsors the blog Union Librarian.
The Guild sponsors a discussion list, PLGnet.
The Guild has issued statements and resolutions such as:
"On Wikileaks and the Library of Congress: A Statement by the Progressive Librarians Guild." (2010).
"Calls for Elsevier to End Corrupt Publishing Practices and for Library Associations to
Take Advocacy Role on Behalf of Scientific Integrity." (2009)
"Endorsed the Iraq Moratorium." (2007)
"Resolution Against Anti-Immigrant Legislation." (2006).
As of 2008, it has eight chapters, seven of them at US and Canadian library schools.
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
in January 1990 by librarian
Librarian
A librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs...
s concerned with library profession's rapid drift into dubious alliances with business and the information industry, and into complacent acceptance of service to an unquestioned political, economic and cultural status quo."
The Progressive Librarians Guild publishes the journal The Progressive Librarian , a forum for critical perspectives in librarianship and information studies. The journal features articles, book reviews, bibliographies, reports, and documents. The first issue of Progressive Librarian (PL), published in the summer of 1990 on the heels of the founding of PLG, was given its title by none other than Sandy Berman who exclaimed that the journal of PLG could have no other title than Progressive Librarian (the subtitle, A Journal of Critical Studies and Progressive Politics in Librarianship, came later in 1998 with issue #14). The first issue was to be a contribution to the debate taking place within the American Library Association (ALA) in which the upper ranks of power in ALA were attempting to overturn the association's official support of the cultural boycott against apartheid institutions in South Africa. Harger, Elaine. 2010. "Looking backward, imagining forward: celebrating 20 years of “Progressive Librarian”." Progressive Librarian 58-71. An index for 1990-1999 was published in 2007.
The Guild also bestows the Miriam Braverman Award to Library and Information Science students attending a graduate level program in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
or Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
who submit a paper based on an aspect of the social responsibilities of librarians, libraries, or librarianship.
The Guild sponsors the blog Union Librarian.
The Guild sponsors a discussion list, PLGnet.
The Guild has issued statements and resolutions such as:
"On Wikileaks and the Library of Congress: A Statement by the Progressive Librarians Guild." (2010).
"Calls for Elsevier to End Corrupt Publishing Practices and for Library Associations to
Take Advocacy Role on Behalf of Scientific Integrity." (2009)
"Endorsed the Iraq Moratorium." (2007)
"Resolution Against Anti-Immigrant Legislation." (2006).
As of 2008, it has eight chapters, seven of them at US and Canadian library schools.