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: bit.ly/plgeducation. Questions? [email protected]
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 progressivelibrariansguild.o…
Please join us for our meeting tomorrow! Future of Progressive Librarianship: Amplifying Change for Social Justice.
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: goodreads.com/topic/show/198… #progressivelibrarians #bookclub #bellhooks
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Amazing cover design!
Excited by our newest book, just out now:
Masked by Trust: Bias in Library Discovery, by Matthew Reidsma
litwinbooks.com/books/masked…
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Yes, come join us: it's going to be a great conversation!
Join the #ProgressiveLibrariansGuild this Saturday at 11am Pacific time to discuss #AlgorithmsofOppression. Message me for conference call info! Or join the #Goodreads discussion here: bit.ly/2Xo8EeE
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!) facebook.com/groups/65731734…
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!
ALA Executive Board: bit.ly/2S6AJbz; APALA: bit.ly/2RBU3Ir; ACRL: bit.ly/2G5jHE0; REFORMA: bit.ly/2DTZPBx; AILA: bit.ly/2Gm3Gce; BCALA: bit.ly/2REdm3Q; SRRT: bit.ly/2D5fnkr; GLBT: bit.ly/2WIFmXL
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 facebook.com/events/30293485…
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Still recovering from ALA Midwinter, but wanted to take a moment and share in solidarity @AprilHathcock's write-up (aprilhathcock.wordpress.com/…) of the racism she faced there.
For those who want to see other coverage, you can find @insidehighered's reporting on this at insidehighered.com/news/2019…
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You can also see @reformanational's statement on racism at Midwinter at reforma.org/content.asp?admi… and the ALA Social Responsibilities Round Table's statement on racism at Midwinter at libr.org/srrt/index.php?fbcl…
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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: goo.gl/forms/eBefnfle5BB4XOH…
