A group of younger librarians have created a group called “Radical Reference” to provide services to political activists and independent journalists. The organization started somewhat spontaneously at the Republican National Convention in New York City in 2004 when a couple of reference librarians wanted to help the demonstrators by providing information about everything from where the nearest bathroom was to who was organizing the demonstration. In addition to the blog on their website, http://www.radicalreference.info/, radical reference librarians use such social networks as Twitter and smart phones, as well as paper information and contact with colleagues at computers. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of activity since 2008, but hopefully this budding group will endure and grow.
This is really cool. Guerilla librarians!
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