Since 2004, Radical Reference has been providing online reference services to activists, journalists and researchers who requested help looking for information and resources. Over the years, we've answered questions that have ranged in scope from mail tampering in prison to the history of radical education to the future of librarianship. Yet as we’ve evaluated the quality and efficacy of this service, we’ve been confronted with difficulties of providing in-depth answers in a timely way. As a result, we've decided collectively to suspend this service indefinitely.
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Radical Reference local collectives are independent from one another and from the international group, which admittedly, is mostly dormant right now. (That could change; all it takes is people to make it go!) Each group can activate/resist/support as it wants, as long as members act by the Rad Ref Points of Unity. Following this photo of some cuties in the Boston collective, here are some general guidelines for getting started:
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Under the loose auspices of Rad Ref NYC, we fielded a contingent of radical librarians and their friends & family at the 2018 NYC Women's March. Here's how we were:
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The next NYC radical reference meeting will take place on: Tuesday, January 23, 2018, 7:00-9:00 PM The meeting will be held in the Chapel Room, which is on the second floor. It is wheelchair accessible via an elevator. Just a reminder, there is airport style security upon entering the building.
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The next NYC radical reference meeting will take place on: Tuesday, December 14, 2017, 7:00-9:00 PM The meeting will be held in the Chapel Room, which is on the second floor. It is wheelchair accessible via an elevator. Just a reminder, there is airport style security upon entering the building. We will be also writing holiday cards to LGBTQ Prisoners, courtesy of Black & Pink. Bring colored pencils and stamps!
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The next NYC radical reference meeting will take place on: Tuesday, November 1, 2017, 7:15-9:00 PM The meeting will be held in the Chapel Room, which is on the second floor. It is wheelchair accessible via an elevator. Just a reminder, there is airport style security upon entering the building.
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The next NYC radical reference meeting will take place on: Tuesday, September 12, 2017, 7:30-9:30 PM The meeting will be held in the Chapel Room, which is on the second floor. It is wheelchair accessible via an elevator. Just a reminder, there is airport style security upon entering the building.
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The next NYC Radical Reference meeting will be held at The Center for Jewish History (Kovno Room) at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 3. The address is 15 W 16th St, New York, NY 10011. Please note that the building is wheelchair accessible via an elevator. There is airport-style security everyone must pass through when entering the building. This is a very special meeting where Make The Road New York will be giving a know-your-rights training re: immigrant rights. Please RSVP here if you plan to attend.
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The next NYC radical reference meeting will take place on: Tuesday, June 13, 2017, 6:30-8:30 PM The meeting will be held in the Kovno Room, which is on the second floor. It is wheelchair accessible via an elevator. Just a reminder, there is airport style security upon entering the building.
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The next NYC radical reference meeting will take place on: May 4, 2017, 6:30-8:30 PM The meeting will be held in the Kovno Room, which is on the second floor. It is wheelchair accessible via an elevator. Just a reminder, there is airport style security upon entering the building.
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