Librarianship as a Revolutionary Choice

Naomi Klein, author of No Logo, gave a talk at the ALA/CLA Annual Conference in Toronto entitled, Librarianship as a Revolutionary Choice. I published it in the latest issue of Library Juice, and it may also be available elsewhere. In this talk Klein was inspiring in her understanding of the values that motivate so many librarians to do what they do, very impressive for a non-librarian. She also tied these values in with her own knowledge and understanding of the corporate globalization movement, providing interesting information about some of the details of trade agreements such as GATS that could have an impact on libraries, through the initial wedge of “partial privatization.”


More stuff by Naomi Klein…

August 12, 2003 by Uncategorized 3

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  1. Fiona says:
    August 12, 2003 at 7:33 am

    Thanks, Rory!
    You know, in all the conference publicity in American Libraries that I saw, I don’t think I saw Klein’s name mentioned as a speaker once. There was more publicity for musical entertainment and the “one conference, one book” thing. Sad, since Klein is saying things that many of us need to hear.

    Thanks for bringing this to a wider audience, Rory.

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  2. jbz says:
    August 12, 2003 at 10:26 pm

    Naomi Klein at ALA
    I was fortunate enough to hear Naomi Klein speak and see the audience leap to its collective feet, roaring with applause! It truly was an inspiring moment that gave me the energy to go on with regular old ALA business for the rest of the week. Thanks to Mitch Freedman for bringing her to ALA, and to Rory for posting the text. I wish all of you readers could have been there!

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  3. bibliothecarius says:
    August 13, 2003 at 9:51 pm

    Yeah
    Not only was her speech excellent, it was also inspiring.

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