Radical reference: Socially responsible librarianship collaborating with community

Reference Librarian

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 371-396

  Morrone, Melissa ^a   Friedman, Lia ^b  

^a Brooklyn Public Library   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Activists; Independent journalists; Radical Reference; Reference; RNC; Social justice; Social responsibilities; Virtual reference; Volunteerism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849118275     PISSN: 02763877     EISSN: 15411117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02763870903267952     Document Type: Article

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