SRRT (Social Responsibilities Round Table)

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The Social Responsibilities Round Table works to make ALA more democratic and to establish progressive priorities not only for the Association, but also for the entire profession. Concern for human and economic rights was an important element in the founding of SRRT and remains an urgent concern today. SRRT believes that libraries and librarians must recognize and help solve social problems and inequities in order to carry out their mandate to work for the common good and bolster democracy.

Learn more about SRRT on the ALA website.

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Call for Papers: "Abolitionist Visions and Intersections: Centering Human Relationships and Building Institutional Connections for Social Justice," SRRT Summit, March 19, 2024

  • 1.  Call for Papers: "Abolitionist Visions and Intersections: Centering Human Relationships and Building Institutional Connections for Social Justice," SRRT Summit, March 19, 2024

    Posted Jan 29, 2024 07:17 AM

    We are now accepting speaker and panel proposals for the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) "Abolitionist Visions and Intersections: Centering Human Relationships and Building Institutional Connections for Social Justice" on March 19, 2024, via Zoom. https://www.ala.org/rt/srrt/events/abolitionist-visions-intersections<u1:p></u1:p>

    This conference places abolitionism as philosophy and practice in conversation with libraries and the broader community services and human resources landscape of which they are a part. <u1:p></u1:p>The event is inspired by SRRT's broader effort to encourage expansive, provocative, cross-disciplinary conversations that center intersectional issues and struggles. <u1:p></u1:p>We invite provocative and engaging explorations of the convergences, tensions, and disjunctions between abolitionism and library work as well as the many other areas of action, engagement, and inquiry that abolitionism touches on. Potential topics include arts programming, literacy, and educational opportunities in prisons; policing and public safety; prison and jail libraries; racism and mass incarceration; parole, probation, and reentry; youth justice; information access and censorship in carceral settings; inside organizing; and more-Please visit the event page for more suggestions. <u1:p></u1:p>

    We expect that many presentations will discuss the work of libraries and librarians, but we also hope that, in the vein of knowledge justice (i.e., What counts as knowledge? Who defines knowledge and how it is expressed, used, and understood? Whose knowledge is valued, uplifted, and preserved?), we spotlight issues, experiences, and voices that deepen our understanding of how information is of use and put to use in carceral settings, as seen through the lens and in the voices of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people themselves. We will compensate all people with lived experience expertise for their participation in these proceedings.

    The following website provides a detailed description of conference scope, call for papers, suggested topics, and link to the speaker/panel submission form: https://www.ala.org/rt/srrt/events/abolitionist-visions-intersections. Submissions are due February 15, 2024. Event registration will open mid-February. Please reach out to Rachel Rosekind for more information: rosekindness@gmail.com. And please share within your networks of interest.



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    Rachel Rosekind
    Educator, Editor, Writer, Activist, Library Commissioner
    Write You Are / Contra Costa Library Commission
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