View the 2026 Afternoon of Social Justice Recordings | View Resource List View Previous Recorded Sessions Join the Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) for our seventh annual Afternoon of Social Justice! This free virtual event features scholars, librarians, and activists as they discuss civic engagement, voter mobilization, and social change. Each session must me registered separately. A recording will be sent to everyone who registers. Schedule (Central Time): 11:00am - 1:00pm Building Political Power, Civic Agency, and Voter Mobilization: Understanding How Criminal Legal System...

Analysis of SRRT Resolutions 1969-2026 by Al Kagan

Nonbinary resources from the Rainbow Roundtable.

1969: Librarians for Peace Brigade, Anti-Vietnam march in Washington, DC. 1971 Sit-in at IFC meeting to promote equality policy by sexual orientation "Kiss-In" at the "Hug a Homosexual Booth" with JMRT 1 st Annual Gay Book Awards Demonstration Against Sexist Children's Books at Newbury-Caldecott Dinner Male Chauvinism Awards Sit-in at the Library of Congress to Protest Firing of Black Staff 1974: 1 st Alternative Press Book Fair 1980: 1 st annual Coretta Scott King Award Breakfast 1989: Delegation to March on Washington for Women's Rights 1992: 1 st annual Feminist Author Breakfast 1993: Rally...

2026 Rise: A Feminist Book Project List

Since its founding in 1969, the Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) has engaged the American Library Association with international and human rights concerns, linking librarianship to broader struggles for justice worldwide. In its earliest years, the SRRT Action Council confronted urgent global issues, including opposition to the U.S. war in Vietnam and support for Chilean librarians, educators, and cultural workers in the aftermath of the 1973 coup. These early interventions set a precedent for integrating international responsibility into the professional and ethical work of...

SRRT currently has three awards: Herb Biblo Outstanding Leadership Award for Social Justice & Equality - The purpose of this award is to recognize an individual for outstanding leadership in promoting social justice and/or equality within the library profession. This award is co-sponsored by Library Juice Press. SRRT Conference Travel Grants - SRRT is pleased to provide Conference Travel Grants that will help finance either in-person or virtual attendance at the ALA Annual Conference. Launched in 2019, the $1000 award covers limited fees related to airfare, lodging, and conference registration...

By Alfred Kagan, African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration Emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign(1) Good morning all. Since 1969, SRRT has been a strong voice for decades to push ALA in a more progressive direction. Some of the bravest and most principled people have fought hard to make ALA more relevant in our contemporary society. The fact is that history has proved us right over-and-over again on civil rights, environment, feminism, freedom of expression, LGBT equality, services to poor people, against militarism and US wars, and on whistleblowers...

This timely free virtual event that brings together three presentations addressing the realities of queer librarianship amid escalating cultural and political attacks. Drawing from the experiences of queer library workers, we will consider strategies for safeguarding 2SLGBTQIA+ library staff, and innovative outreach efforts to support 2SLGBTQIA+ patrons in increasingly hostile environments. This event is a call to action, solidarity, and resilience for library professionals and allies alike. Queer Library Workers during the Culture Wars Libraries are under attack now more than ever and...

SRRT Events happening at 2025 ALA Annual at Philadelphia, PA.

SRRT Events happening at 2025 ALA Annual at Philadelphia, PA.