#LibrariesResist

A curated list of resources for libraries and library workers

Highlighted Resources:

2024 Election and Political Action 🗳️
Black Lives Matter Resource List ✊🏿
Censorship and Book Bans 📚
Free Speech, Intellectual Freedom, Protests 🪧
Health and Pandemics 😷
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship 🛂
Palestine Solidarity Resource List 🇵🇸
Queer and Trans Library Resources 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Save IMLS 🏛️

Latest News, Events, and Actions:

"Five Months into the Trump Presidency" (Hannah Weinberg, American Libraries, June 18, 2025)
"'Magic Tree House' author, 'Calvin and Hobbes' Among Hundreds of Tennessee Book Bans" (AJ Connelly, Pen America, June 16, 2025)
FAQ: Executive Order Targeting IMLS (ALA, June 10, 2025)
Critical Pedagogy Symposium (June 10-12, 2025)
"The 2026 Federal Budget Proposal Shutters IMLS" (Kelly Jensen, BookRiot, June 2, 2025)
Critical Approaches to Libraries Conference (May 13-15, 2025)
Petition: Stop Trump's Attack on the Library of Congress (EveryLibrary, May 9, 2025)
"Librarian of Congress Firing is Latest Move in Upheaval of U.S. Cultural Institutions" (Andrew Limbong, NPR, May 9, 2025)
"President Trump Fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden" (Seung Min Kim et al., AP News, May 9, 2025)
"Minnesota Libraries Warn Federal Cuts May Hurt Services" (Elizabeth Shockman, MPR News, May 6, 2025)

Welcome to #LibrariesResist!

This resource is for everyone who's interested, but is targeted at information workers (librarians, archivists, records managers, curators, etc.), primarily those in the United States. How can libraries help communities made (more) vulnerable by the current political climate? The resources we've selected seek to highlight both examples of those already doing this important work, and tools to help us do better.

New to #LibrariesResist? Learn more about us here, and read some introductory articles below about us and whether, why, and how libraries resist.

Use the search box or navigation bar to find information and resources about library-specific topics, as well as some more general reading lists and actions.

Please share with your networks, follow us on Bluesky, give feedback, and keep resisting policies, laws, and trends that threaten vulnerable communities, that attack library workers and services, or that impact the free, unbiased, and accessible sharing of all types of information.

Introductory Articles:

American Library Association. “ALA Opposes New Administration Policies that Contradict Core Values.” ala.org, 30 Jan. 2017.
Association of College and Research Libraries. “ACRL Board of Directors Affirms Commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Access.” acrl.ala.org, 30 Jan. 2017.
Association of Research Libraries, “ARL Libraries Issue Statements, Post Signs Affirming Core Beliefs,” 3 March 2017.
Association of Research Libraries, “Research Libraries, University Presses Oppose Trump’s Immigration Order,” 30 Jan. 2017.
Association of Research Libraries, “Research Libraries and Archives Stand Committed to Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, Social Justice,” 16 Nov. 2016.
Brown, Alex. "Libraries Must Stop Pretending They Can Be Neutral About Human Rights." Prism, 21 July 2022.
Clinton, Hillary. "2017 ALA Annual Conference Closing Keynote Speech, Chicago." cnn.com, 27 June 2017.
Doctorow, Cory. “Librarians must resist trumpism.” boingboing.net, 20 Dec. 2016.
Drabinski, Emily. "Are Libraries Neutral?" Blog Post, 12 Feb., 2018.
Drabinski, Emily. "The Library is a Commons." In These Times, 15. Jul. 2024.
Fuller, Jamie. "In Trump's America, Activist Librarians Who Won't Be Shushed." mtv.com, 19 Jan. 2017.
Ettarh, Fobazi. "Vocational Awe and Libraries: The Lies We Tell Ourselves." In the Library with the Lead Pipe, 10 Jan. 2018.
Griffey, Jason. “Stand, Fight, Resist.” jasongriffey.net, 16 Dec. 2016.
Griffey, Jason. "Plan, Prepare, Act." jasongriffey.net, 3 Mar. 2017.
Herman, Lily. "Ivanka Trump Faced Backlash For Tweeting About National Library Week." teenvogue.com, 14 April 2017.
Jensen, Kelly. "Libraries Resist: A Round-Up of Tolerance, Social Justice, & Resistance in US Libraries." bookriot.com, 10 Feb. 2017.
Kean, Danuta. "US libraries join the struggle to resist the Trump administration." theguardian.com, 21 Feb. 2017.
Khmara, Danyelle. "Libraries Trump Hate." tucsonweekly.com, 19 April 2017.
Kipen, David. “How to Weather the Trump Administration: Head to the Library.” latimes.com, 10 Nov. 2016.
Mayer, Allana. "Libraries in the age of fascism." allanamayer.tumblr.com, 8 Feb. 2017.
Mayer, Allana. "Canadian Libraries in the 45th US Presidency: An Actionable Guide." BCLA Perspectives, vol. 9, no. 2, May 2017.
Sparanese, Ann. "Activist Librarianship: Heritage or Heresy?" Progressive Librarian, vol. 22, Summer 2003.
Stahl, Lynne. "Librarian, Read Thyself." The Rambling, 23 Oct. 2020.
Weiss, Suzannah. "Margaret Atwood Is Calling on All of Us to Defend Libraries." glamour.com, 1 June 2017.
Wong, Brittany. ""Librarians Are Mad As Hell at the Trump Administration: They Think You Should Be, Too" HuffPost, 1 April 2025.

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