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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Jenna Freedman

info at radicalreference dot info

REFERENCE LIBRARIANS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THOSE WHO QUESTION AUTHORITY.

June 29, 2007

Radical Reference is a resource for activists, journalists & the public; we are staffed by librarians, library support staff, and library school students from New York to Australia and many points in between. Our goal is to provide reference service to those looking for answers they don’t readily find in mainstream media and other information sources.

Fulfilling Radical Reference’s mission also includes staffing protests and actions by doing "street reference," bringing librarians to the street to answer questions from those participating, including helping those affected by police action.

The website also serves as a fact checking tool for organizations and individuals in the media and those just looking for answers from a trusted source. Radical Reference conducts workshops and skill shares at conferences and for organizations that wish to strengthen their media and web literacy skills. We conduct workshops to independent media journalists on fact checking, advanced research, FOIA, free public library services, using open source technology tools, and more.

Those interested should contact info at radicalreference dot info to schedule a session.

Radical Reference has been answering questions from the public since its web launch on July 31, 2004. We post queries and answers for use as a resource. Questions asked of the librarians are made anonymous and remain so when posted to the site. We are ad free and not for profit.

For more information on Radical Reference, please access our website at www.radicalreference.info.

Previous Press Release (August 2004) and other items