1971 - Celeste West and Elizabeth Katz Release the anthology Revolting Librarians
"This book is one of the lasting monuments of the library underground, though the contributors surely never imagined this kind of respectful archiving. Thirty years on, its mixture of wild-eyed idealism and bleary-eyed realism is still a testament of solidarity with the enthusiastic, disgruntled or just plain bolshy librarian..."
Rebelling against everything from shushing to subject headings, Revolting Librarians rose from a set of radical librarians who were interested in social responsibilities, change in library systems and who were upset by the status quo. Littered with groovy language and amusing illustrations, Revolting Librarians was symptomatic of its times, yet presented an alternative agenda for those who did not sympathize with mainstream librarianship.
See also: Revolting Librarians Redux
quote from: http://owen.massey.net/libraries/revolting/
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