It is clear to me that the role of the librarian in society is a radical one. We provide access to information in a society that is subjected to both filtered information from the media, and growing corporate control of the flow of information. With the growth of neo-liberalism, the institution of the public library has increasingly become a radical idea. After all, in a neo-liberal society, everything has its price, including information. An institution that provides free access to anything in a neo-liberal society is by default an anomaly and a radical one at that. It therefore follows that the role of the librarian is equally radical. After all, a professional librarian provides access to information without discrimination, a dangerous concept in any society where information is majority controlled either by the state or by corporate interests.
http://infoism.co.uk/2013/03/facilitating-consent-whither-the-radical-librar...