During the 1990 s we have had a fairly cordial relationship, realising that we actually are on the same side in the defence of what we actually have achieved. Two of our activists have been awarded, SAB has issued a book with articles written by one of our ideologists, Ingrid Atlestam and illustrated by one of our cartoonists, Ulf Larson. We would never be able to afford such a thing. We invited the secretary general of SAB to South Africa to talk about combined libraries in a school library conference funded by Sida money. I believe some members think so, but we do try to influence the Swedish library scene as well.
Key words are equity and fairness in the rapid development of the library system.
This is what we have been talking about the last year. We have had a seminar on it, we have written a manifesto and we're working on a sort of elector's system. We have plans of trying to involve one of the successful progressive publishing companies and the Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions which has been researching and campaigning on the increasing gaps in Sweden during the 1990s. The idea is of course to focus on the ideological basis of Swedish libraries. By raising the question we also hope to increase the interest of looking at libraries not as a market oriented kind of shop, but as a social and democratic resource.