Hey, all. I'm trying to spread my net as widely as I can to get feedback on this resolution. I'll start with a specific question but welcome all the feedback I can get.
It took me a bit of thinking to frame my confusion about what we need from that final resolved statement. That statement as it was presented at council is:
(Resolved, that the American Library Association (ALA), on behalf of its members) 6: Shall convene a working group comprised of representatives from diverse fields of library work to create guidance for libraries that will account for the varying needs of different types of libraries, in keeping with the above values and recommendations and incorporating community resources libraries can take advantage of.
I heard a comment that this was causing the resolution to do two conflicting things. Do I need to move the previous statements into the whereas clauses? Reformat it so the values and recommendations are bullet points under the above? (in keeping with the following recommendations...) Something else? This will come up in forum too but as the deadline for council documents is Friday afternoon I want to try to get it worked into shape as much as possible in advance rather than trying to substitute everything on the floor which I know is messy under the best of circumstances.
Many of you have this link, but the in-progress resolution is
here. I've switched that link to comments only so the editing doesn't get too chaotic.
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Tara Brady
Social Responsibilities Round Table Councilor
Teen Librarian
Queens Public Library
She/Her/Hers
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