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Launch of Resisting Erasure: Libraries in Palestine and Palestine in Libraries

Posted By Al Kagan Mar 23, 2026 08:11 AM
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FYI, SRRT has endorsed these events. Al Resisting Erasure: Libraries in Palestine and Palestine in Libraries Book Launch Events Join editors Nora Lester Murad and Mary L. Onorato, along with and a selection of authors, as they discuss Resisting Erasure: Libraries in Palestine and Palestine in Libraries, ...

RE: Resolutions 1969-2016: resending in text format

Posted By Al Kagan Mar 20, 2026 10:03 PM
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It is intended to be comprehensive, but just resolutions originating in SRRT, not endorsements of other resolutions. It has been compiled by several people over the years. In the early 2020s we decided to complete it by using GAs in the ALA Archives at the University of Illinois. This took several years ...

Resolutions 1969-2016: resending in text format

Posted By Al Kagan Mar 18, 2026 09:18 PM
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SRRT Resolutions Analysis 1969-2026 Considering the focus on SRRT resolutions lately, I decided to do a new analysis of all the SRRT resolutions since our founding in 1969 through February 2026. This is an update of the analysis that I sent recently reproduced from my book[1] published in 2015 which ...

Fwd: Co-Sponsor Opportunity - Social Responsibility Round Table and Library Juice Press

Posted By Al Kagan Mar 16, 2026 10:06 AM
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Note that Sophie would like us to respond to co-sponsorship by March 18th. Al Begin forwarded message: From: Sophie Subject: Co-Sponsor Opportunity - Social Responsibility Round Table and Library Juice Press Date: March 10, 2026 at 2:42:26 PM CDT To: akagan@illinois.edu Dear Al Kagen, ...

Fwd: Co-Sponsor Opportunity - Social Responsibility Round Table and Library Juice Press

Posted By Al Kagan Mar 14, 2026 07:11 PM
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See below ask for co-sponsorship. Al Begin forwarded message: From: Sophie Subject: Co-Sponsor Opportunity - Social Responsibility Round Table and Library Juice Press Date: March 10, 2026 at 2:42:26 PM CDT To: akagan@illinois.edu Dear Al Kagen, I'm the events coordinator for Library ...

SRRT Resolutions Analysis 1969-2026 Attachments

Posted By Al Kagan Mar 14, 2026 09:30 AM
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SRRT Resolutions Analysis 1969-2026

Posted By Al Kagan Mar 14, 2026 09:30 AM
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FYI, see attached. Al

SRRT Membership report and ask for volunteers

Posted By Al Kagan Mar 13, 2026 07:09 PM
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Greetings all, Here are the latest large round table membership statistics as of February 2026. I am sorry to report that SRRT has dropped below 1000 members, down 10.79% for the past year. On a percentage basis, SRRT had the largest drop in membership of this group. The only large round tables to ...

Fwd: In Tehran, Iranians Struggle to Breathe After U.S.-Israeli Oil Facility Strikes

Posted By Al Kagan Mar 10, 2026 08:56 PM
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FYI Al Begin forwarded message: From: Drop Site News Subject: In Tehran, Iranians Struggle to Breathe After U.S.-Israeli Oil Facility Strikes Date: March 10, 2026 at 8:01:06 PM CDT To: akagan@illinois.edu Reply-To: Drop Site News Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more In Tehran, ...

Fwd: Reminder: ALA Virtual Council Session - Winter 2026 starts in 1 week

Posted By Al Kagan Mar 03, 2026 12:22 PM
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FYI, seems to be a newly added meeting. You need to register. Al Hi Al Kagan, This is a reminder that your webinar will begin in 1 week: ALA Virtual Council Session - Winter 2026 Date & Time Mar 10, 2026 01:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Webinar ID 970 0221 8335 Passcode 204757 Description The ...

RE: SRRT Resolutions Analysis

Posted By Al Kagan Mar 02, 2026 09:46 PM
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I am working on a comprehensive statistical update. Al

RE: SRRT Resolutions Analysis

Posted By Al Kagan Mar 01, 2026 11:06 AM
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Rory, You are most welcome. The SRRT Statements are on the SRRT website on the following page, https://www.ala.org/srrt/advocacy-and-task-forces I have copied them here with their links. As to why they were statements, and not in the form of resolutions, I think there were various reasons, but you ...

SRRT Resolutions Analysis

Posted By Al Kagan Mar 01, 2026 10:10 AM
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Colleagues and comrades, Since we have had some discussion recently about SRRT resolutions, I think it might be a good time to remember what we have accomplished over the years. Below is the analysis that I published in my book, Progressive Library Organizations: A Worldwide History (page 202-203). ...

RE: Record of signed statements

Posted By Al Kagan Feb 27, 2026 05:48 PM
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Thanks Mark. I remember it well. Al

RE: Record of signed statements

Posted By Al Kagan Feb 26, 2026 09:05 AM
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That list is not on the website, but we could ask to add it. Al

RE: Record of signed statements

Posted By Al Kagan Feb 26, 2026 08:58 AM
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Rory and all, I think most of what you are referring to has been endorsing the requests of other ALA bodies to sign on to their resolutions for the ALA Council. I have never tried to compile these endorsements but you can find them in the minutes, newsletters, and in my writings. We have also endorsed ...

Librarians We Have Lost: Herb Biblo Attachments

Posted By Al Kagan Feb 24, 2026 07:54 PM
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Librarians We Have Lost: Herb Biblo

Posted By Al Kagan Feb 24, 2026 07:54 PM
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I have just sent the attachment here to the Librarians We Have Lost Website. Al

RE: IRAN: A MATTER OF URGENCY

Posted By Al Kagan Feb 22, 2026 09:58 AM
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I agree with what Mark wrote here. I think we can get into a framing trap when we talk about what is a “library issue” or not. Rather, we can think about what is a direct or indirect library issue. Opposing a war on Iran is not a direct library issue like the attempt to abolish IMLS, but it is just as ...

Fwd: "This is Not a Dress Rehearsal": U.S. Engaged in Massive Military Buildup as Threat To Bomb Iran Grows

Posted By Al Kagan Feb 18, 2026 08:35 PM
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FYI, 80-90% chance of war with Iran. Al Begin forwarded message: From: "Jeremy Scahill " Subject: "This is Not a Dress Rehearsal": U.S. Engaged in Massive Military Buildup as Threat To Bomb Iran Grows Date: February 18, 2026 at 3:12:08 PM CST To: akagan@illinois.edu Reply-To: "Jeremy Scahill ...