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RE: When the ALA Members Aren't Allowed to Speak | Trevor A. Dawes

Posted By Al Kagan Jun 11, 2026 09:34 AM
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I want to thank Mark for his eloquent statement. Indeed SRRT’s initial actions and successes came through Membership Meetings that had incredible participation and debate. The 1970 Membership Meeting in Detroit went on for 15 hours. It had to be adjourned and continued the next morning. Attendance figures ...

RE: When the ALA Members Aren’t Allowed to Speak | Trevor A. Dawes

Posted By Al Kagan Jun 07, 2026 11:51 AM
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This confirms the destruction of the ALA democratic norms. Al

Satire by Dave Lippman

Posted By Al Kagan May 31, 2026 09:55 PM
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I thought this one was particularly good. Al Shooting From The Lipp 81 youtube.com

RE: Your Input Needed! Discussion item: SRRT's Connect spaces

Posted By Al Kagan May 31, 2026 11:43 AM
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Thanks April. Bob Holley is a SRRT member and often supported SRRT resolutions on the ALA Council floor. As someone who has run into what I like to call the ALA cop, I entirely agree with Bob that making us sign a pledge before being allowed to use ALA Connect is onerous. Further, the ALA cop has also ...

SRRT Membership report

Posted By Al Kagan May 26, 2026 09:01 PM
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Greetings all, Here are the latest large round table membership statistics as of April 2026. I am sorry to report that SRRT remains below 1000 members, down 7.82% for the past year. As in my last report, on a percentage basis, SRRT had the largest drop in membership of this group, but most of these ...

Fwd: Senator Duckworth of Illinois against reauthorization of section 702 of the USA PATRIOT Act

Posted By Al Kagan May 22, 2026 01:14 PM
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FYI. Section 702 was cited in the original resolution sent to ALA Council in 2003 but it was deleted before the resolution was passed. Of course, SRRT advocated against the entire act. Al Begin forwarded message: From: "Senator Tammy Duckworth" Subject: Responding to your message Date: May 22, ...

RE: SRRT Resolutions Analysis 1969-2026

Posted By Al Kagan May 09, 2026 08:00 AM
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It is already there, at the top. Al

Fwd: Virtual ALA Membership Meeting?

Posted By Al Kagan May 06, 2026 03:59 PM
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FYI Al Begin forwarded message: From: Danielle Ponton Subject: RE: Virtual ALA Membership Meeting? Date: May 6, 2026 at 3:16:06 PM CDT To: "Kagan, Alfred" Cc: Elaine Harger , Pat Schuman Hi Al, The Virtual Membership Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 17th, from 3:30 to 4:30 ...

RE: SRRT Resolutions Analysis 1969-2026

Posted By Al Kagan May 04, 2026 07:41 PM
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Here is the info on the resolutions from the women's pre conference in 1974, from my book. The resolutions are already in our SRRT Resolutions Archive, 1974 and 1975. 110 participants discussed "Women in a Women's Profession: Strategies," in a New Brunswick, NJ, preconference held by the SRRT Task ...

RE: SRRT Resolutions Analysis 1969-2026

Posted By Al Kagan May 04, 2026 07:22 PM
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According to the February 1971 SRRT Newsletter, it looks like that there was never a formal resolution in support of Angela Davis, but just a vote of the Action Council. Here is the text: Al FREE ANGELA! The following request for action was approved by the Action Council in L. A.; POLITICAL REPRESSION ...

RE: SRRT Resolutions Analysis 1969-2026

Posted By Al Kagan May 03, 2026 11:20 PM
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Pat, Do you have the documentation? Thanks Al

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, ...