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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 ...

RE: Sad news to share: Passing of Charles E. Kratz, Jr.

Posted By Al Kagan Feb 17, 2026 07:36 PM
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Charles was a longtime ALA Councilor. He got heavily involved in SRRT when he became very frustrated and upset at the direction that the Council was leading the association. He stepped up to be SRRT Coordinator, then SRRT Treasurer, and then Co-Coordinator again. He also worked hard in the Round Table ...

Intellectual Freedom Office

Posted By Al Kagan Feb 10, 2026 10:10 PM
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I just read the ALA Executive Board minutes from their January meetings. I had not seen mentioned elsewhere that they moved the Intellectual Freedom Office in Chicago under the Public Policy Advisory Office in DC. I suppose that means that they will not hire a new director for the office since the previous ...

RE: ACTION COUNCIL DELETED?

Posted By Al Kagan Feb 03, 2026 06:30 PM
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As we know, SRRT will have to amend its bylaws to accommodate the new election mandates. Even though the current structure will be negated, I don’t see any reason why we could not reconstitute the Action Council with the 4 elected officials and continue to have representatives chosen by each task force. ...

RE: DRAFT minutes to SRRT-AC meeting last week

Posted By Al Kagan Feb 03, 2026 02:21 PM
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Thanks Elaine. Lisa is Lisa Gieskes. Al

Historical membership statistics

Posted By Al Kagan Feb 03, 2026 11:12 AM
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For those interested in year by year round table membership statistics since 2003, Hilary Person, our ALA staff liaison, shared the chart linked below. "I'm sharing this chart which is a quarterly Membership Summaries from our membership team. It shows historical RT membership stats. This will be updated ...

Round table membership report and comparison

Posted By Al Kagan Feb 03, 2026 10:34 AM
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Greetings all, Here are the latest large round table membership statistics as of December 2025. I am sorry to report that SRRT has again fallen, down to the 7th largest round table. The only large round table to gain membership over the past year is the Intellectual Freedom Round Table. All the others ...

RE: NEXT WEEK: Wed., Feb. 4, 2026 Action Council Special Meeting

Posted By Al Kagan Feb 01, 2026 03:04 PM
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Mark, I agree with you in principle and I raised this very issue some months ago. How can SRRT follow the new election mandate which is in contradiction to its bylaws, and new bylaws at that? We appealed to the ALA Executive Board to pause implementation of the mandate because the round tables were not ...

NEXT WEEK: Wed., Feb. 4, 2026 Action Council Special Meeting Attachments

Posted By Al Kagan Feb 01, 2026 09:32 AM
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RE: NEXT WEEK: Wed., Feb. 4, 2026 Action Council Special Meeting

Posted By Al Kagan Feb 01, 2026 09:32 AM
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Good morning all, Thank you to the Co-Coordinators for setting up this special SRRT Action Council meeting. I think there are several issues that need to be discussed regarding elections since the mandate from the ALA Executive Board and ALA Council negates the current SRRT bylaws on the matter. ...

SRRT Membership statistics

Posted By Al Kagan Jan 30, 2026 12:15 PM
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So far I have received only the SRRT membership statistics for December 2025 from Hillary. I have asked for the compete round table and division statistics report that we used to get on a regular basis. That report makes it possible to compare what is going on with all the round tables, and especially ...