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RE: Resolutions re ongoing social responsibilities issues

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Jan 14, 2026 11:11 PM
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I just want to say that is is important that SRRT engage these issues and propose public statements by the Association on these matters NO MATTER HOW THE COUNCIL WILL REACT TO THEM. WE HAVE A "SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: TO DO SO !!! C'mon SRRTers!!! ------------------------------ Mark Rosenzweig -- ...

Resolutions re ongoing social responsibilities issues

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Jan 14, 2026 10:17 PM
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Here are two resolutions which I am PERSOANLLY proposing , as a member of SRRT and of Action Council. THey will be presented in a ZOOM meeting for IRTF in a few days for their possible endorsement,but they stand as my own proposed resolutions here and now . I look for input and comment in advance of ...

RE: Library Trends, Call for Proposals: Rethinking the Role of Libraries as Democracies Falter

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Jan 06, 2026 02:34 PM
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Nancy K. I would like to submit an article: Here's an abstract. Social Responsibility Under Democratic Decline: SRRT, Librarianship, and the Politics of Access in an Authoritarian Age –––––––––––––––– Abstract Democratic decline has transformed the conditions under which libraries operate, ...

AI, Libraries, and Socialism/Communism

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Dec 02, 2025 01:30 PM
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AI and Libraries. This includes an article I wrote that SRRTer, Karyn Pomeranz, was kind enough to include in an entry in the online journal she co-edits (the title is hers, BTW)... What Does AI Look Like in a Socialist/Communist Society? A Case Study in Libraries

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀? 𝗔.𝗜. 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲-𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 / 𝗠 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘇𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗴

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Nov 21, 2025 06:42 PM
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Posted 21 hours ago 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀? 𝗔.𝗜. 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲-𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗠 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘇𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗴 The arrival of artificial intelligence in professional librarianship has created a sense of profound ambivalenc ...

History of SRRT's International Responsibilities Task Force (IRTF)

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Oct 02, 2025 09:46 PM
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History of the International Responsibilities Task Force (IRTF) Since its founding in 1969, the Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) has engaged the American Library Association with international and human rights concerns, linking librarianship to broader struggles for justice worldwide. In ...

RE: Feedback Requested on SRRT Program Assessment - Due by September 29 @ 12 pm CT

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Oct 01, 2025 01:28 PM
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Thank you, Rachel, for your thoughtful critical response to the assessment process itself. Mark R ------------------------------ Mark Rosenzweig ------------------------------

RE: Call for Papers: Secrecy and Society Special Issue on "Subjugated Knowledges"

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Oct 01, 2025 11:51 AM
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Can you give me a name/email for an editorial board contact. I want to senbd an abstract of the proposed article and ask if they are interested . Thanks again. Mark R. ------------------------------ Mark Rosenzweig ------------------------------

RE: Call for Papers: Secrecy and Society Special Issue on "Subjugated Knowledges"

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Sep 30, 2025 02:54 PM
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Thanks for sharing. Following this posting, I am working on a possible submission, in line with the editorial guidelines, which I think might be of interest, It is tentatively entitled: The Politics of Silence and Disclosure in Subjugated Knowledges: Implications for Progressiv Librarianship MCR ...

RE: Feedback Requested on SRRT Program Assessment - Due by September 29 @ 12 pm CT

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Sep 29, 2025 10:15 PM
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Subject: Urgent: Clarification Needed on Assessment Document Dear Rachel & Olivia, I'm following up on the assessment document process. It seems there may be a significant misunderstanding about the purpose of the draft we have. This is not meant to be a staff liaison "final" document. While we ...

RE: Feedback Requested on SRRT Program Assessment - Due by September 29 @ 12 pm CT

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Sep 29, 2025 04:44 PM
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I agree 100% with Pat S.:"Recommendation should be coming from members and Action Council and we should be free to make changes to the document presented in accordance with the executive board instructions. The Final audit should be an SRRT member document not a staff live on document." Please heed ...

RE: Feedback Requested on SRRT Program Assessment - Due by September 29 @ 12 pm CT

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Sep 25, 2025 09:59 PM
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So true. Thanks,Rory

RE: Feedback Requested on SRRT Program Assessment - Due by September 29 @ 12 pm CT

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Sep 25, 2025 08:03 PM
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Dear Patricia, I want to thank you again for speaking up so forcefully and clearly about the Biblo Award, the Endowment rules, and the broader implications for ALA fundraising. Your institutional knowledge and long experience in these areas are invaluable, and it is exactly this kind of perspective ...

RE: Feedback Requested on SRRT Program Assessment - Due by September 29 @ 12 pm CT

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Sep 25, 2025 07:07 PM
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Tara, Your reply to Patricia illustrates a larger problem we've been facing with SRRT's current leadership. To dismiss her points as "misleading and inaccurate" reduces what she offered - drawn from decades of direct service as ALA President, Treasurer, Endowment Trustee, and SRRT leader - to a quibble, ...

DEFENSE OF IRTF

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Sep 25, 2025 03:51 PM
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Defense of the International Responsibilities Task Force (IRTF) The International Responsibilities Task Force has been, and must remain, a vital part of SRRT. From its founding, SRRT has recognized that the social responsibilities of librarianship do not stop at national borders. Information freedom, ...

SRRT PROGRAM ASSESSMENT: A CRITIQUE

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Sep 25, 2025 03:00 PM
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SRRT PROGRAM ASSESSMENT: A CRITIQUE The SRRT Program Assessment Overview reads less like an "objective" evaluation and more like a managerial framework imposed on SRRT from above, with criteria and thresholds drawn from corporate-style consulting rather than member-driven democratic processes. I'll ...

WHY I HAVE WANTED TO BE A SRRT ACTION COUNCIL MEMBER

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Sep 24, 2025 01:40 PM
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A "regrounding" roundtable discussion by AC members of what was and is their interest in SRRT and the AC was on the agenda for the Zoom meeting just conclude, but we did not get to it, unfortunately. Here, however is my response.... I first joined Action Council decades ago because SRRT represented ...

RE: Action Council Action Council needed now!

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Sep 18, 2025 04:09 PM
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Than you, Pat! Your voice should be heeded by SRRTAC. Respect! ------------------------------ Mark Rosenzweig ------------------------------

RE: Final vote

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Sep 06, 2025 01:49 AM
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A Call to Emily Drabinski to Stand With SRRT on Round Table Democracy Colleagues, Many of us are still processing Council's recent vote to abolish the election of Round Table governing bodies-a decision that strikes at the very roots of member participation and transparency that have long defined ...

RE: Final vote

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Sep 03, 2025 04:48 PM
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The end of SRRT as we know it. I feel like we, SRRT,, in particular,, have been targeted by this. In any case, the end of Action Council and a final assault on democracy in the Association. A vote of "no confidence" would, at least be a final protest, well deserved if unlikely to have any effect on ...