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RESPONSE FROM CSKBART & EMIERT TO RESTRUCTURINGS/RESTRICTION MAATTERS RAISED IN SRRT

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Feb 25, 2026 01:09 PM
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Dear AC and SRRT memebers, I am fowarding this correspondance from the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table, more specifically , from Dr. Teffeny Edmondson, M.L.S., Ph.D (Chair, CSKBART Program Committee, (2025-2027)Vice Chair/Chair Elect, CSKBART, (2025-2027) Chair, CSKBART, (2027-2029) ...

IRAN: A MATTER OF URGENCY

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Feb 21, 2026 06:21 PM
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This is not a "library issue," per se,but a reason we should amend (for timeliness) and push forward, our SRRTAC resolution re Iran ,taking it to Council at Conference.We will present an amended version which will bring it up to date, but I ask that we find TWO ALA Councilors to sign off on it and present ...

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

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Feb 19, 2026 05:30 PM
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SO sad to hear this! I missed Charles' presence qand input recently and wondcered if he was OK. Charles was a very decent and principled ALAer and SRRTer, an important link in the struggle for social responsibilities in the profession. His work was valued. He will be missed. Mark Rosenzweig ...

RESOLUTIONS VERSUS ACTIVISM ?

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Feb 10, 2026 12:25 PM
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A Resolution Is a Voice M Rosenzweig When we talk about "resolutions" in ALA, especially those brought forward by SRRT, we are talking about voice. We are talking about speech that enters the official record of our profession. The format may follow parliamentary convention, with ...

SOLIDARITY RE RESOLUTIONS

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Feb 08, 2026 08:37 PM
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I want to express my deep gratitude to all of you for the passage of the two resolutions I had the privilege to propose-opposing U.S. military intervention in Venezuela and Iran, and condemning ICE raids, state violence, and the criminalization of journalism and protest. Resolutions do not pass on ...

The Politicization of Federal Cultural Funding and IMLS Grant Guidelines

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Feb 08, 2026 03:18 PM
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Colleagues, A significant development at the federal level deserves SRRT's close attention. ProPublica reports that the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the sole federal agency dedicated to supporting libraries and a primary funder of museums and archives, has issued 2026 grant guidelines ...

RE: Responding to ICE at the Library: Real World Approaches-free ALA member webinar from the Public Library Association

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Feb 05, 2026 05:00 PM
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That's great! Looks very useful and, unfortunately, timely !Mark R.

SRRTAC endorses resolution opposing US imiliotary intervention in Venezuela & Iran

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Feb 04, 2026 08:58 PM
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Resolution Opposing U.S. Military Intervention in Venezuela and Iran and Affirming the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination Whereas libraries are public institutions committed to intellectual freedom, democratic participation, and the free exchange of ideas, which depend on conditions of peace, ...

SRRT AC, Feb. 4, 2026, Endorses Resolution Opposing U.S. Military Intervention in Venezuela and Iran and Affirming the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Feb 04, 2026 08:36 PM
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Resolution Opposing U.S. Military Intervention in Venezuela and Iran and Affirming the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination Whereas libraries are public institutions committed to intellectual freedom, democratic participation, and the free exchange of ideas, which depend on conditions of peace, ...

NEW: Resolution Condemning ICE/DHS Raids, State Violence, and the Criminalization of Journalism and Protest

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Feb 04, 2026 07:57 PM
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Resolution Condemning DHS/ICE Raids, State Violence, and the Criminalization of Journalism and Protest Whereas libraries are public institutions committed to intellectual freedom, democratic participation, and the protection of access to information for all members of society; and Whereas this resolution ...

SRRT MEMBERS: COME TO THE SPECIAL AC MEETING ABOUT RESOLUTIONS AND ELECTION

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Feb 03, 2026 07:29 PM
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Dear SRRT colleagues, I'm writing to urge SRRT members to attend tomorrow's Special Meeting of the SRRT Action Council, to be held on Zoom, where two issues of direct an d urgent importance to the membership will be taken up: upcoming ALA elections, including potential write-in candidates, and pending ...

RE: ACTION COUNCIL DELETED?

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Feb 03, 2026 07:16 PM
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THAT'S GREAT, AL! I think you have c ome up with the correct response to this and I endorse it. Thanks. 💜💜💜 Mark R. ------------------------------ Mark Rosenzweig ------------------------------ ...

ACTION COUNCIL DELETED?

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Feb 03, 2026 02:46 PM
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ACTION COUNCIL DELETED?| If the Action Council is functionally abolished or rendered advisory-only, as seems to be the case, without formal authority, then by default representation has to migrate somewhere. Organizations don't get to dissolve their representative body and pretend representation ...

RE: SRRT survey of membership?

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Feb 02, 2026 08:04 PM
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Hi Ian (and , also, April): Let me be more specific about the survey's design problems and how they shape its results. First, several questions are framed around implicit problem statements rather than neutral descriptions. By foregrounding concerns such as risk, appropriateness, or discomfort ...

SURVEYS & SRRT

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Feb 01, 2026 02:24 PM
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Recent discussions of SRRT's internal dynamics have increasingly relied on selective readings of survey data and compressed accounts of organizational conflict to explain disagreement over SRRT's political work. In particular, claims advanced by Rory Litwin and echoed in Tara Brady's commentary suggest ...

RE: SRRT survey of membership?

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Feb 01, 2026 02:20 PM
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Hi Rory, I am responding to your comments to April about the SRRT Member Survey, which I, too, have now spent considerable time studying. I applaud SRRT for taking the initiative to do this survey, and agree with you that, as a tool, it can be useful in shedding light on current discussions. I think, ...

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

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Feb 01, 2026 01:50 PM
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Colleagues, I need to step back and ask a more basic procedural question before we move any further down this road. Why are we proceeding as though SRRT's existing bylaws on elections have already been negated, when SRRT itself has not voted to amend them? Al's message, valuable ...

RE: MY DISSENT AGAINST "ALA FORWARD"

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Jan 29, 2026 03:11 PM
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Thanks Don! Your appreciation means a lot to me. ------------------------------ Mark Rosenzweig ------------------------------

How SRRT Action Council Failed to Consider Its Own Resolutions

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Jan 28, 2026 10:15 PM
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Colleagues, I am writing to formally object to the handling of the resolutions at the recent SRRT Action Council meeting and to state that what occurred constitutes a serious breach of democratic process within SRRT. The resolutions were placed at the end of the agenda and reached only when approximately ...

MY DISSENT AGAINST "ALA FORWARD"

Posted By Mark Rosenzweig Jan 27, 2026 12:52 PM
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ALA Forward has redefined both what the American Library Association claims to value and how power is exercised inside it. The revision of the core values and the restructuring of governance are not parallel tracks. They were mutually reinforcing moves that together replaced a member-driven, conflict-tolerant ...