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SRRT Newsletter issue #214 is now available!

Posted By Melissa Cardenas-Dow Apr 29, 2021 01:23 AM
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Dear SRRT Newsletter readers: The latest issue of the newsletter, #214, is now available: http://www.ala.org/rt/srrt/srrt-newsletter Happy reading!Melissa Melissa Cardenas-Dow, MLIS, MSAmerican Library Association, Councilor-At-Large, 2016-2022Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association, Secretary, ...

Correction in Newsletter #213 issue

Posted By Melissa Cardenas-Dow Jan 23, 2021 01:42 PM
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In the January 2021 issue's "From the SRRT Coordinator" column, we erroneously referred to Herb Biblo as "the first minority to serve as ALA Treasurer." While Mr. Biblo was of Jewish descent, and while Jews are a minority in the United States, the intention behind the word "minority" is to highlight ...

SRRT Newsletter January 2021 (Issue #213) now out

Posted By Melissa Cardenas-Dow Jan 21, 2021 12:12 AM
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Dear list members, The SRRT Newsletter for January 2021 is now out! Please find it at: http://www.ala.org/rt/srrt/srrt-newsletter The next issue will be out in March 2021. Submission deadline is March 5, 2021. We'd love to hear from you! All the best,Melissa and JulieSRRT Newsletter Co-Editors Melissa ...

SRRT Newsletter October issue (#212) is now available

Posted By Melissa Cardenas-Dow Oct 31, 2020 02:49 PM
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Dear SRRT members, Please find Issue #212 on the SRRT website: http://www.ala.org/rt/srrt/srrt-newsletter Deadline for the upcoming January 2021 issue is December 18, 2020. The January issue will focus on activism and asks the question: "How are you exercising your social responsibility?" We are looking ...

RE: Resolution on Library Service for Children in Detention

Posted By Melissa Cardenas-Dow Jun 24, 2019 08:04 AM
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Great point, Emily. Thanks, Jules and all who worked on this resolution. I support both Emily's suggested revision and this resolution. Melissa Cardenas-Dow, MLIS, MS American Library Association , Councilor-At-Large, 2016-2022 Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association , Secretary, 2019-2021 (she/her/hers) ...

RE: Courtesy consult with related committees

Posted By Melissa Cardenas-Dow Jun 23, 2019 07:49 AM
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Thanks, Susan. I hope referral is on the table at Council. I said what I said because I've had the experience of not knowing what to do with a resolution I wanted to move and being intimidated by approaching people within the structure. I had also heard that some personal member movers (from other resolutions) ...

RE: Courtesy consult with related committees

Posted By Melissa Cardenas-Dow Jun 23, 2019 05:59 AM
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I am more than certain I am speaking out of ignorance here. But I do wonder if this is more an issue of the complexity and opacity of our organization from the perspective of many personal members than willful oversight of protocol. I was grateful that Ed Sanchez, Resolutions Committee chair, read from ...

RE: Resolution for the Adoption of Sustainability as a Core Value of Librarianship

Posted By Melissa Cardenas-Dow Jan 17, 2019 04:03 PM
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Sarah, I'd like to second as a Councilor-At-Large. Thanks! Melissa Melissa Cardenas-Dow, MLIS, MS American Library Association, Councilor-At-Large, 2016-2019 (she/her/hers) melissa.cardenasdow@gmail.com phone: 909-793-2030 Google Hangout: melissa.cardenasdow Twitter: @micdow ORCiD: orcid.org/0000-0002-3823-6954 ...

RE: Resolution - Below

Posted By Melissa Cardenas-Dow Jan 08, 2019 12:29 PM
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I'd like to second as well, as Councilor-at-Large. Melissa Cardenas-Dow, MLIS, MS American Library Association, Councilor-At-Large, 2016-2019 (she/her/hers) melissa.cardenasdow@gmail.com phone: 909-793-2030 Google Hangout: melissa.cardenasdow Twitter: @micdow ORCiD: orcid.org/0000-0002-3823-6954 LinkedIn: ...

RE: Resolution to Rescind Meeting Rooms: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights (2017-2018 ALA CD#19.6_62617_act).

Posted By Melissa Cardenas-Dow Jul 26, 2018 02:13 PM
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I too speak in favor of voting YES for this resolution. Its scope is intentionally very narrow, focused only on the rescinding of the meeting rooms interpretations passed by Council in June 2018. Voting YES will not be to accept a new revision. The new language is still being worked on by the IFC's working ...

2nd version of Resolution to Rescind Meeting Rooms Interpretation

Posted By Melissa Cardenas-Dow Jul 18, 2018 05:41 PM
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2nd version of Resolution to Rescind Meeting Rooms Interpretation

Posted By Melissa Cardenas-Dow Jul 18, 2018 05:41 PM
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Dear Councilors, The drafters of the resolution heard great feedback on the language and have made changes to the second resolved clause as a result. Thank you so much to those who provided feedback and added your names as seconders! Unfortunately, we've had to close down feedback to the resolution earlier ...

Draft Resolution To Rescind Meeting Rooms: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights

Posted By Melissa Cardenas-Dow Jul 17, 2018 08:50 AM
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Dear fellow Councilors, Attached please find a draft resolution (same content in Google Doc [ https://goo.gl/Mp8vEM ],   pdf, and docx formats) to rescind the meeting rooms interpretation.  We, the signers, would like to receive feedback on the language of the resolution and additional seconders. ...

Draft Resolution To Rescind Meeting Rooms: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights

Posted By Melissa Cardenas-Dow Jul 17, 2018 08:49 AM
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Better internet access?

Posted By Melissa Cardenas-Dow Jun 26, 2018 01:55 PM
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Hello fellow Councilors, I'm just putting this out there since I hadn't heard. I'm sure I am not the only one that makes use of cloud storage to access Council documents during our sessions. The paper texts had been a safety net and I had found I had to make ample use of them this Annual conference. ...

RE: Draft Resolution GLBTRT Resolution on Gender Neutral Bathrooms at ALA Conferences and Meeting

Posted By Melissa Cardenas-Dow Jun 24, 2018 12:07 PM
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I'm with Louis. I'd be very honored and happy to be a seconder. ------------------------------ Melissa Cardenas-Dow Sacramento State University ------------------------------

RE: Latest version of ALA IFC draft "Diversity" interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights

Posted By Melissa Cardenas-Dow Jun 15, 2017 10:28 AM
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Many, many thanks to the ALA IFC for the work you've all invested in creating the drafts of the EDI and the Politics in Libraries interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights. One general comment I'd like to make for both documents--I am heartened to see that the concept of libraries-as-neutral-spaces ...

RE: ACRL Presentation: Collection Development, e-Resources, and Meeting the Needs of People with Disabilities

Posted By Melissa Cardenas-Dow Mar 26, 2015 05:51 PM
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I'd like to add my thanks, too! I look forward to your updates, Teresa and John! ~Melissa