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International Responsibilities Task Force (IRTF) meeting - Friday, April 12

Posted By Mark Hudson Apr 10, 2024 10:58 PM
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SRRT's International Responsibilities Task Force (IRTF) will meet on Zoom this Friday, April 12 at 3 p.m. Eastern (2 p.m. Central, 1 p.m. Mountain, 12 noon Pacific). We have three items on the agenda: 1. Recap of April 7 Dialogue with Peace Activists from Palestine and Israel (15 mins.) 2. Programming ...

RE: Demolishing Gaza's cultural heritage

Posted By Mark Hudson Mar 26, 2024 08:41 PM
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The link worked for me, although the page brought up a message about an ad blocker. I think you can either disable the ad blocker or continue without disabling it. - Mark Sent from my phone

RE: SRRT Action Council Agenda - Monday, March 18 - 10am Central, 11am Eastern

Posted By Mark Hudson Mar 17, 2024 06:08 PM
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Thanks, Charles. Please add an item about IRTF's April 7 program with Combatants for Peace. - Mark

New Report: Israeli Damage to Archives, Libraries, and Museums in Gaza, October 2023–January 2024

Posted By Mark Hudson Feb 05, 2024 02:05 PM
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Librarians and Archivists with Palestine (LAP) released a new research report today: "Israeli Damage to Archives, Libraries, and Museums in Gaza, October 2023 to January 2024". This report documents damage or destruction of two archives and rare book collections, eight libraries, four university libraries, ...

International Responsibilities Task Force - Monday, January 29 meeting

Posted By Mark Hudson Jan 27, 2024 02:31 PM
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The SRRT International Responsibilities Task Force (IRTF) will meet this Monday, January 29 on Zoom. The meeting is open to all SRRT/ALA members and will start at 4:00 p.m. Eastern (3:00 Central, 2:00 Mountain, 1:00 Pacific). Here's the meeting info and agenda: International Responsibilities Task Force ...

ALA Council Meetings January 20-21 (hybrid format)

Posted By Mark Hudson Jan 19, 2024 04:14 PM
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Just a reminder that ALA Council will meet this weekend (January 20th and 21st, 3-5 p.m. Eastern) in hybrid format (Zoom) during the LLX conference. The Council meetings are free and open to all ALA members; you do not need to be registered for LLX to attend Council. To register for both Council meetings, ...

RE: 14 Free Videos to Counter One-Sided Media Coverage of Gaza

Posted By Mark Hudson Jan 11, 2024 10:31 PM
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Also, I just noticed, Verso is offering several other free ebooks, including From the River to the Sea in collaboration with Haymarket: https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/solidarity-with-palestine-free-resources-and-further-reading ------------------------------ Mark Hudson Retired librarian Monroeville, ...

RE: 14 Free Videos to Counter One-Sided Media Coverage of Gaza

Posted By Mark Hudson Jan 11, 2024 10:24 PM
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Thanks for this! The Haymarket ebooks look excellent. Verso Books is offering Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappe as a free ebook download: https://www.versobooks.com/products/370-ten-myths-about-israel -- Mark ------------------------------ Mark Hudson Retired librarian Monroeville, PA --- ...

14 Free Videos to Counter One-Sided Media Coverage of Gaza

Posted By Mark Hudson Jan 11, 2024 03:11 PM
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To counter the pro-Israel media coverage highlighted by The Intercept's study, the Media Education Foundation (MEF) is making 14 of its acclaimed documentary films available to stream for free until January 22: https://go.mediaed.org/free-videos-for-context-on-israels-war-on-gaza Here's the press ...

Gaza war coverage in NYT and other major US newspapers heavily favors Israeli narratives

Posted By Mark Hudson Jan 11, 2024 02:49 PM
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FYI, a new study from independent media outlet The Intercept that found Gaza war coverage in the New York Times and other major US newspapers heavily favors Israeli narratives. "The Intercept collected more than 1,000 articles from the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times about ...

RE: FYI - Draft ALA Core Values

Posted By Mark Hudson Jan 05, 2024 04:08 PM
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Here's a link to the "E-Government in Public Libraries" article which found that "Libraries with ALA-MLS librarians were about twice as likely to have e-government items on their websites than libraries without": https://publiclibrariesonline.org/2015/06/e-government-in-public-libraries/ -- Mark ...

RE: FYI - Draft ALA Core Values

Posted By Mark Hudson Jan 05, 2024 03:52 PM
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Here's a link to the Library Journal article Rebekah refers to: https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/raised-by-wolves -- Mark ------------------------------ Mark Hudson Retired librarian Monroeville, PA ------------------------------

RE: FYI - Draft ALA Core Values

Posted By Mark Hudson Jan 05, 2024 03:46 PM
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Same thing happened at the library I worked at before retiring. No MLIS requirement even for librarian positions. Even top administrative positions filled by tech people with zero interest in (if not outright antipathy to) the core values we're so passionately debating here. -- Mark ------------ ...

RE: FYI - Draft ALA Core Values

Posted By Mark Hudson Jan 03, 2024 09:53 PM
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I agree this is very concerning. Thank you, Al, for speaking up about it. I hope it will be on the AC agenda for January 16.

RE: What is the importance of SRRT resolutions?

Posted By Mark Hudson Nov 30, 2023 03:38 PM
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Thanks, Karyn. This is a very good point as well. People can cite resolutions along with the many statements and letters compiled by MESA. The Campus Climate Resources page also includes a link to Palestine Legal's Know Your Rights page, created to help students who "are facing obstacles and experiencing ...

RE: What is the importance of SRRT resolutions?

Posted By Mark Hudson Nov 30, 2023 02:48 PM
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Thanks Al, and Mary and Karen as well, for stating this so clearly and coherently. I would just add that the IF aspect of the current war is in fact addressed in SRRT's Gaza resolution, in the Whereas clause stating that "the freedom of expression of people voicing opposition to the Israeli assault ...

RE: Fwd: Anti-Defamation League Maps Jewish Peace Rallies With Antisemitic Attacks

Posted By Mark Hudson Nov 13, 2023 07:54 AM
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Thanks, Al for the Intercept articles. In particular, the article about the ADL's attacks on Jewish peace groups provides some much-needed context for the discussion here. As I'm sure many people are aware, there is actually a long history going back to the early 20th century of Jewish opposition to ...

RE: Resolution on ceasefire seems to lack some context

Posted By Mark Hudson Nov 09, 2023 10:30 PM
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In fact if you look through the resolutions going back over the years in the Resolution Archive, SRRT has passed many, many resolutions on a wide range of international issues. https://www.ala.org/rt/srrt/resolutionsarchive Some of these were approved by ALA Council; others were not. But this is something ...

RE: Current World Events Discussion Series for Library Staff & Community Members

Posted By Mark Hudson Oct 07, 2023 01:13 PM
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Same problem here. The time listed is 2:00 Eastern.

RE: Current World Events Discussion Series for Library Staff & Community Members

Posted By Mark Hudson Oct 07, 2023 07:35 AM
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The only progressive, principled left position (which ought to be SRRT's position, in my opinion) on the war in Ukraine is both anti-Putin/Russia and anti-NATO. Our solidarity should be with the Ukrainian working class, against the Russian invasion and occupation and for Ukraine's self-determination ...