SRRT (Social Responsibilities Round Table)

SRRT Newsletter, Issue 175, June 2011
http://libr.org/srrt/news/srrt175.php

• 2011 ALA Annual Conference Overview
  There are many interesting programs this year you won't want to miss! To get the latest information about SRRT-related programs at this year's Annual Conference in New Orleans, please visit our group calendar on ALA Connect: ...
• Coordinator's Column
  This year as SRRT Coordinator has gone by so quickly for me that I feel I have only made a small dent in the hood of the juggernaut zeppelin that is ALA. As the social conscience of ALA, SRRT is like a navigation system that ...
• The "Most Dangerous Man in America" to Speak on War and Secrecy
  On the month marking the fortieth anniversary of the first publication of excerpts from the Pentagon Papers, the ALA conference in New Orleans will celebrate freedom of speech and free access to government information with two ...
• News from the Feminist Task Force
  The SRRT Feminist Task Force (FTF) invites you to attend the Feminist Task Force meetings at the ALA Annual Conference. They are open to everyone. There are many opportunities for you including serving as an officer (coordinator, ...
• 2011 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Multi-Cultural Idea Exchange
  Join the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Task Force for its annual Multi-Cultural Idea Exchange, Saturday, June 25 at 1:30 p.m. in Convention Center room 334. ...
• Alternative Media Task Force Seeks New Chair
  The AMTF finds itself without a chair. All interested people are encouraged to contact SRRT coordinator Mike Marlin, or express your interest in person during the SRRT All Task Forces meeting, Saturday, June 25, 8:30 a.m. at the Convention Center, Room 240. ...
• GreeNotes: A Column on Things Environmental
  When you go to New Orleans for the 2011 ALA Annual Conference, please drop by the TFOE Table at the annual All-Task Force Meeting of the Social Responsibilities Round Table on Saturday morning. This is going to be an ...
• News from the Hunger, Homelessness & Poverty Task Force
  The HHPTF nears completion of their toolkit on hunger, homeless and poverty. This toolkit enables library workers to effectively serve poor patrons and enhance library services overall. The toolkit helps library workers understand ...
• Rainbow Project Announces New Website
  The Rainbow Project, a booklist of glbt-q books for young people birth to age 18, is thrilled to announce their new website. You can find nominations and all of our lists at ...
• Explore the Updated SRRT Website
  The SRRT website has more than a fresh look. It is completely updated, reorganized, and full of new features! If you haven't already done so, we invite you to explore our "new" site. ...
• Introducing Our New Assistant Editor/Editor-elect
  The SRRT Editorial Board has completed our search for a new Newsletter Editor, to replace out-going editor Myka Kennedy Stephens. We received applications from a number of qualified and impressive individuals and are ...
• SRRT Shorts: More Brief Announcements of SRRT Interest
  A seventh edition of Alternative Publishers of Books in North America (APBNA) has been published by the Counterpoise Collective. There will be a review of it in the final issue of ...
• Editorial: My SRRT Education
  This is my last issue as editor of the SRRT Newsletter, and the last three years have been an incredible journey for me. I came into this volunteer position with some editing experience, a passion for social justice, ...
• Book Review: Beyond Article 19
  That libraries serve as champions of cultural rights in our global community is an often overlooked yet incredibly vital role for the institution. Indeed, cultural rights are considered a "neglected category" of human ...
• Film Review: Woman Rebel
  Nestled snugly between China and India, the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal bears the wounds of a nation recently torn apart by civil war. Fed up with the ever-widening gender and class disparities in Nepalese society, the ...
• Call for Submissions
  The next submission deadline is September 2, 2011.