SRRT (Social Responsibilities Round Table)

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The Social Responsibilities Round Table works to make ALA more democratic and to establish progressive priorities not only for the Association, but also for the entire profession. Concern for human and economic rights was an important element in the founding of SRRT and remains an urgent concern today. SRRT believes that libraries and librarians must recognize and help solve social problems and inequities in order to carry out their mandate to work for the common good and bolster democracy.

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Eric Moon —Librarians We Have Lost-Sesquicentennial Memories - 1976-2005

  • 1.  Eric Moon —Librarians We Have Lost-Sesquicentennial Memories - 1976-2005

    Posted Oct 09, 2025 03:29 PM
    Eric Moon  1923-2016
    
     Eric Moon-was a groundbreaking librarian, editor, publisher and activist.  He was the first person to run by petition and win the ALA Presidency. He served as president of ALA in 1977-1978, editor-in-chief of Library Journal from 1959 to 1968, and president of Scarecrow Press from 1968 to 1978;  Eric continued to serve as a member of ALA Council into the mid-1990s; his leadership spanned more than four decades and helped to
    shape  20th century library activism;

    A founding member of the ALA  Social Responsibilities Round Table, Eric  Moon was a tireless voice -- and virtual conscience --for the profession.  A champion of civil liberties, he was an articulate social critic and mentor; he inspired an entire generation of librarians with a humanistic and socially progressive philosophy of library service. As president of ALA, he focused on national information policy and equitable access to information. Eric appointed the first Committee on the Status of Women n Librarianship.  

    Eric Moon,  believed passionately in a democratic, strong and
    articulate American Library Association.  He founded the ALA Council Caucus  and organized an informal Council " back bench" where members could easily approach Councilors with their concerns. He fought tirelessly against segregation and discrimination against African-American librarians; with EJ Josey he led the fight to get ALA to expel chapters practicing segregation;

    As a Editor of Library Journal, and later President of Scarecrow Press,   Eric Moon wrote and edited countless seminal articles and editorials, and encouraged and published many new and important voices in the profession. He received numerous awards, including the highest honors American librarianship offers, for his trailblazing influence on libraries and librarians: ALA Honorary Membership, the Joseph W. Lippincott Award, and the highest honor of the British library profession, Honorary Fellowship.