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.

Learn more about SRRT on the ALA website.

  • 1.  Florida argues school libraries are for government messaging

    Posted Dec 05, 2023 09:33 AM
    I found this very disturbing and infuriating:

    "Florida's government is arguing that school districts have a First Amendment right to remove LGBTQ books. 

    Or any book, for that matter.

    It's a contention that First Amendment experts and advocates call extreme and chilling. But the state maintains the books on school shelves represent protected government speech. Public school libraries are "a forum for government speech," it says, not a "forum for free expression."

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  • 2.  RE: Florida argues school libraries are for government messaging

    Posted Dec 06, 2023 03:21 PM

    I told my coworker when I read this earlier today that I love how they change the definitions of things when it's something they don't agree with. 



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    Carolyn Nickerson-Harper
    Assistant Director
    Carlsbad Public Library
    Carlsbad, NM
    cjnickerson-harper@cityofcarlsbadnm.com
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