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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SRRT survey of membership?

  • 1.  SRRT survey of membership?

    Posted 6 hours ago

    Perhaps this has already been discussed, but it seems to me like it would be a good time to run a survey of SRRT members, to see what their priorities are. Among other questions, people could be asked to rank SRRT activities in order of importance. I don't think elections or participation at meetings by the most committed members are necessarily sufficient to determine what SRRT should be focusing on. At other times, I think it would be, but right now we have a sort of a crisis of direction. Key question: How important are resolutions to the membership? If they're not a top priority, what are the top priorities?  We may find that SRRT resolutions are what drive membership, but I don't think we can know that without gathering some kind of data. If we find that resolutions remain a top priority of membership, it would help us get through the question of how to place them on the agenda and have a decisive effort to devote a lot of time to them. What do people think?

    Rory Litwin



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    Rory Litwin
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    Library Juice Academy
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