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Perspective on today's ALA webinar on facing the Trump administration

Posted By Al Kagan Nov 22, 2024 02:38 PM
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Greetings friends and comrades, I just attended an ALA webinar on how ALA is planning to address the Trump Administrations threats to libraries. As one of the questions/comments at the end stated, it was a "pep talk." The speaker agreed it was a pep talk but also based on the reality. They explained ...

RE: Second book update article published

Posted By Al Kagan Nov 15, 2024 08:17 AM
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April, You are most welcome. Al

Addendum to my last message: Second book update article published

Posted By Al Kagan Nov 14, 2024 05:59 PM
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And somehow I forgot to write that I also included a short section on Information for Social Change. Al On Nov 14, 2024, at 5:14 PM, Kagan, Alfred wrote: Dear friends, colleagues, and comrades, I write to let you know that the second update article to my book has just been published in volume ...

Second book update article published

Posted By Al Kagan Nov 14, 2024 05:16 PM
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Dear friends, colleagues, and comrades, I write to let you know that the second update article to my book has just been published in volume 10 of the Journal of Radical Librarianship, which is freely available online. Here is the URL, https://journal.radicallibrarianship.org/index.php/journal/arti ...

RE: Issue 226, SRRT Newsletter Now Available!

Posted By Al Kagan Nov 13, 2024 10:23 AM
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Congratulations to the editors on a truly wonderful issue of the SRRT Newsletter.

RE: In silence or indifference

Posted By Al Kagan Nov 11, 2024 10:07 AM
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April, Very nice idea! Al

Mary Biblio's 100th birthday album

Posted By Al Kagan Nov 03, 2024 05:16 PM
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Greetings all, As you probably know, on December 31st, Mary Biblio will turn 100 years old. I am making a photo album for her. I have 12 great photos to include so far, mostly from IFLA meetings and tours. It would be great to include more photos from ALA meetings. Please send me any photos that you ...

RE: Nov. 4 Action Council Meeting: Call for Agenda Items

Posted By Al Kagan Oct 28, 2024 07:22 PM
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Agend items: ALA Code of Conduct procedures update Student membership update Round Table Coordinating Committee discussion on funds sweep

RE: Important Action Council Update and October Call for Agenda Items

Posted By Al Kagan Sep 27, 2024 11:17 AM
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Thanks Olivia. We should discuss the drop in student membership due to the difficulty of finding the free coupon and what to do about it. Al

RE: June 2024 SRRT Newsletter

Posted By Al Kagan Jun 24, 2024 06:04 PM
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I want to congratulate the editors of the SRRT Newsletter for reprinting an article by E.J. Josey. It is inspiring, just what I need today to counter the sad state of our country and world.

Fwd: resolution

Posted By Al Kagan May 21, 2024 10:28 AM
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Passing this on from Karyn Pomerantz. Al > Begin forwarded message: > > Columbia University Librarians: > > As library workers, we oppose the escalated and violent suppression of > speech, as well as increasing crackdowns on the free exchange of > ideas—two pillars of our academic community that Columbia ...

RE: Agenda and Zoom Link for Monday 5/20 SRRT Action Council Meeting

Posted By Al Kagan May 20, 2024 09:37 AM
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Attached is the revised resolution with Sherre's changes. Al

Agenda and Zoom Link for Monday 5/20 SRRT Action Council Meeting Attachments

Posted By Al Kagan May 20, 2024 09:36 AM
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Fwd: October 7 Survivors Sue Campus Protesters, Say Students Are “Hamas’s Propaganda Division”

Posted By Al Kagan May 12, 2024 08:37 PM
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Hello all, Please see the first two articles here. The first concerns H.R.6408 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate the tax-exempt status of terrorist supporting organizations. And second concerns the bill equating anti-Zionism to anti-semitism, the Antisemitism Awareness Act. ...

RE: FYI - SRRT Webpages

Posted By Al Kagan May 04, 2024 09:26 AM
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This is appalling. And ALA is supposed to support information for the people.

ALA Core Values

Posted By Al Kagan May 01, 2024 08:16 AM
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Ten past-presidents of ALA have sent a message asking for a re-evaluation of the recent diminishment of the ALA core values. I hope that SRRT members will weigh in. I am particularly concerned with the deletion of democracy and social responsibility as core values. I am pasting the past-president's message ...

Fwd: [Progressivelibrariansguild] Statement from library workers at Columbia University regarding campus events

Posted By Al Kagan Apr 25, 2024 08:57 AM
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FYI Al Begin forwarded message: From: Eamon Tewell via Progressivelibrariansguild Subject: [Progressivelibrariansguild] Statement from library workers at Columbia University regarding campus events Date: April 25, 2024 at 8:34:42 AM CDT To: progressivelibrariansguild@lists.sonic.net Reply-To: ...

Fwd: ALA Members Digest for Thursday April 18, 2024

Posted By Al Kagan Apr 18, 2024 10:33 PM
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See no. 1 below. I think that it is shocking that 85% of public libraries put non-librarians on reference desks. It says a lot about where we have gotten to as a profession. Al Kagan Begin forwarded message: From: ALA Connect Subject: ALA Members Digest for Thursday April 18, 2024 Date: April ...

RE: Call for Agenda Items for 4/15/24 SRRT Meeting

Posted By Al Kagan Apr 08, 2024 06:04 PM
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ALA Executive Director's search and requirement for library degree Boycott of states that criminalize ALA Brief report on Combatants for Peace Zoom program and recording

RE: Demolishing Gaza's cultural heritage

Posted By Al Kagan Mar 26, 2024 08:16 PM
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The message was supposed to say that the link doesn't work, but you can find it by searching the title. Al

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