Safranim, Forgive my ignorance, as perhaps this is common knowledge to those engaged in our work, but please indulge a relatively newly minted Judaica librarian.
After searching the librarians for fairness website, the Hasafran archives, and a few google searches, I've been unable to find any information on who is behind 'librarians for fairness' -- that is aside from some apparent link with standwithus.org By this I mean, I cannot find who are the principals behind it, how their website and other activities are funded, how many librarians advocating fairness they speak for, who is in leadership positions and what are their credentials, or basically any information related to their authority as an organization. While I'm sure many on the list thoroughly support the important advocacy that they engage in -- as an information specialist who tries to inculcate in my students the importance of recognizing authority and potential bias of sources, I'm troubled by the apparent lack of transparency of this organization. Is anyone on the list aware of something I am not? Are they something more than an astroturf group for standwithus? L'Shalom, Russel M. Neiss Librarian - Rodeph Sholom School, NY, NY Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
