I agree with Stanley. ALA's past anti-Israel, anti-Jewish history makes it
important for all of us to know when we have the opportunity to vote for
candidates who are AJL members and will speak in a different voice. The
benefit of sharing this knowledge outweighs the risk of "cluttering" our
list
I agree with Bernard. One of the reasons I value my AJL membership in
general, and this list in particular, is that both facilitate the
discussion of bibliographical and narrowly professional concerns, without
too much overflow into discussions of politics of whatever sort. One of the
results o
Hi, Folks.
I'm mostly a lurker on this listserv, so please forgive me if my
comments and questions about this issue seem out of line. I'll
withdraw them if they are, but as of right now, I don't think they will
be seen that way. What I want to know if why in the world couldn't
people campaign an
It is important for Jewish libraries to have a say at
ALA (American Library Association), since ALA is one
one of the parties editing the Anglo-American
Cataloguing rules and making other policies that
affect all American libraries.
They have also in the past, passed, with little
discussion, resolu
I must say that I'm surprised there hasn't been more discussion on this
important topic. I agree with Ted Koppel's implication that the use of
this list for ALA electioneering is inappropriate, regardless of any
individual's qualifications. I'm not a member of ALA, but I'm sure that
each official c
I think it is a service to us to be informed of ALA candidates who would
be, at the very least, sympathetic to our interests as AJL members. In
fact, when there is an ALA election, I would appreciate hearing from our
members which candidates would support our issues. I do
not know any of the candi
No matter what her qualifications are, is it proper to use Hasafran for
electioneering? Twice?
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