[Libs-Or] SRRT chair for 2014-2015 - was Re: Diversity and Social Justice in Libraries - where next?

Wed Jul 16 16:20:06 PDT 2014

I have attended many Progressive Library Guild events at ALA Conferences
and read their publication and Facebook page.  They are great and work
outside the bureaucracy of ALA so have flexibility to do things that ALA
SRRT doesn't do because it is different to be within the bureaucracy and
outside the bureaucracy.  Both groups are needed.

OLA SRRT can easily have conference programs at OLA conferences, use the
OLA website and Memberclicks for communication and easily report activities
to the OLA Board and work to get OLA Board backing on projects.  OLA SRRT
also has small membership dues so that there is funding to do various
activities.

So, both great groups that may have much of the same membership but they
have some differences that are important to note and allow for different
kinds of activities.

On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Ember Stevens <ember3 at pdx.edu> wrote:

> I was also a member of the Progressive Librarians Guild in library school
> and found it to be a useful resource. They publish a quarterly (I believe)
> publication that tackles these types of issues.
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> Ember Stevens, MA
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> On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Shannon Van Kirk <SVanKirk at bluecc.edu>
> wrote:
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>>  Many of you might be interested in the Progressive Librarians’ Guild as
>> well.   I used to belong to this organization and they are a great socially
>> conscious group of librarians.
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>> --shannon
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>> Shannon Van Kirk
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>> Blue Mountain Community College Library
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>> *From:* Libs-Or [mailto:libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] *On
>> Behalf Of *Diedre Conkling
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 16, 2014 1:34 PM
>> *To:* Candice Watkins; libs-or; cbranum at ocom.edu; Robert Schroeder
>> *Subject:* Re: [Libs-Or] SRRT chair for 2014-2015 - was Re: Diversity
>> and Social Justice in Libraries - where next?
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>> Remember that discussion we were having about diversity and social
>> justice in libraries?  Well, now is the time to really start working on
>> this and one way to do this is to develop a strong Social Responsibilities
>> Round Table (SRRT) within OLA.
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>> What we really need is someone who can step forward and chair SRRT.  I
>> can't do this but I will give support to anyone who can.  If Candice can
>> appoint a chair for now then elections can be held later as the task force
>> grows.
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>> I have just created a Facebook page for OLA SRRT as one place where ideas
>> and easy discussion can take place and issues can be shared.  Maybe some of
>> you would like to join,  www.facebook.com/OLASRRT.
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>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Candice Watkins <
>> ola at memberclicks-mail.net> wrote:
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>>  Hello SRRT members! I'm wondering if you would like to elect a SRRT
>> chair for this coming year. There was some recent energy around the state
>> on the topic of diversity in the library profession and, as a result of
>> that discussion, some interest in revitalizing this roundtable. So, I
>> wanted to touch base with you about that.
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>> It's up to you, but I think it would be great to have this roundtable
>> going strong again. If there is interest, let me know if I can help in some
>> way.
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>> Best,
>>
>> Candice Watkins
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>> OLA President, 2014-2015
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