Comments on: Resolutions Too Dumb to Consider

By: Allison

Allison — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:52:39 +0000

I was happy to see this resolution. I wasn’t pleased about the misused commas, but I appreciated SRRT’s attempt to tie the resolution to libraries. It seemed as though they had realized that they’re part of a library association, and that they should strive for relevance. But perhaps I’m being too optimistic.

By: I Like Books

I Like Books — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:28:23 +0000

It makes as much sense as the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants making resolutions about libraries, or the Association for Computing Machinery making resolutions about music instruction. They have no expertise in it, and it’s not within the scope of the organization. Sure, the AL should think about war. But why should the AL care what the ALA has to say about war?

Besides, what are they going to do about it besides pass a resolution? Nobody will ever know, except for a subset of the library community. They might oppose those wars, but if all they’re going to do about it is pass a resolution, then they can’t possibly oppose them very much. Might make them feel good, though.

If the members of the ALA want to get active in wars there are plenty of organizations that exist expressly for that purpose, and can pursue that purpose far more effectively– they can be members of more than one organization.

By: bps

bps — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:36:17 +0000

So what if the resolution has nothing to do with libraries? Would the AL approve if the statement was more clearly written and reasoned? Don’t think about war, drink another martini.

By: Real Librarian

Real Librarian — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:14:01 +0000

Gosh, the ALA is ineffective and doesn’t do anything worthwhile.

Thank you AL.

I wish I could have figured that out before I paid dues for years and years and did not read what they were up to.

Quit pandering to us.

By: Marion

Marion — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:55:34 +0000

I think SRRT is losing its edge. They’ve gone a year without ticking us off with their pointless babble.

Viva la libraries!

By: ashamed

ashamed — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:15:28 +0000

I love how libraries around the country are facing closures, budget cuts and harder times than ever, and yet the best the ALA can offer are these inane platitudes. This is why I stopped paying ALA dues years ago.

By: Real Librarian

Real Librarian — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:32:27 +0000

I wish the ALA had boiled it down to “War is Bad”.

By: Raynor

Raynor — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:39:43 +0000

“a sad, desperate attempt to use the ALA Council as a tool for political statements having nothing to do with American libraries”

Shocking.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:33:05 +0000

The regressive librarians must still be all ginned up from the US Social Forum.

By: Annie

Annie — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:24:45 +0000

I love you. This is hilarious.