[Publib] Member Representation RE: COSWL on Alito--Reality Check

[Diedre Conkling]

Continuing on, much to the dismay of most of you I am sure...

I don't really think that we will ever have any kind of consensus on what is or is not an appropriate issue to be considered by ALA Council, or other bodies of ALA.

What is or is not a library issue, what is or is not an issue for our professional association are often hotly debated and should continue to be but there definitely is not agreement on this.  The  best we can do, and what we do try to do, is address issues that connect in some way to the policies in the ALA Handbook, http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=handbook20052006&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&NavMenuID=3823&ContentID=109558&DirectListComboInd=D .  This is an ALA members only area on the website but I would be more than happy to copy the policies for you and send them to you if you are not a member.


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Diedre Conkling
     
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