Today's Topics: 1. ALCTS News Updates September 23, 2016 (Elaine Franco) 2. Feedback Wanted: Discussion Draft for the ALA Resolution on Gun Violence Affecting Libraries (Elaine Franco)
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Check out ALCTS News<http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/> for the latest about ALCTS members and activities: ALCTS Calls for Nominations for 2017 Awards<http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/items/2017awards> (Information about all ALCTS awards in one place) Reports from the 2016 ALA Annual Conference: CaMMS Committee and Interest Group Reports: 2016 Annual Conference<http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/reports/ac2016-camms> Thanks, Rebecca ALCTS News Editor ****************** Rebecca L. Mugridge Dean of University Libraries University Library, LI-123 University at Albany 1400 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12222 Phone: 518-442-3570 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ------------------------------ Message: 2 Dear ALCTS colleagues, Please see below and attached for an invitation to comment on a draft ALA Council resolution regarding gun violence. I encourage you to send feedback via the links provided below so the resolution authors will have the fullest possible understanding of how gun violence is relevant for libraries and library workers, and what message from ALA would be most effective and true to the association?s mission and values. Andy Andrew Hart ALCTS Division Councilor Head, Preservation Department CB#3910, Davis Library University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Tel. 919-962-8047 Fax 919-962-4450 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Dear ALA Community, A resolution about the subject of gun violence was passed at the Membership Meeting at ALA Orlando 2016. In accordance with ALA procedures, when the resolution came to ALA Council, they directed the Committee on Legislation and the Intellectual Freedom Committee to establish a working group to continue to work on the resolution. We are inviting all ALA members to provide the working group with feedback on a discussion draft of the resolution. This document is attached. It is by no means final and the working group will consider comments as they continue their work. You can comment on this ALA Connect post to share your feedback: http://connect.ala.org/node/257792. You will need to log in to ALA Connect prior to viewing the post. Please note that if you are not a member of ALA Connect you will need to register first. If you wish to share your feedback anonymously, please visit this form: https://goo.gl/forms/M90eDWOr1fAo4m9p2 If you have any difficulties, please contact our staff liaison at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Please comment or fill out the form by 10/21. Thank you, Workgroup Members Ann Ewbank, COL Chair, co-facilitator Pam Klipsch, IFC Chair, co-facilitator Melissa Cardenas-Dow, EDI Implementation Task Force Co-Chair Aaron Dobbs, LITA Councilor Aimee Fifarek, Arizona Chapter Councilor Martin Garnar, EDI Implementation Task Force Co-Chair and IFRT Councilor Laura Koltutsky, SRRT Councilor Mike Marlin, Executive Board Eric Suess, Councilor-at-Large, former IFC member Christian Zabriskie, Councilor-at-Large, COL member ALA Staff: Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Deputy Director, OIF Adam Eisgrau, Managing Director, OGRWa ------------------------------ End of Tsig Digest, Vol 53, Issue 20 ************************************ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[email protected]" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected].
