Putting the resolution's merits/lack-thereof aside, the resolution itself is politically toxic to everyone, no matter where you stand. Passing the resolution will foster divisiveness in the library community, and instill fear and uncertainty, which can only weaken us. It's chilling.
It also puts academic libraries at odds with the upper administration of our universities. The association of American universities passed a statement condemning academic boycotts. The president of the University of Rochester issued a statement saying that the University is against the boycotts. The resolution not only affects how we see ourselves as a library community, it can damage the reputation of libraries within their organizations. The resolution doesn't just offend librarians, it offends our provosts, deans, presidents, boards of trustees, and donors. It is not only evil and hateful, it's also a fools errand. Joe Easterly Electronic Resources & Digital Scholarship Librarian SUNY Geneseo > On Jan 27, 2015, at 4:59 PM, Emily Bergman <[email protected]> wrote: > > For what it's worth, this is not an academic boycott, per se; it's a > divestment of stocks in three companies that do business with Israel. That > is what I'm working on putting together a statement for. My first thought > was why not all the other countries that commit genocide and war crimes, but > if there are no companies with stocks that ALA owns, it doesn't help my > argument. Emily > >> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Weisman, Yaffa <[email protected]> wrote: >> This was sent to me from Elhanan Adler via Yaniv Levi of NLI. Both the >> pending resolution and the case against it are attached. So it is a real >> attempt in real time. >> >> Elliot & Shoshana, and any other AJL member who has a voice in ALA – is it >> too late to submit an AJL sponsored statement to ALA’s Council? How does one >> do it? I can write a short one but I need to know which ALA body has the >> authority to publish it. >> >> This is not new(s) and I suggest we highlight the hypocrisy of signaling out >> of Israel as opposed to countries and terrorist organizations who commit >> genocide & war crimes (Nigeria, Hamas, Sudan, etc.), and using anti-Zionism >> and anti-Semitism to politicize a professional organization. We should also >> mention that scheduling such meetings on the Sabbath is offensive to Jewish >> members of ALA and is a de-facto act of censorship. >> >> AJL membership is a rainbow of political convictions vis-à-vis Israel (Thank >> God!), but I am sure we can all agree that Israel’s right to exist is not >> debatable, and that the work of our colleagues in Israel promotes >> coexistence and peace and shouldn’t be reviled and railroaded by ALA. >> >> >> >> yaffa >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Yaniv Levi [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 8:42 AM >> To: Weisman, Yaffa >> Cc: Oren Weinberg; Elhanan >> Subject: ALA resolution boycotting companies working with IDF >> >> >> >> Dear Yaffa, >> >> >> >> I have received you mail from Elhanan Adler, who proposed that you might >> assist. >> >> >> >> It was brought to our attention that in the coming ALA (winter) the attached >> resolution would be adopted by ALA council. >> >> >> >> 1. Are you aware of this initiative? I found no mentioning of such >> resolution, and I don't know if this is a real thing or not. >> >> 2. Does ALA take such resolution and if so in what forum? >> >> 3. If so, how can we help prevent such resolution? Who can help? What >> is required? >> >> >> 4. Can AJL assist in such effort? >> >> >> >> >> Thank you in advance, >> >> >> >> Yaniv >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> <image002.jpg> >> >> >> >> Yaniv Levi-Korem |Head of Technical Services >> >> >> >> Mobile: +972-52-860-0747 >> >> Tel.: +972-74-733-6230 >> >> The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem >> >> [email protected] | www.nli.org.il >> >> <image004.png> <image006.png> <image007.png> <image009.png> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> __ >> Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual >> author >> and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) >> ================================== >> Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: >> [email protected] >> To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: >> https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran >> Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] >> Ha-Safran Archives: >> Current: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html >> Earlier Listserver: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html >> AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org >> -- >> Hasafran mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran >> > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > [email protected] > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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