Links to documents containing actions of Council will follow when processed by the Council Secretariat.
Three documents of particular note are “think pieces” requested by ALA President Roberta Stevens. They are the report of the Future Perfect Presidential Task Force: Envisioning ALA’s Governance in the 21st Century, the Report of the Presidential Task Force on Equitable Access to Electronic Content (EQUACC), and the Report of the Presidential Task Force for Improving the Effectiveness of ALA’s Council.
I would like to thank the SD Library Association for its support of my attendance at the ALA conferences for the past 6 years.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
URGENT: Contact your U.S. Senators - ask them to sign on to library funding letter
Contact your U.S. Senators - ask them to sign on to library funding letter
Take Action!
Please call both of your U.S. Senators at (202) 224-3121 and ask them to sign onto this letter by COB Wednesday, June 8. Also ask library supporters to contact your senators as well.
Senators Jack Reed and Olympia Snowe are leading an effort to increase support for FY2012 federal funding for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and Improving Literacy Through School Libraries. Tell your senators’ staffers to contact Elyse Wasch in Reed’s office or Matthew Hussey in Snowe’s office. We need other senators to sign the Reed-Snowe letter as soon as possible. Please call immediately.
It may help if you describe at least one valuable service that your library provides the community or a success story about a library patron. Examples include access to computers and data services to aid job searchers, support for small businesses with marketing data and other resources as well as teaching digital literacy to people of all ages including K-12 students.
Take Action!
Please call both of your U.S. Senators at (202) 224-3121 and ask them to sign onto this letter by COB Wednesday, June 8. Also ask library supporters to contact your senators as well.
Senators Jack Reed and Olympia Snowe are leading an effort to increase support for FY2012 federal funding for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and Improving Literacy Through School Libraries. Tell your senators’ staffers to contact Elyse Wasch in Reed’s office or Matthew Hussey in Snowe’s office. We need other senators to sign the Reed-Snowe letter as soon as possible. Please call immediately.
It may help if you describe at least one valuable service that your library provides the community or a success story about a library patron. Examples include access to computers and data services to aid job searchers, support for small businesses with marketing data and other resources as well as teaching digital literacy to people of all ages including K-12 students.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
ALA & E-books
Mike Mullin asked about discussion at the ALA level on the recent decision by an e-book publisher to limit usage. Here is a message on the topic from ALA President Roberta Stevens.
Lea Briggs
Chapter Councilor
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From: Roberta Stevens [mailto:rstevens@ala.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 11:57 AM
To: alacoun@ala.org
Subject: [alacoun] Message re E-Books
Message to the ALA Executive Board, Council, Division and Round Table Leadership, Equitable Access to Electronic Content Task Force and OITP’s E-Book Subcommittee:
Recent developments in the e-book marketplace have underscored the importance of a model for e-book purchasing and lending that reflects the interests of all of the stakeholders: authors, publishers, booksellers, libraries and, ultimately, the public.
At the recent Midwinter Meeting, my president’s report identified the names of the members of the Equitable Access to Electronic Content task force, which was created in response to a Council resolution. The task force, chaired by Linda Crowe and Michael Porter, will be meeting in Washington next week for a working retreat that is being financially supported by ALA. Among other groups, they will get assistance from OITP’s E-Book subcommittee.
I do not take your concerns about changes in the e-book pricing approach lightly. However, due to the far-reaching and long-term effects, the task force deserves time to gather information and examine the complex issues involved in equitable access to electronic content, including e-books. We will receive their report at the Annual Conference and I look forward to our using it, as an association, to formulate actions that will ensure we have 21st century libraries to meet the needs of our users.
Meanwhile, please feel free to continue communicating your viewpoints to publishers and e-book distributors.
Thank you for speaking up.
Roberta Stevens
ALA President
Lea Briggs
Chapter Councilor
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From: Roberta Stevens [mailto:rstevens@ala.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 11:57 AM
To: alacoun@ala.org
Subject: [alacoun] Message re E-Books
Message to the ALA Executive Board, Council, Division and Round Table Leadership, Equitable Access to Electronic Content Task Force and OITP’s E-Book Subcommittee:
Recent developments in the e-book marketplace have underscored the importance of a model for e-book purchasing and lending that reflects the interests of all of the stakeholders: authors, publishers, booksellers, libraries and, ultimately, the public.
At the recent Midwinter Meeting, my president’s report identified the names of the members of the Equitable Access to Electronic Content task force, which was created in response to a Council resolution. The task force, chaired by Linda Crowe and Michael Porter, will be meeting in Washington next week for a working retreat that is being financially supported by ALA. Among other groups, they will get assistance from OITP’s E-Book subcommittee.
I do not take your concerns about changes in the e-book pricing approach lightly. However, due to the far-reaching and long-term effects, the task force deserves time to gather information and examine the complex issues involved in equitable access to electronic content, including e-books. We will receive their report at the Annual Conference and I look forward to our using it, as an association, to formulate actions that will ensure we have 21st century libraries to meet the needs of our users.
Meanwhile, please feel free to continue communicating your viewpoints to publishers and e-book distributors.
Thank you for speaking up.
Roberta Stevens
ALA President
Monday, January 31, 2011
2011 ALA Midwinter Actions, Documents and Audio Recordings
The actions, documents, and audio recordings of the Council meetings are available at:
Actions: http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/governance/council/council_actions/index.cfm
Documents: http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/governance/council/council_documents/docu_inventory_mw2011.cfm
Audio Recordings: http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/governance/council/councilaudio/index.cfm
Lois Ann Gregory-Wood
ALA Council Secretariat
Actions: http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/governance/council/council_actions/index.cfm
Documents: http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/governance/council/council_documents/docu_inventory_mw2011.cfm
Audio Recordings: http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/governance/council/councilaudio/index.cfm
Lois Ann Gregory-Wood
ALA Council Secretariat
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Council III
January 11, 2011
Highlights:
Elected to Executive Board are: Dora Ho, Sylvia K. Norton, and Michael Porter.
Approved resolutions:
· To make several cosmetic updates to bylaws to standardize wording related to Council elections
· To support the National Portrait Gallery exhibits and to resist censorship of such exhibits
Check http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/governance/council/index.cfm later for full details of official actions.
Many thanks to SDLA for its support of my travels as Chapter Councilor.
Highlights:
Elected to Executive Board are: Dora Ho, Sylvia K. Norton, and Michael Porter.
Approved resolutions:
· To make several cosmetic updates to bylaws to standardize wording related to Council elections
· To support the National Portrait Gallery exhibits and to resist censorship of such exhibits
Check http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/governance/council/index.cfm later for full details of official actions.
Many thanks to SDLA for its support of my travels as Chapter Councilor.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Executive Board Candidates Forum
January 10, 2011
Candidates for Executive Board; three will be elected later today.
Jose Aponte
Director
San Diego County Library
San Diego, CA
Karen E. Downing
University Learning Communities Liaison and Foundations & Grants Librarian
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Loida Garcia-Febo
Coordinator, Special Services
Queens Library
Jamaica, NY
Dora T. Ho, Young Adult Librarian/Program Specialist
Los Angeles Public Library
Youth Services
Los Angeles, CA
Sylvia K. Norton
School Library/Technology Planning Coordinator; Doctoral Student, PALM Research Center Fellow
Florida State University
Gina A. Persichini
Networking Consultant
Idaho Commission for Libraries
Boise, ID
Michael Porter
Communication Manager, WebJunction; President Library Renewal
Seattle, WA
Tom Wilding
Professor of Practice
School of Information Resources and Library Science
University of Arizona
Tuscon, AZ
Candidates for Executive Board; three will be elected later today.
Jose Aponte
Director
San Diego County Library
San Diego, CA
Karen E. Downing
University Learning Communities Liaison and Foundations & Grants Librarian
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Loida Garcia-Febo
Coordinator, Special Services
Queens Library
Jamaica, NY
Dora T. Ho, Young Adult Librarian/Program Specialist
Los Angeles Public Library
Youth Services
Los Angeles, CA
Sylvia K. Norton
School Library/Technology Planning Coordinator; Doctoral Student, PALM Research Center Fellow
Florida State University
Gina A. Persichini
Networking Consultant
Idaho Commission for Libraries
Boise, ID
Michael Porter
Communication Manager, WebJunction; President Library Renewal
Seattle, WA
Tom Wilding
Professor of Practice
School of Information Resources and Library Science
University of Arizona
Tuscon, AZ
Council II
January 11, 2011
At this session of Council, many of the general reports from committees and groups were received, including Policy Monitoring Committee, Committee on Organization, Freedom to Read Foundation, Presidential Task Force on Traditional Cultural Expression, Presidential Task Force on Equitable Access to Electronic Content, ALA Treasurer’s Report, and FY2012 Programmatic Priorities.
Honorary Membership is considered to be ALA’s highest honor. Honorary membership may be conferred on a living citizen of any country whose contributions to librarianship or a closely related field is so outstanding that it is of lasting importance to the advancement of the whole field of library service. It is intended to reflect honor upon the ALA as well as upon the individual. Approved ALA Honorary Membership of Yohannes Gebregeorgis, librarian and author, in recognition of his founding of Ethiopia Reads, a nonprofit organization that is establishing children’s libraries in Ethiopia and publishing bilingual and trilingual children’s books, thereby providing the children an opportunity to learn the love of reading, and increasing literacy in an entire nation.
Many resolutions were tabled to Council III for various reasons.
At this session of Council, many of the general reports from committees and groups were received, including Policy Monitoring Committee, Committee on Organization, Freedom to Read Foundation, Presidential Task Force on Traditional Cultural Expression, Presidential Task Force on Equitable Access to Electronic Content, ALA Treasurer’s Report, and FY2012 Programmatic Priorities.
Honorary Membership is considered to be ALA’s highest honor. Honorary membership may be conferred on a living citizen of any country whose contributions to librarianship or a closely related field is so outstanding that it is of lasting importance to the advancement of the whole field of library service. It is intended to reflect honor upon the ALA as well as upon the individual. Approved ALA Honorary Membership of Yohannes Gebregeorgis, librarian and author, in recognition of his founding of Ethiopia Reads, a nonprofit organization that is establishing children’s libraries in Ethiopia and publishing bilingual and trilingual children’s books, thereby providing the children an opportunity to learn the love of reading, and increasing literacy in an entire nation.
Many resolutions were tabled to Council III for various reasons.
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