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What. Gail. Said. I'm tired of hearing folks say "yeah but what is ALA doing for US?" So here's the bottom line: stand up and be counted, or shut up. VOTE, dagnabit!! Alice, the calalytic curmudgeon On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Dickinson, Gail K. <GDickins@odu.edu> wrote: > I received an email a week or so ago from LAMA, another division who gets a > chunk of my pocketbook, urging me to vote in the ALA Election, noting that > as of that time, only 16.6% of ALA members had cast their ballot. > > I hope that doesn’t hold true for AASL members. We have an opportunity with > the election for ALA president to get a rare opportunity, which is to have a > true school librarian as president of our own great and powerful land of > Oz. In the past several years, we have had lots of candidates tell us how > much they LOOOOOOOOVE school librarians, which they know because their > brother’s wife’s sister’s third cousin’s neighbor was a school librarian. > Then once elected, they forget what they never truly knew, which is why > school libraries are the future for any type of library. We bring the > children into libraryland. It’s important. > > I, along with many of you, have written patient and not-so-patient emails > explaining the blunders and omissions made by those in power who don’t > understand school libraries. Even worse are the times when they didn’t know > that they didn’t know. > > So this year I did something about it. I voted for Sara Kelly Johns for > President, then I went through the list of people running for ALA Council > and voted for just the school librarians there as well. > > I did this for several reasons. First, I did it for the library profession, > because I believe Sara is the best candidate. Second, I did it for school > librarians, because I want a strong voice speaking both up and out for > school libraries, and speaking for including school libraries in the > incredible tapestry of our profession. Wherever we are, I want the children > to be both seen and heard. And finally, I did it for myself, because I > don’t want to have to continually watch to see if K-12 students are > considered in whatever initiative ALA puts forth. > > I have never been shy about complaining (i.e.whining) about the lack of > openness in our organization, the difficulty in applying outdated policies > to modern initiatives, and other issues that I consider perfectly worth both > whines and rants. My point is……I feel like I still get to still do that, > because I voted. Did you? > > Time runs out at 11:59 tonight. As individuals, we only have one vote. As > a group, we have an overwhelming majority, but only if people take the time, > trouble, hassle, and frustration of submitting the ballot. > > Do it now. > > Gail K. Dickinson, Associate Professor > 249-6 Education Building > Department of Teaching and Learning > Darden College of Education > Old Dominion University > Norfolk, VA 23529 > > > -- Alice Yucht, aka Alice in InfoLand lifetime Teacher-Librarian, now freelancing as Rutgers/SCILS/PDS faculty, writer, consultant, speaker, mentor, and catalytic curmudgeon. Highland Park, New Jersey http://aliceinfo.squarespace.com/blog ayucht@gmail.com "We may be service-oriented, but we don't have to be servants." -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------