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Forward from Patricia D. Wallace, Chair, Hawaii Working Group (ALA Social Responsibility Round Table /Alternatives in Print Division) Denwall@aol.com The following message has been cross-posted; please excuse any duplication. SEE MY EARLIER FORWARD dated 1-9-97 WHICH THE MESSAGES BELOW RESPOND TO: >From: Eleanor Cook (Appalachian State U.) <cookei@appstate.edu> >To: acqnet-l@listserv.appstate.edu (acquisitions/ technical > services listserv) >Subject: ACQNET 7:2:Subject: Baker & Taylor's Outsourcing Contract with the Hawaii Public Library System: a Summary >Date: JAN 6, 1997 ************************************************************************ From: ELEANOR COOK <COOKEI@conrad.appstate.edu> To: acqnet-l@listserv.appstate.edu Subject: ACQNET 7:3: Comment on Hawaii Contract with Baker & Taylor Date: Jan 18, 1997 ACQNET, Vol. 7, No. 3, January 19, 1997 -- ISSN: 1057-5308 ========================================= The five responses will be forwarded as a multi-part post. [P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P] [P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P] [P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P] POST #4 From: Peter Graham (Rutgers U.) <psgraham@rci.rutgers.edu> Subject: ALA and Outsourcing in Hawaii Date: Jan 16, 1997 I write to ACQNET as an ALA Councilor responding to the query, "Where has ALA been in this issue?" I am not a member of your list (so won't see list postings) but have had forwarded to me the recent ACQNET 7:2 which fully covers the Hawaiian B&T outsourcing matter. It's clear to me that this is an important issue and it is quite proper for people to be concerned and to look into it carefully. Here, however, I only want to respond to the query raised once or twice in ACQNET, and directly to the ALA Council listserv, which is roughly "Why isn't ALA doing anything?" It's important to remember that ALA is us, not them. ALA headquarters can react only when given knowledge and direction, and I suspect we want to be sure that our good headquarters staff don't go off half-cocked but only enunciate clear positions of policy that our membership has clearly stated. On the ALA Council list the immediate questions were: What does the PLA have to say? What does the Hawaii state Library Association have to say? What about our representatives on Council and in the Divisions from the state and from the appropriate library bodies? There is an eagerness on Council to know the full story, and very probably to try to act in a way that will be helpful. The first signs of the issue we got, however, were from individuals who were clearly very concerned but were asking for ALA help when we didn't have much context. Keep the information flowing, make sure your representatives have good information (in all the relevant units--ALCTS, PLA, Chapter organizations, Council) -- and you, as ALA, will make ALA "do something." Peter Graham Rutgers University Libraries New Brunswick, NJ 08903 [P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P] [P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P] [P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P][P]