Hi all- I will ask the Public Policy Committee to draft a resonse from us.
Thanks,
Ted
At 11:27 AM 01/14/2002 -0500, Ray Anne Lockard wrote:
>Yes, a letter from the BOARD is an excellent idea!! I think ARL, ALA,
>SLA, MLA,
>and others should also write letter to Mrs. Bush. I also think individuals'
>input would be valauable and I am composing my letter today.
>
>Ray Anne Lockard
>
>Joan Benedetti wrote:
>
> > Ellen Chapman took the words right out of my mouth. With populations and
> > nos. of new library buildings increasing nationwide, where did they
> think the
> > next generation of librarians would come from after the library schools
> were
> > closed? Perhaps those who thought the new technologies would bring about
> > the death of books also thought they would make librarians obsolete? And
> > Paula Hardin, Shannon Van Kirk, and Moira Steven are also right about
> > librarians' salaries. Perhaps a letter could be sent from the ARLIS/NA
> Board
> > expressing thanks to Laura Bush for her support AND suggesting these other,
> > perhaps more subtle (!!), issues? Nothing is new under the sun. The
> library
> > schools that survive need more funding AND the value of librarians needs to
> > be made more clear. That is an old story that apparently needs to be told
> > over and over again. I think that ALA does educate politicians (out of its
> > Washington office) but perhaps they don't make it clear how diverse
> > librarianship is (culturally, institutionally, and in terms of subject
> > matter). It wouldn't hurt for Mrs. Bush (an ex-school librarian) to hear
> > from organizations such as ARLIS/NA, SLA--and VRA.
> >
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