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Well said, everyone. I, too, went to a Seven Sisters college that has chosen to remain single-sex (well, sort of). Excluding is not the way to go! Erika ERIKA ESAU LIBRARIAN ROBERT GORE RIFKIND CENTER FOR GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST STUDIES LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART T 323 857 6257 F 323 857 4752 E [log in to unmask] On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Margaret N. Webster <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Thank you, Eric, for posting this eloquent statement. Both you and Joan > have argued persuasively against the intrusion by ARLIS/NA into the > personal lives of our members. As Joan points out ARLIS/NA as an > organization promotes inclusion in multiple ways and levels. Privacy > rights are precious and must be vigorously protected. > > > Margaret N. Webster > Visual Resources Consultant > Director Emerita, Knight Visual Resources Facility > Cornell University > 109 Iroquois Road > Ithaca, NY 14850 > > website: ICCoop; http://sites.google.com/site/iminteg/ > phone: 607-257-3365 > email: [log in to unmask] > ------------------------------ > *From:* ARLIS/NA List [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Eric Wolf [ > [log in to unmask]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 28, 2013 3:30 PM > > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [ARLIS-L] anniversary > > Thanks so much for your very thoughtful response here Joan. I agree > with you wholeheartedly. I think we should make it as clear as possible > that we are an inclusive organization, one which would actually like to be > much more diverse than we are. But the idea that we would wish to exclude > anyone based on what they do outside of our organization would seem to go > against our core value of inclusion and offering a service to all in the > profession of art librarianship. Further, I am somewhat appalled by the > idea that someone would be doing research on potential members’ other > memberships and affiliations. While I share the original poster’s dislike > of exclusionary/discriminatory organizations, I also think that part of > diversity in an organization is allowing people with widely differing > experiences and backgrounds to participate, so long as what they bring to > our organization is in line with our mission and core values. Particularly > these days where our privacy is being challenged on all sides by both > online service providers and the NSA, I would like ARLIS to still be a > place that honors our (ever more limited) privacy rights. > > > > All best, > > > > Eric > > > > *Eric M. Wolf* > > *Head Librarian* > > *The Menil Collection* > > *1511 Branard Street* > > *Houston, TX 77006* > > *(713) 525-9426* > > *[log in to unmask]* > > > > > > > > *From:* ARLIS/NA List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Joan > Benedetti > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 28, 2013 1:52 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [ARLIS-L] anniversary > > > > This whole conversation makes me very uncomfortable. As anyone that knows > my history with the organization knows, a major theme of my actvities with > ARLIS has been INclusion, more inclusion, not less. I not only think that > the suggestions put forward, though well-meaning, would be impossible to > enforce, I think they would be counter to the basic principles of this > professional organization. And, though it may seem a bit over-the-top to > say so--I think this type of exclusion is un-American! We offer multiple > platforms, both formal and informal, to air our opinions about just about > everything related to art librarianship. We are a small enough > organization that if a person's behavior or points of view are truly > repugnant, we can make it clear in many ways that those behaviors or > expressions are not welcome--and we can, by the same token, make it clear > what behaviors or opinions are most welcome. But to exclude, *a priori*--on > what basis?--people from membership just seems wrong. > > > > Joan Benedetti > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative > matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy > Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~