Greg,
I don't read Frank's comments as a slight to academics at all! Rather, I
read them as a big HINT to non-academics that AALL needs participation by
all of its membership types. Looks like academics have been willing to
shoulder more than their share of responsibility.
Barbara Holt (barbarch@wln.com)
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On 29 Nov 1995, Koster wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 28 Frank Houdek wrote:
>
> > 33! As Roller Derby's Dick Lane used to say, "Whoa Nelly!" That ain't
> > good. Especially when 80% of that 33 are from academic law
> > libraries--only 2 (!!) from each of the following: law firms,
> > government, and court libraries.
>
> Frank, I know you didn't intend it this way BUT everytime the AALL President
> writes about poor committee volunteer response there is always some comment
> about how almost all the volunteers are from academic libraries--and many of
> us academics take that as a slight.
>
> My (admittedly parochial) perception is that we academics are the backbone of
> this organization but that rather than getting credit for keeping it going,
> we are deliberately squeezed off the Board and brushed off from committees.
>
> The real problem is the anti-academic-librarian Board resolution that
> requires you to appoint more non-academics than have ever volunteered. Why
> not get the Board to face reality and repeal it? If your invitation to apply
> seemed to WELCOME academics, you'd have more than enough volunteers. As it
> is, I have stopped applying because even the desparation memos like your
> current one seem to imply that academics are still not welcome.
>
> Greg Koster
> CUNY Law School
> gek@maclaw.law.cuny.edu
>
> "This is what the Lord asks of you, only this: to ask justly, to love
> tenderly, and to walk humbly with your God."--Micah 6:8
>
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