Comments on: Do I Want to be a Warrior in ALA’s Battle? http://dltj.org/article/ala-renewal/ We're Disrupted, We're Librarians, and We're Not Going to Take It Anymore Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:48:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: A New Role at ALA Annual « Library Gardenhttp://dltj.org/article/ala-renewal/comment-page-1/#comment-38121 A New Role at ALA Annual « Library Garden Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:26:37 +0000 http://dltj.org/2007/02/ala-renewal/#comment-38121 [...] for her work after attending a conference. Of course, this is the essence of some librarians’ problems with ALA. What does one get out of being a member other than the [...] [...] for her work after attending a conference. Of course, this is the essence of some librarians’ problems with ALA. What does one get out of being a member other than the [...]

]]> By: Library Garden: A New Role at ALA Annualhttp://dltj.org/article/ala-renewal/comment-page-1/#comment-37135 Library Garden: A New Role at ALA Annual Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:28:40 +0000 http://dltj.org/2007/02/ala-renewal/#comment-37135 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] for her work after attending a conference. Of course, this is the essence of some librarians' problems with ALA. What does one get out of being a member other than the conference?For me, being a member [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] for her work after attending a conference. Of course, this is the essence of some librarians' problems with ALA. What does one get out of being a member other than the conference?For me, being a member [...]

]]> By: Free Range Librarian » Blog Archive » ACRL response, ALA solicits website input, varied cheezburgershttp://dltj.org/article/ala-renewal/comment-page-1/#comment-17987 Free Range Librarian » Blog Archive » ACRL response, ALA solicits website input, varied cheezburgers Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:46:25 +0000 http://dltj.org/2007/02/ala-renewal/#comment-17987 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] knows that I’ve been critical of ALA, but for what it’s worth I find the AL Direct publication a refreshing change of openness. I [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] knows that I’ve been critical of ALA, but for what it’s worth I find the AL Direct publication a refreshing change of openness. I [...]

]]> By: Carolhttp://dltj.org/article/ala-renewal/comment-page-1/#comment-12669 Carol Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:59:09 +0000 http://dltj.org/2007/02/ala-renewal/#comment-12669 Yeah, I'm waiting for a good reason to re-join. All I ever see, though, is rhetoric.I didn't know that about ACM - that sure looks like a bigger bang for the buck! Yeah, I’m waiting for a good reason to re-join. All I ever see, though, is rhetoric.

I didn’t know that about ACM – that sure looks like a bigger bang for the buck!

]]> By: calebhttp://dltj.org/article/ala-renewal/comment-page-1/#comment-12668 caleb Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:29:44 +0000 http://dltj.org/2007/02/ala-renewal/#comment-12668 I wholly support your quitting ALA until it proves that it is an organization worthy of your membership.I quit ALA a few years back. I had an expectation that the organizations and communities I join give me some personal benefit, and ALA did not, not even the divisions and subdivisions and round tables and square tables and offices. The whole bureaucracy made me sick.After all, the L in ALA is for library, not librarians or library staff, and I found little to take away from their conferences and publications. I quit ASIS, too (both of the esses were too much for me).Eventually, I found a reason to re-join ALA and have been a member again two years running. The advocacy, lobbying and litigation that ALA does is worth my membership and support, and I don't really expect them to do anything else - expect maybe to lose the war metaphors. I wholly support your quitting ALA until it proves that it is an organization worthy of your membership.

I quit ALA a few years back. I had an expectation that the organizations and communities I join give me some personal benefit, and ALA did not, not even the divisions and subdivisions and round tables and square tables and offices. The whole bureaucracy made me sick.

After all, the L in ALA is for library, not librarians or library staff, and I found little to take away from their conferences and publications. I quit ASIS, too (both of the esses were too much for me).

Eventually, I found a reason to re-join ALA and have been a member again two years running. The advocacy, lobbying and litigation that ALA does is worth my membership and support, and I don’t really expect them to do anything else – expect maybe to lose the war metaphors.

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