[WEB4LIB] American Library Association = Worthless!

[Jean Hewlett]

This topic is certainly worthy of discussion, but it's
not appropriate for the web4lib list. Unless you can
relate it directly to Internet use in Libraries, I'd
suggest moving it to another list, perhaps publib.
Jean Hewlett
University of San Francisco, North Bay Regional Campus,
Santa Rosa CA
hewlett at usfca.edu
All opinions are my own, and do not represent those of
my employers.

jay wrote:
> 
> I invite your opinion on the following.  I feel that my past membership in the
> American Library Association constitutes a waste of money.  The organization
> is mostly concerned with administrative stances of no consequence and making a
> lot of noise about censorship, blah, blah, yech!   Why don't librarians have
> the same respect as teachers!  Why don't we have a national union, credit
> union, etc? Instead, we depend upon the cheapskate governmental organizations
> that we work for to "throw us a bone once and a while!"
> 
> Answer:  We have the American Library Association to represent us. In my
> humble opinion; a worthless organization.
> 
> I'm not trying to make enemies here; rather encourage useful discussion.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jay H. Frantz,
> Struggling Librarian