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August1,197 I No l5 RoundabfeNewsletter Editedby Liz Fu tas

ALA_-WORDS NOT ACTION? YOU CAN ACT NOW!

The resolution t'elow was passedby SRRT Action Council, ALA the Office of Intellectual Freedom in suoport of the ALA concern membership,and ALA council in Dallas, conccrning lack of equal in the resolution, so that a prompt revieivand report can be given employmentopportunity at the Library of Congress,with much at the Midwinter meeting of Council by the Intellectual Freedom supportingdata Comnrittee The sameshould bc done for the Committee on At the same time this resolution was being consideredin Dallas, A rbitration many employeesof the Library of Congress,including librarians, 5) Write to your district Congressmanand Senators,informing stageda sit-in in LC to brinB attention to their plight in honored them of your concern for the importance of Congressionalhearings civilrights protest tradition. To our knorvledgeand theirs,ALA on this matter. hasnot supported theseemployees in their protest by communi The resolution below has no meaningunless an actual situation catingthe ALA concern in the resolutronto Congressor to the is resolved,unless these words relate to r-eality,with ALA help. Librarianof Congress. Fine words with no action make a paper democracy,and mask an On July I4, the District Court denied a restrainingorder on the unfree people LC which had acted to fire the demonstrators,and fourteen demon- -- J. E for Action Council strators,all black, including none of the librarians, were summarily fired without due process These employees are not under civil RESOLUTION Passedby AC, ALA membership, C-ouncil of ALA servicealthough line and grade positions are granted in a bogus-civil- Whereas,the American Ltbrary Associatjonhas repeatedly affirmed servicefashion, and are therefore at the mercy or lack of it of the its belief in the principle of equalemployment Librarian of Congress. The decision of the court is now being and brought before the Court ofAppeals. The WashingtonPost has Whereasthe Lrbrary of Congress,by virtue of its position as the carrbd these items; are they in your papers? national library, should be a beaconlight in the field of equalemploy- What is ALA's responseto this explosivesituation? ALA, in ment response,has sent a copy of the IFC form for investigation for an and individual to fill out - before IFC can investigate the matter. lt Whereas,the Library of Congresshas failed to meet theserespon- would seem that a request for support resulting in a mandate sibilities through from membershipand council does not have any weight wlth ALA (a) its failure to eradicatepatterns of favoritism in promotions based establishmentprocedures. solely on racial grounds LC employeeshave not waited and are not waiting for ALA. (b) its failure to provide an adequateopportunity for training which Their situitio; has been broueht to the attention of ihe Btack would allow its black employees to advance Caucusof Congress. After reiiewing with concern the plight of (c) its failure to mount a consistent effort to recruit blacks at all levels the black rvorkers position at LC, the Black Caucushas endorsedthe Therefore be it resolved that of the workers, and is calling for Congressionalhearings on the l. The American Library Associationassert that it rsexpected that all sltuation at the LC. librariesshall engagein a positivepolicy of action in the'field of equal What can we do? The Action Council spoke with concerned employment opportunity members of the LC staff and at their suggestionhas sent a telegram 2 The American Library Association convey its grave concern to the to thePresident action of ALA requestingpromptALA supportive Librarian ofCongress and request that the Librarian of Congresstake in theCourt of Appeals.as iollowl:' to remedy this deplorable situation In the light of the resolution of ALA Council on the Libmry immedrate steps of Congress,and the restoration of some funds to the opera 3 The American Library Associationcreate an ad hoc committee tion of the Office of Service to the Disadvantaged and Unserved, which shall be mandated to monitor and advise the Lrbrary of Con- Action Council ursesvou to direct both the Committees on gressin its enforcementof fau employment practices. Arbitration and th-eIFC to report on the situation regarding 4. The American Library Associationencourage its membersto write the firing of l4 employeesof the Library of Congresswithout to its members of congressrequesting that the Congresslnvestigate the due process- protesting treatment of Theseemployees, the equal employment practices of the Library of Congressand take such LC regarding black em ployees,were fired following their to seethat the fair employment practicelaws of pursual of firsl amendment rights of free speechto draw stepsas is necessary attention 1o their plight. Their hasty firing was an act of this land are enforced in the Library of Congress. polilical repressionof their civil rights, and of necessityof Submrtted by Joslyn N Williams,Personal Mernber lnterestto ALA becauseof its interest in first amendment Washington,D C

Don\ ftrssI +habo'ttoh o" olc t3, f *hc bcrgoinon po.3e7,1 FREEDOM TO READ FOUNDATION The statement wls rpproved by the Board (with one dissenting ve Motions The Board o[ Trustees of lhe Freedom to Read I.'orrndation met in to send the test of the statement immediately to Sena"tor Mansfield's Dallason June I8, l97l The total membershipof FIRF,aso[May committee and t!e New York Times were passed unan mousty. ll. l9?1, is 488 Dues received, November 1969 through May 31, is ?5- Contributi6n5 to the LeRoy Merritt Humani- 1971, $ll,O60 C- That was done lare Friday afternoon. Late Suntlay, I learned that tarian F und (the non'tax deductible--and, therefore, more freely statement still had not been sent out; that it had been presenled ti distributed am the Foundation) of totalled $2,39O 00. Cash on ALA IFC for their approval, by IFC to Executive Board for recor hand May (not as of 31. 197 I including Merritt fund monies) is mendation to Council and on Tuesday morning (at the first Clounc 2.01 2.00. $ session) it was presented to Council with the words American Libr Association substituted for Freedom A great deal of lime was spent in reviewing a de iailed f und/member- to Read Foundatiun. ship raising campaign planned f or l97 l172. The goal of this campaign When questioned about this, Mr. Allain, President of FTRF, said 1 is to have 4,8?0 members (4,47O of them new) and I 13,000 in reyenue since a number the Foundation's $ of Board members werc present a b y J une I 972 The program is worked out in detail and anticipates-- the IFC meeting and did not object to the delay, that he felt no or in order to reach the goal drawing upon FTRF Board members, would object, and that they felt that the statement *outd be mor. Library trustees, State IF Committees, the tibrary press, and (most effective coming from ALA and FTRF rather than from each orga; importanlly) dynamic actiyity on the part of the Foundation in zation individually. opposition to state obscenity legislation His argument docs not hold w,ater! The Board discusseo ar great At its anuary t97l the J meeting, Board resolved to establish an length the desirabiliry ofwaiting for ALA to act first in this matter "Adyisory Council." I'eople in various fields who are nattonally and we decided thal ALA could and should act on its own. And, identified as supportive of the principles rvill be parliamentarilly of intellectual freedom everr if ilre entire Board had been present at thc IF invited purposes (as 1o serve The and functions of the Council discussed meeting, it was not a meeting of the Board, and Board actions shor in Dallas) *.ill be: l) to help the Board of Trustees assessand further not have been overturned, public interest in ihe goals of the Foundation; 2) to advise on long-range The incident is minor, but the principle goals and plans of the Freedom to Read Foundation;3) to consult with is major. The incident reve the hazards presented by the officers and staffofthe Freedom to Read Foundation in the areas of existence of two organizations that ar s€parate but not quite I their expertise as the need arises The Advisory Corrncil will meet with really had not forum in which to legally vorce my complaint. The the Board of Trustees at each A LA Midwinler Meeting. Board had met and would not meet agair for six months. Yel members of the Boad, acting in their capa;ity At the January meeting the Board also voted to pay the costs of prepar- as members of ALA, were still making FTRF decisions. I preienter ing Writ a of Certiorari in the appeal Ellis Hodgin is making to the U. S the facts of the incident to Council, but they, even if they had chol Supreme Courl. The writ has been filed, but the Court (as of the Dallas to do so, had no authority lo act in the matter. I sincerely recomm meeting) had not yel decided to review the case. that those of us that join the FTRF do so by making a contributior the non'tax deductible LeRoy Two new matters came before the Board First was the question of the Merritt Humanilarian Fund_ Board filing an amicus brief in the New York City School District No 25 Results of the election to the Board: (Queens)/Down these streets problem mean The Board decided, on ad- Ballots mailed: 436; Ballots returned 267 ; Ballots disqualified : I vice of Bill North, ALA's counscl, to not involve itself in this action in (voted for 5 trustees) a cout of originaljurisdiction. Mr. North's (in reasoning a letter to Results: Dale Canelas 89 Judith Krug, Execuliye Director of FTRF) that: tenor is "while the of Kenneth Duchac lo6 the complaint is keyed to the question 'obscenity pornography,' of or Ervin J Gaines (elected) 122 the thrust of the argument is that the authorities who responsible are Robert K- Johnson for the library, be lhey the libruian, library trutees, Board of Educa- Nina Ladof l ll tion, etc., do not have the authority to determine whal goes in and Dan iel Melcher (elected) 124 what comes out library of colle ctions." The Foundation will consider Roy Mersky 108 the matter again if the case goes 1o the appellate level R Kathieen Molz (elected) t23 The second new matter considered was the Rochester, Michigan Eli M. Oboler (elected) 130 Community Schools effort to overthrow the banning of Kurt Richard L Waters '70 Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse t{ve. To quote:"In un uition brought The l97l 1972 Board members (elected members are listed first) by Bruce Todd, a member of the Rochester Community Schools Alex P, Allain (President, term expires 1972) Board, Oaklard County Circuit Judge Arthu E. Moore ruled that William S Dix (term expires 1972) 'slaughterhouse five' is anti-religious and its use in the Adams H igh Eryin Gaines (term expires 1973) School current literature course violates the first and fourteenth Daniel Melcher (Treasurer, member of Executive Committee, amendment. Judge Moore cited the U S. Supreme Court's so-called term expires 1973) 'school prayer'decisions which barred schools from giving sectarian R Kathleen Molz (term expires 1973) religious instruction- Judge Moore said that the'concomitant follows Everett T. Moore (Vice President, member of Executive that anti-religious or anti-sectarian instructions may not be had in the Committee, term expires 1972) public schools " The school board is appealing Judge Moore's decision, Eli Oboler (term expires 19?3) and since a local tax situation makes the use of public funds for the Carrie C Robinson (term expires 1972) appeal impossible, they applied to the Foundation for support They Jean-Anne South (term expires 1972) have been sent $ 50O 0O David H. Clift (member of Executive Committee, Executive Director ALA) Finally, new business Prompled by the N ew York Times/classified Richard L Darling (Chairman If C) documents issue, the following statement was drafted: Keith Doms (President ALA) WHEREAS, The controversy between the federal governrnenr and the F-lorence McMullin (Chairman ALTAiIFC) New York Times has drawn mto question the policies of the federal Joan Marshall (SRRT Action Council Represenlative) government relating to the classification and declassification of in- Lester L. Stoffel (President LAD) formation, and Richard L Waters (member of Executive Committee JMRT Chairman's Representative) WHEREAS. The I'TRF strongly supports the right of the public to Judith F Krug (Secretary and Executive Director hear what is spoken and to read what is written, and non voting member) WHEREAS, The FTRF believes that it is a gross abuse of the pupose - Joan K Marshall and intent of security classifications to suppress information SRRT Representative to FTRF which does not directly and immediately endanger the national security,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the FTRF endorses a full Congressional investigation of the policies of government relating to the c lassification and declassification of information to: Assure that such policies preserve the rights of the people;

Guaran tee thai such policres do not operate to contravene freedom of the press; Protecl the trust of the people in th: lntegrity of their government from being ahusccl or ex ploited o

- IZ-ATION AND ACTION Council rcsolution to MembershipALA NEW IN ORGAN Tlrc additiorr r)roDoscdin the last Issucol thc ncwslcttcr wlts :ndorsedby A ction Council and submitted to the mcmbcrshill, vho approved it at thc membcrship mceting in Dallas' Sevcralncw provisionshavc bccn callcd for in our O&A, ncluding provision for a membershipmeeting at Midwintcr neetinBs Ifapproved by ActionCouncil orby petition, these pill be subnrittcd to a mail ballot in thc next ncwsletter. lontact: Dick Akcroyd, SpecialCollections Dcpt., Mlbur (lross you -ibrary, Univ of Connecticut, Storrs,Conn. if want to rocome a structurc freak ard work on the formulation of amcnd- nents and additions to the O&A- SRRT ACTION COUNCIL, I97I-72 l97O-72 Term Major Responsitbtlity l97l-72 Dick Akeroyd RecordingSecretary, SRRT SPecialColtections DePt. Wilbur CrossLibrarY UniversitYof Connecticut 06268 be and democrarizedinsrantrvrf it is Associarioncan reorganized ::T:;:"il::ticut contact and information on will of the membership. I.n castingabou-t for a model o.f puutic Library groupsoutside the profession we havediscovered in our own^o.1.e3niza Bltroit tr membershipconsideration, :"' woodward Avenue wonderiul model--the SRRT oRGANIZA- 52ol tablean absolutely - Detroit' Michigan 48202 AND ACTloN, our constitution and By laws present therefore drawn up the principlesfor an ORGA- E- Gay Detlefson^ Not decided;not lion Council has in Dallas AND ACTION for ALA, ind'no* orf"t.it is substantive 52? West l loth St , apt'!?- iioN York loo25 iute motiot to the proposedstudy New York, New tion Council asksthat membershipvote this substitute motion JackieEubanks Coordinator,SRRT down in its entirety basedon the following: Brooklyn CotlegeLibrary do you reject ACONDA's explanationof why a further study Brooklyn, New York I l21O is necessuy? (-^nrari rganizalion Pat^. Schumanc^L..-^^ Contact andend informattoninfntmar I do you believe in freedom--do you want an associatron that 'b;;A r";ii; memue.st tion Council is fully aware that this substitute motion' when l'ind referred to Council, may require some refinement before it l97l-71Tetm effect following Council's approval We will be ha.ppy to make Iiuton lo TaskForces i.ii".ilu-ur" to-asisrcouniiiin puttinsthis plan ihi",qbffrfu lt"?i-:frilirtf'ty Jr.Co'. Librury 727 Minnesota Avenue meeling-wednes-day night by ,is was presented to membership - KansasCitv'Kansas66l0l weill. Irwasdeleated,butwehopeitplantedtheseed Ellis Hodgin NotinDarias decided; not present i}!1"ifu::l*:""" 53 5-S- cnarleii6n,s-c 2e4ol ..} s-q'^,t c^nt..ir^-.^^. .6.1 infn.m.lron r \ .:'t".ds h-S <, Oliyer Kirkpatnck ^-r:-..^-_^r. nn QYa- Public Library professional/union groups; I| *-*o.9S-.<, ^ Bt..kr;;Brooklyn i"r;i;;iiu."ry I --rY.S ! <- ^''dq'-o New York \ Z *oo

H IEXCERPTS[-'ROM MTNUTES OF ACTTONCOUNCIL FRIDAY.JUNI.] 25. I9?I MEETINCS- DALLAS, I97I I Jackie moved that SRRT change rts name to ALA prrrvisionat l.r. lutionary fvloNI)AY.June 21. Government, as an indication of the directton Sfiiif *,'jj move in and as well to more closely identify ourselves witn Moveiri Third World and other simil.ar groups with whom *" *oriO'fi[ri',]'i Thursday evening after the SR RT program a film about Angela more,,,u,e closelyLrurcr] identified Thisr ilrs woutdw(Juru alsoatso indicateInotcateinrJicare moremofemorc stronglystfonglys...lndr' rL^r Davis will be shown in cooperation wilh the Black Caucus. lhlhat the basis for our action was people ratherrther than institution Tom Shaughnessy resigned Action orientedorie;rel-_ from Council, so Dick Akeroyd General feeling of those attending will the meeting was that tfris aCiion' stay on for another year, would probably tend to be divisive and alienaie a large portion oi" SRRT membership, thus preventing them from takirig part *,::T'# rn our nr, :::::: . l'.:::"1'^" I I * I hi: wou I d, .preve nt 1..nv p.i from volunteering to serve on A^r"11 ction Council.--l/ wu, fi";it';gi;; that!,rdr therrrc Action CouncitCouncilLOU ncl couldcoulocorrlrJ writewrlte e policypollcynnlicr, .r.tamanr +h6 L:-r ^crron a statem.nistatement ^rorof ini'tiia"lthe kir action and drrecrrons we wanted to see SRRT take, and that this would be much more effective and less divisive than the suggested name change. Action Council members will work on ttris siiieri"nt and will_probably present it for approval - at a Mid,West regional meet to be held in Chicago in October. ALA Budget--COPES cut out the Dosition of Minorities Recruiter Jackie also moved that the O&A be amended to have SRRT mem in Anril. Members found out about it in AMERICAN LIBRARIES. bership meetings at both Midwinter and AnnualConferences.--J61s What can SRRT do? I Gather signatures on petitions this week. was accepted;Dick Akeroyd will rvork with Jackie on this, and othei 2 Put red tags saying "Parity now" on Conference hadges- 3. Let the proposed O&A changes. Black Caucus take lead in presenting a resolution but be ready to Jackie suggested rha t Action Council the _ voting at all meetings shoula- speak in support of the resolution. be-done by standing. This was accepted, and immediatety put into Resolutions for ALA membership meetings-- l - Action Council effect, by those present- voleded to speak in support of placing the HarrisburgHarr resolutionion on thlthe It was decided that all Action Council members who had Action agenda of the meeting (A--below) 2. ActirAction Council endorsed the Council business to communicate should be responsible for duplicatir and mailing themselves to each AC member ClearinshouseClearinghouse L resolution on the Peoples Peace Treaty, and will introduce it to SRRT andand'the the membership meeting. (B - -below). Secretary, This has previouslypreviouslv been done lhroushlhrough the Reco;dinsRecording Reoort from Joan Marshall. SRRT represenlative to Freedom to Secretary with much loss of time. This was acc;pted as a good i-dea; Read Foundation. After her reporl. SRRT members suggested that Dick should get up.lo date Action Council/Clear'inghouse Directory \ Action Council push for evaluation of FTRF- It was suggested that out as soon as possible. Action Council draft a resolution urging ALA Council to investigate FTR F and to stop fund ing it administratively via Office of InteIec- tual Freedom- No action was ta ken on this suggestion. It was pointed out that, allhough ALA membership is dropping, SRRT is growing. A motion was made, seconded, and passed that Dave Weill draft a resolution proposing the SRRT ORGANIZATION AN D ACTION as a possible method of reorganization of ALA.

WEDNESDAY. JUNE 23, I97I

Report to COO--David reported that Action Council's reporl to COO was accepted with special commendation: besl sent in; even David Weill brought up for discussion a suggestion from the out provided some thoughts to COO for future recommendations for ALA going President of A LTA that SR RT request of the incoming Presi. organization; etc. SR RT's name is now officially Social Responsibilities dent time to do a presentation at the ALTA Board of Directors Round Table; this is the result of the COO reoort and Jackie's letter to coo. SUBSTITUTE MOTION FOR THE ACONDA REPORT--David read the presentation to be made at the membership meeting Il was approved (See story in newsletter pages) Josh Williams, a lawyer from the Library of Congress, presented for Action Council endorsemenl, a resolution to be introduced to Member- ship of ALA, calling for equal employment opportuniiies in libraries, anything at all it should be our own program to which we invite and condemning the discriminatory practices of the Library of ConBress, ALTA. We invite ALTA. No action was taken on this at the present A brief description of LC's promotional policy and practices was given meeting. to give some background to the charges made in the resolution. Action David Weill also suggested that each outgoing Action Councillor Council gave unanimous endorsement to the resolution. Bob be responsible for sending on his files of minutes and other A C Croneberger would meet later with Josh and members of the Black business to a specified new member of AC. Dic k will set this up Caucus to work out details for action on this resolution. Carla Alexander presnted a proposal for action from DC-SRRT TASK FORCES AND THE BUDGET -Since Tom Phelos is now concerni4g the position of Chief Librarian at lhe Washington DC Public able to print the newsletter cheaper, should we now conjider giving Library. This was unanimously approved. Also moved and approved more funds to TF programs? (Consider the fact that at least two was that this action be sent out as a news note to all DC newspapers. TF's are now talkinB about applying for outside funds--with such Jackie Eubanks presented the motion for endorsement by AC of the outside funds we w,ould begin to lose control).--All outside funds amendment of election procedures in O&A submitted by the Women's should be referred to Action Council for consideration.--Also, all Liberation Task Force. il was moved and acceoted that Action Coucil TFs should identify themselves with SRRT in any publications, news endorse this amendment which would be broujht before SRRT mem- bership at the Thursday business meeting. Action Council newly elected and serving for the next year caucused to decide on division ofdutres for this next vear Reoort and list else- rvhere in newsletter '; f; this.--All Action Councillors and Clearinghouse Secretary should ffi be placed on every TF's mailing list. Tyron should enter this in his il guidelines. 41 THURSDAY NIGHT N{EETING -Major objection io incorporating the Business Meeting into the rest of the program was that it w,asloo disorganized and noihing could really be'acc6mplished. People were Ir too excited and turned on to be concerned about business. This isa good thing, but the discussion and voting on the mailing list question suggests that some time is needed for a regular business meeting. We'll talk aborrt this more Iater-

SRRT BOOTH- Fantastic success as the focus for nlost of our activities at the conference We should expand this usage and aSk for a larger booth n exl year. At the end ()f the meeting, Pat Schuman announced that at the "Students to Dallas" press conference sludents had been very critical of ALA and of JM RT, but favorable to SRRT (although they had been kept aw'ay fronr it)--'especially liked Dick's media presentation

f HtcHLIGHTS of the MINORITY RECRLJITI\IENT PRECONFERENCE D (- PUBLIC: ACTION COLrN(llL RESPONSI: ileld in DallasJune l7 - June 19. l97l Thc critical situation cxisting at thc District of Columbia Public Tlsk Forcc on Thc SRRT Rccruttnrentof'Minoritics and thc AL.A Ltbrary u,asbrought to our attcntion by DC-SRRT a tlrc confcrcncc_ Officc Advisory (-'onrmittcc Recruitmcnl cosponsoredthc Minority It was reportcd to us thal although the past Dircctor announcctlhis Preconlirencc Rccriritnrcnt in Dallasfronr Jurrc l7 June 19,191i. rntcntions to rctirc in April, l9?0, a reprcscntattvcSearch Cornmittcc Itrghlightsot thc prcconfercnccwcrc; was nol formcd until January, I 97 I ; that thc positron!vas nor aovcr tised in thc professlonaljournals until Jurrc;that thcrc has becn no JL]NE I8 T'RIDAY, activc national rccruiting for qualrficdcandidatcs. and that no rcnrc Addrcss - Arntando Rodrigucz, Kcynotc AssistantComntissroner for scntativchas attcndcd thc annualconfcrcnccs eithcr last vear or ihis RegionalOffice Coor.ltnation,Officc of Education ycar to recruit and intcrvicw candrdatcs. Discussions SmallGroup on thc following topics: TlrisCouncil agrecsthat thc cxtcnded dclay has critically affccted A. Whosc responsibilityis the recruitmctt of mmontics? vital serviceto D.C.'s citizcns;that it has delayedactive and rnagi- How can rvc developcoopcratjvc progrtuns involving nativc program planning for the futurc; that it has severelyaffcctcd library schools,professronal associations.and employcrs? staff morale; and that it has hanrficredneedcd experimental efforts B What specil'icprogram rnethods should bc devclopcdfor vital in providing the citizenry ol D.C. with the intormatjon. Dro- recruiti ng rninoritics? gressand servicesit dcservcs. C What arc recruitment standards? Shoukl thcre be orefer- In an cffort to cxpcdttc the sclectionof a new Dlrcctor by bringrng entral trcatment, more l'lexibleadniission policies, etc? this issucto the attention of the public and to demonstrarethc D What socialattitudes arc still a barrier to recruitmcnt. nationwide concern fclt among sociallyawarc librarianson thrs placentent and advancementol- ilrnorities? issue,the Aclitin Council of'thc SocialR esponsibilitjes Roundtable ol'the American Library Associationhas unanimou:ly Spccchon OI:f:lCE OI--EDUCATION PROGRATUSFOR endorsedthe attachcdpetitlon which is currently being RECRUIf'MENT Ofr MINORITIES by Burton Lar.nkin, circulatedin the District cornmunitiesand among thc D C Iibrary staff. AssociateC'ommissioner, Bureau oI Librariesand Ed uca- nonal Tcchnology,Officc of Etlr.rcation Action ('ouncil hasscnt lctters to the Jppropriatc partiesantl prcss involvcd in the situation We encouragt:'indjviduaisRRTers SATURDAY. JL]NE 19 to act also on this matter- Iror rnformation, A paneldiscussion on HOW ARE "PROFESSIONS" contact Bob Croneberger. Action Council Member, Detroit Public Lrbrary, 5201 Woorlward RECRUITING MINORITIES? Panelmembers: Mrs. BeecherT Avenuc. Detroit, l!{ichigan48 202, Cassells,Health CareersProject Director, National Medica.lAsso- ciationF oundation, Inc.;Clyde Giles,School of SocialWork QUALIFICATIONS FOR DC PUBLIC LIBRARY DIRECTOR New York State University,Buffalo;Mrs. Vuginia Lacy Jones, The District of Columbia Public Library has beenwithout Schoolof Library a Director Service,Atlanta University,GA;Arthur Kirwin, for one year. Becauseof the urgencyof the siluation, a small group Albany LibrarianshipTrainee Program, School of Library Science, of staff and community membersare circulatinga petition callingfor StateUniversity of New York at Albany. the appointment of a new Director who: SUIUMARYOF PRECONFERENCE presented I has proven experiencein offering library serviceto the under- by Bob Clayton, portion Placement educatedand underserved of the community, particularly College ServicesConsortium, Atlanta, GA; Miles in a largecity setting Jackson,School of Library Science,State University of New Y ork. Geneseo.N.Y. 2 is sensitiveto staff needsas well as community needs,and whose policiesreflect his/her concern LuncheonSpeaker; Arthur A. Fletcher, AssistantSecretary for 3 is not afraid to critically examinethe statusquo, and who has the Wageand Labor Standards,Washington, DC, courageto experlment in new ways of deliveringlibrary service II. Aftermath of Preconferenceon Minority Recruitment 4 is able to selectcapable staff, and who can delegateauthority to them in order ro savehis/her energiesand time for creativeleader- ship ii 5 knows how lo encouragernitiative and utilize lhe Dotentialand capacitiesof the staff "i, 6. livesin the District of Columbia In this city and at this time in hislory, we believethat a BIack candi- ;'\. date who meetsthe abovecriteria should be selectedfor the following ,'l teasons: (a) The District population is 75% Black;its school population is 95.7o key Black; primarily and Black; its officials are the underservedaie BIack. Communication with eachof thesegroups is necessaty, 2 The following resolutionwhich was approvedand adopted and would be made more possiblethrough a Black Director. unanrmouslyby all participantstn the Preconference: (b) We believeth at managementand budgetingexperience should not be the fi6t considerations;these ...That talentscan be hired- Warmth. positiveaction be taken to designand implement sympathy, sensitivity,success in dealingwifh people,and a rapport policiesfor the recruitment,employment and advance- with the communily are the most important qualificationsin pro- ment oi minorities at all levelsof library sewiceby such viding future leadership meansas scholarships,work.study programsand clearly oestgnedand delineatedcareer ladders; and through co- operationwith other agenciessuch asgraduate liblary schools,library associations,foundations and represen- NATIONAL UNION CATALOG? tatlvecommunity groupswork to attain thesegoals.

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,+ L-- ''fl LIBERATION OF LIBRARIES UNDER WAY LllJIRA] ION Ol l-llJI{Ali,ll-ls UNI)F.lt WAY (cont'd) (reprintfrom$y) - Erka Hastirgs Ms Miller wcrl on t() say "l think the existcncc ()f this award Ory liher:rtion roared HOWI)Y t() the l)allas-held anrrual nteeting tells gay pe()ple something wc'v€ been needing t0 hear: that of thc Anrerican Library Associati()n, June 20-26 Happily, the h0mri, sex uality.is an interesting and valid source 0f Cubjects library convcntion was being held during Gay Pridc Wcek Working for artist\, thal it is rvorth lhe l'ull concentration of artists, and that the true things within thc ALA structure, but using confronlation lactics or guerilla we observc in il huve a general hunran meaning. tl)eater \\,lren needed, is the Task Iiorce on Gily Lil)cration of the Social Responsibilities Round Tablc- ",As our great anti-hontosexual artist R()bert I rost said in another connection,'Something we wcrc withholding made us weak, until The lih c0ntingent shattered rhe Ass()ciation's trrditional wc Bily found it was ourselves wc were withholding...and forthwith found decorunr by featuring a Hug-a-H()m()sexual booth for an afternoon salvati()n in surrender." irr the exhibit hall Free hugs and kisscs werc distributed t() all lakers. gay "Wc hope this will encourage people to be less afraid to express irffec- "l hope artists wjll rnore and more stop withholding them, tion torvrrds others of their own scx," said lsrael Fishman, a librarian selves from their work. I hOpe we will more and m ore look to our lives ()ur great at U psalu College and coordinator of the gay group during its lively own and our friends' lives and io secret history for first year. Same-sex kisses and hugs rvere shown on two DJllas TV subjects and inspiration, and I hope organizations like this will mrire and more confirm when we channels and rvere also photographed by LIF E us do." The gay lib task force political the Two evening lectures drew sizeable crowds J Michael McConnell, achieved a victory last day of the convention when policy-making body a librarian who was refused a job ai the University of Minnesota the ALA Council, the 9f the American Library Association, passed the resolurion: after he applied for a license to marry another man, said in his following American Library Association recognizes that there exist address: "Gay librarians must no longer be willing to hide their inter- "The minorities which are not ethnic in nature but which suffer oppression personal orientation- We must demand protection by our professional The Association recommends that libraries and members strenu()uslv organization against job discrimination " In another vein, McConnell combat discrimination in service to and employment of individuals- called most books on homosexuality in libraries "just plain junk " from ALL rninririty groups whether the distinguishing characteristi6 The next evening, librarians Joan Marshall and Steve Wolf gave a of the minority be ethnic, sexual, religious, or of any other kind, pair of talks under tire joint title "Sex and the Single Catalogu er: and that this be established as a policy statement of the American New Thoughts on Some Unthinkable Subjects " They called for an Library Association " end to classif!cation and subject-heading systems that place homo- Michael McConnell took this statement as a measure of support sexuality under "perversion" or "sexual deviance" or "sexual for hisfight to get the library job once offered him by the Universilv aberration." Wolf , a librarian at the Universily of Massachusetts in of Minnesota- H is lover, Jack Baker, helped draft the resolution , declared: "The current Iibrary classif icaf ion md subject and push it through ALA channels in Dallas. heading systems do not reflect the changing social attitudes, Fifteen million gay men and women in this country refuse to be called sexual Each night the gay liberation holel suits, decorated with gay aberrations " literature from all over the country, was the scene of a friendly opgl house. Topping the social was dance Attention was drawn to the task force and its work by vigorous activity a highly successful sponsored by the Task Force and held a gay in Dallas leaflet-distribulion of 4,0O0 copies of a brief pro-gay bibliography at club Attendance at the dance was one the signs that Women and men from Dallas gay groups heiDed-h-and out the list and of encouraging librarians ga y gave support to the entire effort ot the Task Forc'e on Gay Liberation are ready to come out of the stacks and into liberation A highlight of the gay group's program was the presentation of the The new coordinator for the l97l-1972 Task Force on Gay Liber- First Annual Gay Book Award to a lesbian during the business meeting ation is Barbara Gittings, a member of Gay Activists Alliance of New York of the Task Force on Gay Liberation. Isabell Miller, author of A PLACE and the Homophile Action League of Philadelphia. ln accepting post, FOR US. flew from New York to Dallas to acceDt the award- Her novel the Ms. Gittings called for an all-out attack on "the lies in the was published in 1969 by Bleecker Street Press, which was set up by the libraries aboul gay peoplc.' author when no commercial publisher woutd handle her book. Since Gay-and-proud librarians or bibliophiles who want to liberate 1969, attitudes about gay people have changed, and N4cGraw-Hill will by WORKING at a particular job on the task force or by helping in be bringing out a hardcover edition of the book late this year. other ways should contact Ms Gittings at P O Box 2383, Philadel- phia. Penna 19103 "The value of A PLACE FOR US is that lesbianism is handled as a maling as natural and spontaneous as any matue friendship or marriage The Social Responsibilities R ound Table was established by the should be," said lsrael Fishman during the ceremony, American Library Association in 1969 to provide a forum for deveiopment and implementation of new concepts in library service "lt's time for gay artists to use our own lives as our subject and The Task Force on Gay Liberation, constituted accordhg to the by- create a literature and other arts for ourselves instead of just for the laws of SRRT,was formed in 1970. Its pupose is to raise issues of straight rvorld 35 11's'vgalways done before," said Isabel Miller in discrimination against gay people within the library profession and accepfirg the award The award, a handsomely lellered scroll, cited to eliminate anti-gay prejudices in all aspects of library service. the author as "Gav and Proud "

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SRRT TASK FORCE ON WOMEN _ REPORT _ JLJNE I97I During the past year the Task Force has worked to sensitizethe 7) encouragepart-tnie rvork with fringe benefitsfor wonrcn professionto discriminationagainst women in Ibrarianshrp A and metr resolutlonon equal opportunlty Ior wonten was paSSedat the January 8) better salaric\and Job opportunlties and in-servrcetralnlng membershipmeeting in The program meeting in Dallas for non-professionalsin libraries. emphasizedsexism in children'sliterature through a slidc and tape presentationprepared by two wonlen's Liberationgroups. Two mem- NOW AVAILABLE TO ALL!,qs[deandtapepresen bersof the Task Force testified at the LAD-PAS hearingson job tation on sex stereotypingilr children's trade books and readersIs discrrminationin Dallas availablethrough Nls.i'at'Ross, Albert A. Knopf Co , New York' N Y The Task Force intends to sta) in existencefor another yeil s'nce It rvasshown at the Dallas convention by the Task Force on Wontcn we leel thereis a great deal more to be donc and the statusof u,omen and sparkeda good discussion Try to schedulca sho\Ltngfor 1'our tn librarianshiphas deterioratedto somc extent. Plansfor the nert library or school system, state library, associationor parents'groups year are asfollows: 1) a day carecenter for Librariansat the Chrcagoconference in 1912, and hopefully for ALA rnidwin ter 2) insurcthal the salarysurvc! is contluctcd annually -1) encourageprograms on thc statusof rvomen and oit scxisrrr in children'slilcrature at state library associatiorrmeetings 4; uork with CSD on sexismin childrcn's literalrrrr 5) elirntnatronof nepotism rulcs $orking on this problem through that orgarrizatioDplease set in 6) bcttcr fiingc benefits for rvo1nen tolrch \\itll Nancl: $6fiiqln1el,Belrlont Library, ll l0 Alarrrcda Bclnront ('alif -6 TF rrn ll- disbandsl (iroups to fornr on specific prole(lr- 'task N l. W ! Force on Sex Rclated toleilial A nunrber of neE task forces of the American Library Assoclation s Secial Responsibilities Round Table are to be set up this fall, and personl interesled in establishing free acess to controversial materials in libraries 619 being invited to assist them in their work lVost of the m enr bers of lhe new task forces are former members of thc Trsk lorce on lntellectual Freedom which voluntarily disbanded in lunc ()f this year when it appeared that American Library Association staff offices would be able to function to defend librarians and libraries aqainst the attacks of censors The coordinator of that task force, Miss Jean-Anne South uf Washington, D C., made it clear thal persons inter- ested in intellectual freedom should hold themselves ready to reactivate fhe task force if the programs of the national association should fail to be adequate in the defense of the principles upheld by librarians. Miss South has since taken a seat on the Intellectua] Freedom Commiltee of the association The lask forces which were formed thereafter were the result of a suggestion that an action program was now called for since the previous taik force's function--as a clearing house with a defense stance--had been passive in nature lt was suggested that programs were needed to encourage libraries to acquire important materials which had previously been avoided because of taboos As a start, task forces on "alternative" nredra and on sex related media were established, and another on reli grous and anri religious materials was proposed. - The new task forres would compile basic bibliographies, check hoidings in libraries, survey community demand for such materials, then work to see that libraries provided the needed materials or show cause for therr failue to do so Other tasks related to the purposes of the task forces would be undertaken as needed, such as collecting representative materials, initialing or encouraging reviews and providing relevant educational materials and/or programs- It would be anticipated that members would w.ork closely with others working in related areas, especially the compilers of the Alternative Press Index, the ALA Office of Intel- lectual Freedom and various group spokesmen and publishers, The first lask force to form was the Task Force on Sex Related Medra, under Coordinalor Gordon McShean He reports that the group will hope to cover many so far neglected areas As a start, these projects need volmteers:

I ) Establish basic lists of sex related media which should be T-rr held by all libraries; reference, art and fiction collections ele4 would each require special attention. 2) Encouage or develop reviews of sex related media rn the hope that such reviews will aid in the development of the various genres and eliminate blanket criticism; continued communicalion wilh Dublishers and filmm akers would be a necessiry. ALTERNATryES IN PRINT TASK FORCE 3) Report on the feasibility of establishing "Sexual Adventure" collections in libraries presentl)' having "Mysteries," The immediate successof the first edition of ALTERNATIVES "Romances," "Science Fiction," "Westerns" and the like; IN PRINT mandatesthe continuation of this task force. Initial a rationale for overlooking the labeling aspects of such a stcpsare being taken to beginwork on the secondedition AII old tartic would require development. hands who would like to continue with this project as well as any 4) lnvestigate possibility lhe of establishing an hterlibrary volunteersshould contact the Coordinator -Mimi Penchansky, loan center devoled new to making the less available sexully already oriented materials available bv mail. QueensCollege Library, Flushing,New York I 1367 We've I 5) Discover communities where public opinion and local gotten a European representativewho hasvolunteered to send :i and state law might allow for the development of sex indering of materialspublished by 100 groups in Europe tn related collections. English,French, German, Dutch and Spanishfor inclusionin the 6) Establish support and clearinghouse sections to maintain secondedition. contact with the various children's sex education orqani .1 zations. 7) Develop sex education multi media packages. 8) Investifate lack of accessibility of six rela-ted malerials a a a a a a a o a a o o o.a a a a o a a . . . a , caused by misleading subject heading categorres, together a wrth the use of "locked care" location (and restrictions o more subtle barriers to ^. 9ther access), and suggest remedi€s. vl t-stablish support and clearinghouse sections to maintain a contact with sexual minority Froups such as the Sexual ALTERNATIVES IN PR]NT AVAILABLE TO PERSONAL Freedom a League, the Harrad organization, the Guyon MEMBERS! the various homophile organizations and sexual offenders a In prtson If you haven't bought your copy of ALTERNATIVES IN PRINT, a here'syour chance! It regularlysells for $3 50, but is availableto personalmembers of SRRT for $1.50, sent in with this:oupon Only a one copy per member at discount is available a Clip out thrs coupon and send it with $1 50 to: o PublicationsCommittee o Ohio State University Libraries 1858 Neil Avenue a Columbus, Ohio 43210 a PLEASE SEND ME ONE COPY OF ALTERNATIVES IN PRINTI a ENCLOSED IS $I 5OI I AM A PERSONAL MEMBER OF SRRT! a a NAME a ADDRESS a a a lllake checkspayable to: OSU Libraries,Publications Corrmittee a o a . a e a t c a a a a a o a a a o aa a a a o a a a

-?- FEM INIST BOOKS AVAILABLE TASK l,OR('l,l I Oli ltl.l t,.t{ttNCt:AND ACOUTStTtON Librariansnlay l)c inlcrcstcd in purchasingbooks publishcd by INI OI(IVIATION ON I\,IINORITIFS T, e l-erninis(Prcss. 5504 G.rccnspringAve., Baltimorc, Md. 2 1209 Thcy arc publishing non-sexistchildren's litcrature, a scricsof biographicson worrcn and groups of women antl rcprints ol' lbrgotten rvorks Lrywomcn autlrors. Thc first group availablc includes"Tlrr'Dragon and the Doctor", a picturc book;a biography ol' Llizabcth tslackrvell,a biography ol-Elizabeth Barrctt llrorvning and a rcprint of RcbcccaHarding Davis' "Life in thc lron lr'lills" Contribrrtions arc alsorrccdcd as wcll as rnanuscriptsfor possiblc prrblicationand id(as lor ruprints. Iranrplcs ol'thcir rrork werc on display in Dallas in thc SRRT The Clcaringhouscis now sceking: B ooth! l. WORKERS l'or corc group activity 2. MINORITY PUBLISI{ER'S (sec of books and usc the list below 1 3. MANUSCRIPTS for a publishcrwho wants to put out a Black history for junior high age. CHECK IT OUT! 4. INDEXERS rvorking on Black literatureand criticism biosraDhi._ al informat.ionand indexing of anthologicsand criticism.-Onc The SAN FRANCISCO BOOK REVIEW is wcll worth your pro1ectunderway at Brooklyn Public seekingothcrs for coopera_ $4/yearl Each issuehas featureslrke "Around the Alternative Press", tive work. (Obje.ctpublication?1 "Sexbooks PeoplePlay", etc. SFBR: P. O. Box 14143,San Francisco, AII SRRT Task forces on serviceto mrnoritieswill Calitbrnia 94 I l4 bc contacted drectly for mutual aid in locating and developingmaterials. If you The COSMEP Newsletter(Committee of Small MagazincEdrtors have interest or information, contact the Cooidinator. arrdPublishers) can keep you currcnt on tlre selfdefined "avant garde" be sup- AFRO-AM PUBLISHING CO literature with added tidbits on the publishing libraries should EMERSON HALL PBULISHERS, INc portrng. Send them some money ($10-$15) and ask for their news- 1727 S lndiana Avenue 209 West 9?th Street letter!-COSMEP: P.O. Box 703, San Francisco,, 94101. Chicago, Illinois 606 l6 New York, New York t0O25 David P. Ross Alfred E Prettyman The Underground PressSyndicate has got it together! Send them INDUSTRIAL HISTORIAN PRESS some money and ask for their newsletterand HOW TO PUBLISH BARRIO PRESS 665 Grant Street | 45 I Masonic Avenue NEWSPAPER Possiblythe YOUR VERY OWN UNDERGROUND Denver, Colorado 80203 San Francisco, California 94 I t I best way o f servingyour communitiesis putting this pamphlet in Abelardo Delgado Jeanelte Henry & RupertCr the control ofgroups you serve. UPS: Box 26, Village Station, MICTLA PUBLICATIONS New York, New York 10014. BLACK ACADEMY PRESS 135 University Avenue c/o Dr. R. Gardea Buffalo, New York I4214 5 3Ot Alameda Avenue you It a socialistnewspaper being Paso, Have read HOTCHPOT? is Okechukwu Mezu El Texas 799O5 publishedby a collectiveas a sewice/resourceto peoplewho are Ricardo Sanchez services,especially among tsLACK STAR PUBLISHERS trying to do organizingin the human NEW PUELISHING "Transformation: journal 8824 Finkle Street DIMENSIONS C( rvorkersand students. Recent articlcs: Detroit, Michigan 482OO l5l West2SthStreet review", "The fallacy of community control", "How to evaluate New York, New York t0o0l BROADSIDE PRESS proDosalsfor National Health Insurance", "Construction wages, John Hines 1265r OId Mill PIace iacf and fiction". HOTCHPOT: $3.50/ycar (50d for sarnple), Detroit, Michigan 482 39 QUINTO-SOL PUBLICATIONS Box 2492, Cleveland,Ohio 441 12 Dudley Randall 2 I 68 Shattuck Ave Berkeley, California 94704 VOCATIONS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE cooperatedwith SRRT bv BUCKINGHAM LEA RNING CORP, Andres Ybarra sending free samples of their magazine,VSC BULLETIN for 76 Madison Avenue distribution in D allas. It is worth your $5/six months; libraries New York, New York lOOlo THIRD PRESS who want activist workers advertisetheir needshere! VSC: Oswald White 444 Cenfial Park West New York, New York 1O025 Box 13, Canycn, Califomra 945 15 DRUM AND SPEAR PRESS Joseph Okpaku l9O2 Belmont Road, N W- PUBLISHING FOR THE PEOPLE! Washin8ton, D C 200O9 THIRD WORLD PRESS Carolyn Carter 7850 S Ellis Avenue Chicago, Illinois 606l 9 EDWARD W BLYDEN PRESS Don L. Lee P.O Box 621 Manhattanville Station ,l'-, New York, New York I O027 A. Falkner Watts .' n," I)t,r.rrrrrerr ;;T;^ii,;.l, i,1l,l,ilti,_ I ,r,o;rJ:i?:, ".:

"SR RT actu ally published this ALTERNATIVES IN pRINT inside a t.' 1;1r.' i year? haven't ":' -r---''. I seen any reviews in the library press, but I,ll take one ofthose brochures. My library can buy it, I don,t have the money ii- for it-.-"--ALA member "You give a discount only to SRRT members? Why not all ALA I 'i,'.,'( ;[ memhers?".-- ALA member .-.' "What a cute baby! That's the only child I've seen at the ALA ',,!. ,)\, Conference " ALA ntember "You-people seem-to be^crowded. Other ALA booths are empry I Why don't you,..." - SR RT member

"ls this VOCATIONS FOR SOCTAL CHANGE free? Ail this is freet" -ALA member I " Ihis is min{-b}owingl I've n-everseerso many middle class neoole concentrated on theii t hing... "- -S R R T sp;;i(6.'irom b l;; Sf;;i'' "This book is filled with the_spirit of Krishna. lt will make your life richer to read it ,.." -Hare Krishna "Why isn't there space for my church to exhibit at ALA? This is unfair..." ALA member "What is the baby sying? , Krishna!? .."--ALA member "I'll take eight of those underground Dallas News, lad. Here,s two bucks- Here you are, Iadies. This is free from Ga ytord Gay-lord, get ir? Ho, ho, ho"-. Exhibitor at AL A "Here's a queter. My son--he's l2--wants a button. Which one. son? -.. Peoples'Peace Treatyl Dtrsn't that have a oicture of the ''t ,.1 North Vietnamese flag on it?... Okl OK! ... Here _._'r--Dallas visitor i'i' " to ALA exhibits :l'"".r "What's this 'DIRTY BOOKS'sectioi on this Bay Area SRRT disptay . .i :) : doing exhibiting the Kama Sutra?l That's not a dirty book...,,-- {l A member :i, "Have you noticed all theguards down the aisle at the Hus a .tl Homosexual booth? I'ye seen lots of guards in the exhibiiarea, but this is the first time l've seen guards wearing guns .."- SRRT member "What are you SRRT people doing this week? Oh yes, here are the shedules. So many! Thanks."- ALA member "l was here before and there was no one from SRRT here. Don,t you people have a responsibility to make up a schedule and make your people..." -ALA member "The exhibit area is now closed for this conference-" Loudspeaker. "Hoorayl"--Exhibitors at ALA. "Too bad, we needed more iime. .. This was fun ... It was nice talking with you...If they had a loudspeaker, why didn't they announce when voles were coming uo i,r Council md Membership meetings?..-. Than-k you, you should visii our temple in - There are only 30 disciples in Texas, but there are many more EIKLEJoHN where you live..-'---SRRT members and Hare Krishna. CIVIL LIBERTIES LIBRARY - TF on Our Affair in Dallas_ DOCUM ENTING REPRESSION

The Task Force to Document the East Court 'Conspiracv'Tnal is still rn operatlon. Informalion from the press is now being sent to the Law Center for Constitutional Rightl, 5 88-9th Avenue, New York, N . Y. 10036. Fifty-five periodicals and newspapers are being cove-red by librarians_fro4 gygry part of the country.'Coverage is needed for the EVENING BOSTON GLOBE and the PHILADET- PHIA INQUIRER and yarious foreign publications. Volunteers should contact Betty{arol Sellen, Brooklyn College Library, Brooklyn, N. Y, 11210. The project will continue as the Difense Conrmittee considers it necessarv.

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Mccting: J unc 24 2-4 P.I,I Coordinator: C Townlcy liivc rrrcmbcrs\.r,cre prescnt rcprcscnting cach of'tltc threemigrant - Action this ycar strcanrs.A lapc of ;r discussionanrong thc stafl'of the BIBLIOTECA CA M PESlNA. Stanislaus County Free Library, M odesto,California, McctingScottsdale-March 191l-drcw up AtpLS (Amcncan was playcd and discussed lt is availablefronr thc coordinator. Indian Progran ol'Library Servrcc)(s.€ir#) major points. ACTIONS DISCUSSDDAND ACTL.D UPON: support American Indian Library Serviceto American Indians and thc Majority A Scarehfor information sourceson migranl scrvicesand organiza- Citizenry - bascdon five year action program. tions crcluding schoolsby nrigrant strcams(East, Ccntral U.S., West RevisedAIPLS durrng March-June,197 I issuedrevised documen Coast) Each rncmbcr will surveyduring the coming year his own at ALA Annual MeetingSunday, June 20. The meetingwas rcgion and will scnd his report to the coordinator. atlended by approximately 200, main spea-kerLota Halden. AIO LXeCUuvefrlrcclor. I hos€plescnt wcre eanvassed B- Dctcmrinc by nrrgrantstream serviccsif any offered by librarres '100 [or intercstan to mrgranls we recruitcd about who rvill bc askedto participatein implc_ mcntation of the AIPLS document. C. Discussedthe nccd for a ncwslettcr to keep librariansserving nriArants informed of cach other\ prol)lemc anrl successed.The need Action for next ycar for a newslctler was lcft to thc discretion of the coordinator. l- Wc would like to continuc as a task forcc of SR RT for anoth< D^ Tcntative plans include the writing of an LSCA Title I project 2 We have had elections- CharlesTownley Coordinator, Virgin after the 1972 ALA Conference to finance a mobile servic6center MathewsCo{oordinator, J ohn Flctcher Co-Coordinaror. to include a librarian The librarian would rvork in the home 3 Actlon - Further work on implementation as outlinerj in AIp community of the migrantsduring the Winter and would move with and finaiization of document AIpLS. them through lhe camps. This propose.lwill depend up on an ' analysisof the data gaihcred dJrin! the coming ycar. The entre discussionof the Task Force is availableon cassettetape from: N'lartinJ Zonligt, Coordinator SRRT Task Force on Migrant Workers c/o StanislausCounty Fr?e Library 1402 Eye St. N{odesto,California 95 354 209-5266821 During the coming year the Task Force may experiment with sharingideas by cassettetape in .lieuof written communication In closingthe Coordinator takesnote of and welcomesthe new Task Force on Chicanosand plans to coordinaie his plans with its.

You will be interestedin the APPALACHIAN PEOPLE'S HISTORY BOOK, by SuzanneCrowell and Karen Bolte-Mulloy, recently high- hghredin THE MINER'S VOICE (93/year, P.O. Box 255, Morgan- town, \V. Va. 26505). The book contains sectionson early organrz- ing efforts of the UMW, and is distributed free in the coalfields. Contribulions of $5 00 for the publication are askedfrom those, like us, who can better afford it. For a copy. write SoutlrernCon- ferenceEducational Fund (SCEF), 3210 W. Broadrvay,Louiwille, Kentucky 402 I L

ill: TASK FORCE ON PRISON LIBRARIES t f, Coord: A group of Boston Librariansrvorkrng on prison hbraries. Mail Contact: Richard Hayes, Paul Pratt Library Clohasset,Massachusetts 02025 Purpose:To run a national clearinghouseon local action programs 1o make prison library serviceequal to the best public library sewice. No national action is proposed for the first year. After a year'swork, wc will re-evaluatethe activity. Such a cleannghouseshould already be the provinceof AHIL for examDle What kinds of information do u,e need to know? I I i_Vhatdo peopleneed to know about servingprisoners. 2 ) What problems havepeople encountered. 3) What prograrnshave been successful,how can success factorsbe applied rapidly to other geographicareas. Projects: l) National clearinghouse,starting with initial mailing list LN5 of 50, plus SRRT newsletterand the library press. 2) comprehensive surveyof existingprograms of straightagencies. 3) contaci with relorm groups such asthe Fortunate Society. Knou' any peopleanywhere giving LIBRARY SERVICE TO LOCAL JAIt- INMATES? Ask them to send a resumeof the origins,mcthods, problems,successes, etc., to the SRRT Prison L ibrarieslask Force, c/o Dick Hayes,Paul Pratt Library, C'ohasset,Mass.06268_ Or rvrite up rvhat you know about their sewiceand ask them for corrections before you sendit in for the September(hopef ull1,) TFPL neu,slctter. Also sendatJdresses for the TFPL mailine list.

l0- Barbara G ittings, Coordinator 241 So.2lst St. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania I 9 103 Government l'ublications Bernadine E- Hoduski, Coordinator 515 B N Florence Lee's Summit, Missouri 64o63 Media Centers in Free Schools Ray Barber, C0ordinator University School Kenl State Unrversity Kent, Ohto 44242 SR RT TASK IIORCT,S Migrant Workers Martin J - Zonligt, Coordinato r Stanislaus Co. Free Library I 4O2 Eye Street Modesto, California Mobilizing Community Program Resources for Intergroup Understanding Laurel Fischer, Coordinator Akron Public Librar y 443O5 ALA mcctrng Akron, Ohio Prison Libraries TASK FORCEI COORDINATORS: SRRT. | 9't | -2 Richard Hays, Coordinator Paul Pratt Library Alternatives in Print Cohasset, Massachusetts 02025 Mimi Penchansky, Coordinator Recruitment of Minorities to the Profession Paul Klapper Library Ada E Jackson, Coordinator Queens College 4OO Central Park West, 4 N Flushing, New York I 1367 New York, New York lOO25 American Indbns Service to Poor People (lentative name) Charles Townley, Coordinator Carla Alexander, Coordinator Library 4l I "A" Street, S E University of California Washington, D C 2OOO3 Santa Barbara, California 931O6 Sex Media {: Chicanos Gordon McShean, Coordinator Elizabeth Martinez Smith, Coordinator Du ndee Township Public LibruY Los Angeles County Public Library Dundee, lllinois 6o I I E 1550 BeYerly Boulevard Status of Women and Women's Liberation Montebello, California 9o640 ,t = +," Michelle Rudy, Coordinator ,.1:i",' Clearinghouse fq Refcrence and Acquisition 403 Le G Lane ':"" I ore .:: : ,, ,t Information on M inorities Manhattan, Kansas 665O2 Joan Neumann, Coordinalor Student Affiliates i,, Brooklyn Public Library Nancy Hanssen, Coordinator Grand Army Plaza Pratt Institute Library Brooklyn, New York | 1238 Brooklyn, New York I I 205 East Coasl Conspiracy Docume ntalion Underground Press Syndicate lndex Betty Carol Sellen, Coordinator Joan Marshall, Coordinator Brooklyn College Library Brooklyn College Library Brooklyn, New York I l2l o Brooklyn, New York I I2lo

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AI thc Actiort ('ouncil tttcctingin l);tllls. thc Actton ('ouncil volctl turxrrrrmouslylo support thc principlcsol'thc Pcoplcs Pcacc Trcaty. At tlrc rrrcrrtbcrshipnrccting ol SRRT, tlrt rncrnborshipvotcd wilhoul \ tliscussionlo upprovc (lrc_Pcoplcs.Pcuccl rcrrly principlcs. Sincc the ) ^N. tlisr'trsstorrrittl nrr{ taks nlafr al llte rntrnl,crstrtprttut'ting, tlre lollow- ..'; ing scrvcsas an inlrotluction to tlrc principlcs o1-tlrc PcoplusPcree 'l r'l- rclty;thcsc corrcspondwith thc proposalssct l-ortlrtbr pcacc by t l+-' Mrdrmc Binh hst Novcrnbcr, rnd rcpcatcd strongly just this month \ by lrcr rn Paris A JOINT TRI,]ATY ()F PEACE BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. SOUTH VI[,T N AM & NORTH VIET NAM ln troduction lle il known tlrrt the Anrcrican and Vietnanresepeople arc not cnemies Thc u,ur is carriedout in thc name of the peopleof the LJniledStates. but wilhout our consent It destroysthe land and thc people of Vict Nrm It drains America of her resources,her you th and her honor Wc herehy agrec t() end the war on the following terms, s() that b()th pc()plcs can live under thejoy of independence and can devote tlrcnrsclves to building a s()ciety based on human crluality and ir respecl for the c'arth In rejecting the war rve also reject all fornts Of rrcism rnd discrimination against people based r>n color, class, l 4 scx, national origin and ethnic grouping which form a basis oI the I wur pr>licies, present and past, of the United States PRINCIPLES OF THE JOINT TREATY OF PEACE AMERICANS agree to immediate and total withdrawal from Viet Nam, and publicly to set the date by which all U.S. military forces will be removed. Vietnamese 10 participate in an immediatc ceasefire ^gtee with U S forces, and will enter discussions on the procedure to guarantee the safety of all withdrawing troops, and to secure relr,tse of all military prisoners AMERICANS pledgeto stop imposingThieu, Ky and Khiem on the people of Yiet Nam in order lo ensure their right to selfdetermination, and to ersure that all politcal prisonersare released- ttYou're Vietnamesepledge to form a provisionalcoalition €{overn- Under Arresto' ment to organizedemtrratic elections,in which all South Vietnamesecan participalefrely without lhe presenceof any foreign troops,and to enter discussionsof procedures to guaranteeth€ safetyand political freedom of persons who cooperatedwith either side in the war. AMERICANS and VIETNAMESE agree to respect the inde- pendence, peaceand neutality of Laos and Cambodia. 1 Upon thesepoints of agreement,we pledgeto end the war in Viet Nam We will resolveall olher questionsh mutual respectfor the rights of self-determinationof the people of Vret Nam and of the United Stales As Americans ratiflng this agreement, we pledge to take what ever actions are appropriate to implement the terms of this joint treaty of peace,and to ensureits acceptanceby the i ,*'" government of the United S tates. f;r{llII Suggcstionsfor implcmcntation? In what ways can wc as I r4r,r .l librarianshelp thc pcoplc makc thc pcacc? Writc on {o f.tr,.]- 1,r', Clcaringhouse! 1.

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L3 ,.| 972 SRRT ELECTIONS; or, FUTURE OF SRRT????? ll DALLAS CONFERENCE SRRT BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES-Thursday, June 24, 1971 ljj hisqucslion was first raised in the February l97l Newsletter. I'd like was I quote in full the only direcl response I received lo it: I The amendment to the By-Laws in the June newsletter presdnted and pas*d unanimously. "This is a good question, and I'd like lo respond. My library has 2. People's Peace Treaty was presented and endorsed unanimously as much intellectual freedom as I need so my time is spent produc- without discussion. tively,l think - No. t priority is assisting students to find material of all political viewpoints To be honest I get enough of libraries Brought up for discussion was whether or not the SRRT mailing during the day thus avoid volunteering. I like the projects I read list should be turned over to Movement groups and small pub- of here, I also find good things in LJ/American Librarier. I'm lishers: open to SHARING jobs, especially regional, but my position - much discussion followed, generally against the idea, except doesn't creale a high enough level of concern to decrease student- with the provision that Clearinghouse would actually do the oriented time in order to run for a SRRT office To be honest, mailings for lhose wishing it so that the group in question I'm glad SRRT exists but would not be that shook up if it stopped. would never actually see the mailing list or in any way have Have noticed here on campus that there are many organizational access lo it; it was also suggested that if this idea were to be forms open for progressive movements....- (P S. Will eat my words put into effect, that Clearinghouse be expanded to 7 mem- if t"Bli IRS come by tomorrow.)" bers lo handle the extra work which would be involved. this the feeling of the typical SRRT member? The response to this - the final motion "to have Clearinghouse do all mailings ear's election would certainly seem to suggest as much, with some requested by outside groups" was passed by a 3l to 29 1ft of membership noi voting. Thin k about ir vote. INot rhany cared, lhere were about 400 in the room!--ed.l ur what has all this to do with nexl year's election? Well, let's hope othing But then it is really up to all of us to make sure that it - Pat Schuman then suggested rhat a mail vote through the cesn't. I mean we all ought to begin thinking NOW about running next Newsletter be conducted since this was really lepre- rr office next year sentative of Membership opinion. - Action Council accepted this suggestion and the mail vote will take place s you can see clsewhere in this Newsletter, the election procedures e going to be revised a bit, and will be published in the October New members of Action Comcil (Tyrone Emerick, Joe ewsletter, That, however, is no reason to wait to decide whether or Lindenfeld and Jim Wright) were introduced )t to run, or eyen to write your position statement, since it will The selection of the third member of Clearinqhouse was main a volunteer system, and in all Iikelihood statements will not announced. He is Tom Phelps of the Salt Lake City Public : limited to specific topics chosen by Action Council. They rvill be Library )ur own thing --Dick Akeroyd I 1RT needs new faces and new ideas to keep it moving ahead. In Recording SecretarY ct, we thrive on it Can you imagine a SRRT "establishment"?l!! r. if you would like to volunteer, but feel a little unsure of what I rving on Action Council or Clearinghouse is really all about, call or rite to one of us, and we'll try to give you the benefit of our I rxperience." We were all there once you know, and anyway we I ruld use the prodding. Keeps us from getting stuck in one place too ng;and then we all grow a little in the process - TOGETHER. In Lyevent, SRRT is alive and well now; your commitment to action I ill insure that it stavs that wav Dick Akeroyd I Action Co uncil Recordine Secretarv 1l i{ fnd. noLJ- $,ora6 €rt JF ) fn;; ,:.1'li yeers 4"/ ::"li iI: 1l

til .SK FORCE ON LIBRARY SCHOOL STUDENT AFFILIATE " lLL fAF€ fHAT, fhApk YoU.'l The activities of TFLSSA at Da.llassuffered on many occasions l1 ) to competition with the Students to Dallas program ' Many dentswho expressedinterest on arrival in spending time discussing LNS 'ary "education" got diverted into other programs as the week gressed.The multi-media show put on by Dick Ackeroyd was at, but started 30 minutes late, so that the few students who wed up had to split before the discussionbegan. On oaher asionsthere were similar conflicts, and it was not until the end :heweek that studentsgot to talk the people in SRRT about tr own first-hand imoressionsof ALA. The Students to Dalias prograrn, which nurtured for some a raa. a a. a oaaaoDla a aao a aoaa a rngdegree of disconteni with the ALA and publishing establish- nt that sponsoredit, was not given enough attention by TFLSSA. a hough the studentscame witi varied points of view on ALA, o fe was_apotential for establishing a contact in each accredited I,1AIL BALLOI -- tlARK AID I"IAIL rcDAyl ary schoolwhich was not exploited The studentsthemselves a' rili getting a mailing list togethei and hopefully will keep in touch, a nsorjoint student library associationme-e.tings where they can, ril Cleaf ingho'Se C an USe JU6gment a work toward improving the sad slate of library "education", ,l :eLED d;srii r"'"- i""u"a.i's much. and give mailing lisf tc groups o andpubrishers who request it. a t",*:Hi;11i::",'"Ufjt*;lj?liiliiliiil;i"h'.?;'^' a rld beissued,"foi rh" r.^ron that sucha statementwould be Cleaf inghouse Should do al1 the I3qd bv ALA bureaucratsas the final word of the students a mailings requesfed; the list' ii rrullvread. fited awav. and isnored. Manv students commented a lhefact againstas students by that theywere discriminated should not leave thelf Cgntrol. a lY exhibilors at theconference; objection andsome librarians ,,professionar j'{aiI be mailed madeto rhecommon definition of tiuru.iunt" tc ! Dick.Akcro^vd. i'lust a .h-"*.luo.rinJ'i;bil specialcollections..Dept' j ri;;;;;."rir tfi'""."a"i,iiii".oni.'.n.. wilburcrossLibmry lrrin befusrvrs ore 9/] a '|\.rruuentssawthatthebesthopeforlibraryschools.wasto .orun y'i#rT'$J;l o ll rhesrudenr/proressional dichotomy b) settrnsstudenls 33ie3ot*' ,o nelrown schools to gLtinto morebntact rvith"professionals" )willnot"teach"th?mbutsharewiththerngripes,ideas, . a o o a a a a a a a a a t a a a o a o a a a a a energies ErranNiclsen - 13 - CONTACT OUTSIDE WORLD! CLEARINGHOUSE COM MITTEE I 9 7 1.2 The following people are on your clearinghouse committee fo Much has bcen writtcn about SRRT in the professionaljournals this year and should be contacted ifyou have any items for publ but few peoplc outsidc the field know that radical librariansand tion in the newsletter or if you have any other type of news you the movement for socialresoonsibilities in librariesexist. I'd like to imparted to the membership. This year's editorship will be divid, members, by our volunteers' This writc an article about SRRT for a gcneralaudicnce. among the six official helped issue was edited by Liz Futas and the next issue will be done by I can't Dallas and people, can some Since makc it to intewiew Joan Goddard. ol'the action and l'eelingscome to me, via the typewriteror the ball ooint nen? Miriam Crawford,424O Parkside Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. l9l0z 8'17-1250, phone: 215'787-8240 Itd like'to hear from any SRRT memberswho feel motivated home phone: 215 work secretary of Clearinghouse, liaison with to write to me--their thoughts, reactions, feelings, Coordinator and frustration, Action Council excitement, goals--anything about themselvesand thefu partici- pation in SRRT, about the conferenceand the movement, how Elizabeth Futas, 105 East 24 Street, New York, NY 10010 phone: 445-'75O0 they view the library profession and the ALA, etc. I'd also be home phone: 212 475-1604, work 2t2 ext. Keeper of the mailing list and interest coordinator interested in lnformation about projects of the various task forces- West Latimer, Campbell, Calif. 95008 their effectiveness,problems, and what not. Joan Goddard, I I ? I phone:phonei 4u64OA 314-4691J ll-+ot / workwofK phone: +w64Og 253zsr 0zrz6212 would greatly good home Pnone: I appreciate photographsof SRRT in action, Reporter and coordinator for Special Projects, including Ljbrari at Dallas, regional SRRT conferences, and task forces at work in Tribe your own areas- Robert Gutzke, Owen Hall, 809 455O Scott, St. Louis, Mo. 631l Contact: CelesteMacleod work phone: 314 367-6400 2838 WoolseySt. Reporter on Affiliate Groups Berkcley, C a-lifornia94705 Judith Mowery, 1808 Carter Avenue, Akron, Ohio 44301 home phone: 216773-'153t work phone: 216 762-2441 ext Reporter on Task Forces Thomas Phelps, 1852 Foothill Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 home phone: 8O1 484-518o work phone: 801 363-5733 Printing, mailing and paste up of newsletter In addition to those regularly elected by the membership the foll COMMUNICATIONS FROM CLEARINGHOUSE people (and any others interested please contact Joan Goddard) r the Special Projects Committee The Special Projects Committee of Clearinghouse welcomes more on volunieers and ideas for communications projects and needs in Texas 75 2 I 9 addition to the Librarians'Tribe (see article elsewhete in this isue) Sally Langston, 4O47 Herschel No. | 2, Dallas, and large-scale mailing assistance for nrtional and local task forccs' home phone: 214 522-'1133 Contacls: Joan Goddard;chairman, 1l7l W. 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