Apologies for the extreme belatedness, but here is my conference report for #ALAAC25 at last, with #ALACouncil insights & personal journey news.
https://onequeerlibrarian.com/2025/09/13/conference-report-ala-annual-2025/
https://onequeerlibrarian.com/2025/09/13/conference-report-ala-annual-2025/
September 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Apologies for the extreme belatedness, but here is my conference report for #ALAAC25 at last, with #ALACouncil insights & personal journey news.
https://onequeerlibrarian.com/2025/09/13/conference-report-ala-annual-2025/
https://onequeerlibrarian.com/2025/09/13/conference-report-ala-annual-2025/
Members of #ALACouncil including myself are asking for an emergency Council meeting around this. If the Exec Board grants this, what questions & points would you like me to bring to Council? #Library #Librarians
April 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Members of #ALACouncil including myself are asking for an emergency Council meeting around this. If the Exec Board grants this, what questions & points would you like me to bring to Council? #Library #Librarians
#ALACouncil 2/2 #liblearnx
Trust nom com
cost savings
Bylaws time clock
71 y 74 n 2a not pp
CD #48
“Legos in fruit salad” current voting
Data, info, consult, 7 yrs discuss
TAG Complexity of seats, elections, noms, not working
$32k savings less 2 seats
Stop vote 99y 39v 4a
Vote motion 90 y 49n
Trust nom com
cost savings
Bylaws time clock
71 y 74 n 2a not pp
CD #48
“Legos in fruit salad” current voting
Data, info, consult, 7 yrs discuss
TAG Complexity of seats, elections, noms, not working
$32k savings less 2 seats
Stop vote 99y 39v 4a
Vote motion 90 y 49n
January 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
#ALACouncil 2/2 #liblearnx
Trust nom com
cost savings
Bylaws time clock
71 y 74 n 2a not pp
CD #48
“Legos in fruit salad” current voting
Data, info, consult, 7 yrs discuss
TAG Complexity of seats, elections, noms, not working
$32k savings less 2 seats
Stop vote 99y 39v 4a
Vote motion 90 y 49n
Trust nom com
cost savings
Bylaws time clock
71 y 74 n 2a not pp
CD #48
“Legos in fruit salad” current voting
Data, info, consult, 7 yrs discuss
TAG Complexity of seats, elections, noms, not working
$32k savings less 2 seats
Stop vote 99y 39v 4a
Vote motion 90 y 49n
#ALACouncil #liblearnx
CD48 long debate
Size & cost exec board, put together elec slots
Reset to prior size - diverse
Changed from full membership, org effectiveness SCOE, forward together,
No longer resembled coupled w rest of rec of those groups
broader pool, cleaner election
1/2
CD48 long debate
Size & cost exec board, put together elec slots
Reset to prior size - diverse
Changed from full membership, org effectiveness SCOE, forward together,
No longer resembled coupled w rest of rec of those groups
broader pool, cleaner election
1/2
January 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
#ALACouncil #liblearnx
CD48 long debate
Size & cost exec board, put together elec slots
Reset to prior size - diverse
Changed from full membership, org effectiveness SCOE, forward together,
No longer resembled coupled w rest of rec of those groups
broader pool, cleaner election
1/2
CD48 long debate
Size & cost exec board, put together elec slots
Reset to prior size - diverse
Changed from full membership, org effectiveness SCOE, forward together,
No longer resembled coupled w rest of rec of those groups
broader pool, cleaner election
1/2
Some #ALACouncil notes #LiblearnX
This was the Last LiblearnX, ALA midwinter(109 years)
There Will be an event in Chicago around this time 2026
#ALA
This was the Last LiblearnX, ALA midwinter(109 years)
There Will be an event in Chicago around this time 2026
#ALA
January 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Some #ALACouncil notes #LiblearnX
This was the Last LiblearnX, ALA midwinter(109 years)
There Will be an event in Chicago around this time 2026
#ALA
This was the Last LiblearnX, ALA midwinter(109 years)
There Will be an event in Chicago around this time 2026
#ALA
That's pretty much it I think. Again, feel free to ask me questions, I'll do my best to answer though I am by no means an expert on #ALACouncil or anything else, I can only share what I heard & my impressions of it, & my brain is swiss cheese, so the sooner you ask the more likely i am to remember 😆
January 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
That's pretty much it I think. Again, feel free to ask me questions, I'll do my best to answer though I am by no means an expert on #ALACouncil or anything else, I can only share what I heard & my impressions of it, & my brain is swiss cheese, so the sooner you ask the more likely i am to remember 😆
As it was not discussed in #ALACouncil I can't say more about it than is in the document but it's basically about not having conferences in states where abortion is restricted. You'd have to ask someone on Exec Board what happened with it though. www.ala.org/sites/defaul...
www.ala.org
January 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
As it was not discussed in #ALACouncil I can't say more about it than is in the document but it's basically about not having conferences in states where abortion is restricted. You'd have to ask someone on Exec Board what happened with it though. www.ala.org/sites/defaul...
One last thing, something we did NOT discuss at #ALACouncil yesterday b/c it was moved to Executive Board meeting today which I did not attend. A resolution from the Committee on Women in Librarianship on conf locations & equal access to emergency medical care.
January 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
One last thing, something we did NOT discuss at #ALACouncil yesterday b/c it was moved to Executive Board meeting today which I did not attend. A resolution from the Committee on Women in Librarianship on conf locations & equal access to emergency medical care.
Because it is a major By-laws amendment, all of ALA Membership must vote to approve it, so it'll be on your April ballots if you're a member. Feel free to ask me about the pros & cons mentioned in #ALACouncil by people much smarter than me. Happy to report what I can remember.
January 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Because it is a major By-laws amendment, all of ALA Membership must vote to approve it, so it'll be on your April ballots if you're a member. Feel free to ask me about the pros & cons mentioned in #ALACouncil by people much smarter than me. Happy to report what I can remember.
I tried to get us to put it off until Annual to give people more time to consider & also not have us voting to remove diversity slots at this specific moment, but the vote to delay was split & ultimately failed. The resolution was passed & will now go to full membership #ALACouncil
January 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I tried to get us to put it off until Annual to give people more time to consider & also not have us voting to remove diversity slots at this specific moment, but the vote to delay was split & ultimately failed. The resolution was passed & will now go to full membership #ALACouncil
Most of the other votes were more admin-related (by-laws language clean-up, etc). I already mentioned on here the resolution that passed to amend the by-laws on Board Composition: www.ala.org/sites/defaul... #ALACouncil
www.ala.org
January 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Most of the other votes were more admin-related (by-laws language clean-up, etc). I already mentioned on here the resolution that passed to amend the by-laws on Board Composition: www.ala.org/sites/defaul... #ALACouncil
That full resolution can be found here, albeit without the amendment suggested on the floor to specify the committee to look at ways to diversify the board such as but not limited to: www.ala.org/sites/defaul... #ALACouncil
www.ala.org
January 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
That full resolution can be found here, albeit without the amendment suggested on the floor to specify the committee to look at ways to diversify the board such as but not limited to: www.ala.org/sites/defaul... #ALACouncil
If I remember correctly, the goal is for that Committee to report to Exec Board by October on recommendations. I could be mixing this up with another resolution but I'm pretty sure that was for this one. #ALACouncil
January 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If I remember correctly, the goal is for that Committee to report to Exec Board by October on recommendations. I could be mixing this up with another resolution but I'm pretty sure that was for this one. #ALACouncil
This committee will be specifically (but not only) looking at the possibility of allowing non-council members to run for Executive Board positions. It will be exploring how this might be done, what voting would look like, etc. #ALACouncil
January 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This committee will be specifically (but not only) looking at the possibility of allowing non-council members to run for Executive Board positions. It will be exploring how this might be done, what voting would look like, etc. #ALACouncil
Another resolution we passed (can't remember if unanimous or not sorry) was one to create an Ad-Hoc committee to explore ways to make the ALA Executive Board more diverse. #ALACouncil
January 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Another resolution we passed (can't remember if unanimous or not sorry) was one to create an Ad-Hoc committee to explore ways to make the ALA Executive Board more diverse. #ALACouncil
The full text of the resolution can be found at the bottom of the Intellectual Freedom Committee report, which I believe is available publicly here: www.ala.org/sites/defaul... #ALACouncil
www.ala.org
January 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The full text of the resolution can be found at the bottom of the Intellectual Freedom Committee report, which I believe is available publicly here: www.ala.org/sites/defaul... #ALACouncil
This interpretation basically says that Prisoners retain a right to read behind bars, regardless of status & that the only books that should be restricted are those required to be restricted by law, administrative decision, or court order. #ALACouncil
January 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This interpretation basically says that Prisoners retain a right to read behind bars, regardless of status & that the only books that should be restricted are those required to be restricted by law, administrative decision, or court order. #ALACouncil
So! #ALACouncil meetings this past weekend. Sunday was a more productive day, and one of the first resolutions we passed unanimously was a resolution to adopt "Prisoner's Right to Read an Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights"
January 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
So! #ALACouncil meetings this past weekend. Sunday was a more productive day, and one of the first resolutions we passed unanimously was a resolution to adopt "Prisoner's Right to Read an Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights"
Hey thanks for asking! I was gonna talk about it today along with another resolution! I’ll use #ALACouncil as a tag & not do it in a reply so more people see it! I’ll work on those skeets right now though!
January 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Hey thanks for asking! I was gonna talk about it today along with another resolution! I’ll use #ALACouncil as a tag & not do it in a reply so more people see it! I’ll work on those skeets right now though!
ALA Council II went on forever today and I’m too brain dead to talk about it tonight, but I’ll definitely try to talk about it tomorrow when it feels less like my brains are escaping out my ears. #ALACouncil
January 27, 2025 at 1:34 AM
ALA Council II went on forever today and I’m too brain dead to talk about it tonight, but I’ll definitely try to talk about it tomorrow when it feels less like my brains are escaping out my ears. #ALACouncil
Committee on Legislation reports that ALA has issued a statement in response to the Department of Education’s claim that book bans are a “hoax”. #ALACouncil #LibLearnX bsky.app/profile/amli...
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is arbitrarily dismissing student and parent complaints arising out of public schools’ documented acts of censorship and discrimination.
Our response: Book bans are real.
Full statement ➡️ www.ala.org/news/2025/01...
Our response: Book bans are real.
Full statement ➡️ www.ala.org/news/2025/01...
January 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Committee on Legislation reports that ALA has issued a statement in response to the Department of Education’s claim that book bans are a “hoax”. #ALACouncil #LibLearnX bsky.app/profile/amli...
Vote on the Approval of Prisoner’s Right to Read: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights
Passes with 145 yes
We love to see it! 🙌🏽 #ALACouncil #LibLearnX #LLX
Passes with 145 yes
We love to see it! 🙌🏽 #ALACouncil #LibLearnX #LLX
January 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Vote on the Approval of Prisoner’s Right to Read: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights
Passes with 145 yes
We love to see it! 🙌🏽 #ALACouncil #LibLearnX #LLX
Passes with 145 yes
We love to see it! 🙌🏽 #ALACouncil #LibLearnX #LLX
I see the importance of the body being provided the voting strength at the top of the meeting. That’s how you catch when a 2/3rds vote has actually been met or not and what quorum has been established at. #ALACouncil #LibLearnX
January 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I see the importance of the body being provided the voting strength at the top of the meeting. That’s how you catch when a 2/3rds vote has actually been met or not and what quorum has been established at. #ALACouncil #LibLearnX
The rules and guidelines for ALA hybrid council meetings could benefit from the addition of a limit of time spent in debate. #ALACouncil #LibLearnX
January 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The rules and guidelines for ALA hybrid council meetings could benefit from the addition of a limit of time spent in debate. #ALACouncil #LibLearnX
Somebody needs to call for the question. People are debating on the main action and not the motion on the floor to table. This is not germane. This why ya’ll meetings so long! #ALACouncil #LibLearnX
January 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Somebody needs to call for the question. People are debating on the main action and not the motion on the floor to table. This is not germane. This why ya’ll meetings so long! #ALACouncil #LibLearnX