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ALA Presidential Candidate Kenton Oliver responds to Tom Peters's question on how ALA can enable participation without travel. ... ALAelection09 ALA participation

Tom Peters asks a question of the ALA Presidential Candidates ... ALAelection09

A question for the 2009 ALA presidential candidates. ... ALAelection09 West Deptford Free Public Library social media election

Free Range Librarian and long-time ALA member Karen G. Schneider asks ALA's presidential candidates about enforcing ALA policy on GLBT rights. Full text of policies at freerangelibrarian.com ... ALAelection09 GLBT ALA

Closing Statements from the 2009 ALA Presidential Candidates Forum. More ALA videos at alfocus.ala.org. ... ALA Midwinter ALAelection09

lots more electronic opportunities to do so, and those will only grow. Keep an eye out for ALA Connect: its really going to be a tremendous resource for our members. And, finally, you are going to meet some of the smartest, and most dedicated people in this country. So, take advantage of that membership, both as a student, and after youve graduated thats what I tell them. Because you are going to get every bit of your moneys worth out of it. Thanks for the question. ... ALAelection09 ...

know, Ive been very involved with intellectual freedom, having chaired for the last four years. And in our discussion on privacy last year and our program with Cory Doctorow, we Twittered that program. We also had live blogs going. So, ALA does have capacity to use this type of media, and use it effectively. When Im president, I will make sure that we use is where it is most effective, and where we can reach the most people with our message. Thank you. ... ALAelection09 ALA social media advocacy ...

is just the fact that the people you meet through the association will be the people that youll work with as you find different jobs in different libraries and move up the career ladder. Id highly recommend that you go on the ALA website and look under member benefits and all the different things that are available to you because membership certainly does pay. And ALA is like anything else you do in life: you get out of it what you put into it. So, join us with ALA. ... ALAelection09 ...

, including podcasts and online chats. So, those are just a few things that we can do. I hope, also, that youll take advantage of Capwiz, which is a service provided by ALA and the Washington office that allows you to advocate for legislation at the federal level; so check it out. All of these are services provided by your organization services provided online and you can use them within your local network. So, hope this has been helpful. Thank you. ... ALAelection09 ALA social media advocacy ...

would have to agree that that would be too confining. On the other hand, there are 20 states and DC as well that ban sexual orientation discrimination. And there are 13 that outlaw discrimination based on gender, identity, or expression. I think we all just have to do the best we can and work together to see the laws change, so there is not only equal employment opportunity, but there is an opportunity for the sharing of property as well. So, thank you for your question. ... ALAelection09 ...

support you. You know that as chairman of the Intellectual Freedom Committee that it was my honor to help reconstruct and rewrite many of the interpretations within the OIF manual. And in that manual we have many issues that are near and dear to your heart; and Ive been supportive of those issues. I think you can rest assured that I will support any policies that relate to the GLBT, as they are written, and make sure that they are applied within their spirit. Thank you. ... ALAelection09 ...

kinds of capabilities that we have and they are expanding and getting better. And we know that with increased electronic communication, were going to be able to reach out beyond our national boundaries as well, and gain more members, internationally; thats one of my campaign platform planks. I want us to gain more membership, both within this country and outside. And electronic communication is going to help us to do that. So, thanks, Tom. It was a good question. ... ALAelection09 ALA ...