Recently several elected ALA officers plus an association official and a task force chair met face-to-face with senior executives of Penguin, Macmillan, Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Perseus in New York City. At issue was publisher policies and practices…
Posts Tagged ‘consumer advocacy’
Reflections on AALL’s Approval of the Consumer Advocacy Caucus
16
Nov
It is certainly a step in the right direction that on Nov. 5, 2011, the AALL Executive Board unanimously approved the Consumer Advocacy Caucus petition for official recognition because no way was this a “sure thing.” See the Consumer Advocacy…
Librarians, Vendors and AALL: Is anyone really asking (or expecting) AALL to do their jobs for them when conducting business with vendors?
31
Oct
In calling upon AALL to doing something in terms of consumer advocacy for its institutional buyer members in the commercial marketplace, some, well at least one, professional law librarian, apparently thinks law librarians are not performing their jobs: Asking AALL…
Time for "Robust Consumer Advocacy Equal to AALL’s Promise:" Consumer Advocacy Caucus Issues a Call to Support the Group’s Petition for AALL Recognition
12
Sep
On September 10th, the Library Consumer Advocacy Causus published the petition it will submit to AALL’s Executve Board for Caucus recognition. To allow the Board sufficient time to place the matter on its November meeting agenda, the Caucus is calling…
Consumer Advocacy to Start on July 25: Library Consumer Advocacy Caucus to Meet during AALL Philly 2011
20
Jul
The Library Consumer Advocacy Caucus will meet during AALL’s annual meeting to start the process of engaging in real advocacy. From Caucus Chair Michael Ginsburg’s recent Library Consumer Advocacy Caucus blog post’s open invitation to participate: Please join us for…
The World of Actionable Actions, Part IV: The Cold Comfort of Government Intervention for Consumer Advocacy
19
Jul
In On editing & updating standards (March 30, 2011), Jason Wilson, Vice President of one of the very few remaining independent legal publishers left in the US, Jones McClure Publishing, wrote: [W]hat do you, the consumer, consider to be a…
Near Real-Time Link Rot, AALL-Style: Time to Bury the Antitrust Compliance Policy Statement: Talk about Transparency and Accountability!
18
Jul
Since Library Consumer Advocacy Caucus Chair Michael Ginsborg posted his link to AALL’s AALL Antitrust Compliance Policy, which was live earlier this morning when his post was republished on LLB, the link is now dead. It will send you to…
Tiananmen Square, AALL-Style: AALL’s Proposed Antitrust Compliance Policy, Consumer Advocacy Initiatives and the First Amendment to the US Constitution
18
Jul
It appears Round 2 of AALL’s antitrustism will commence at our association’s July 21, 2011 Executive Board meeting. On the Library Consumer Advocacy Caucus blog, Caucus Chair Michael Ginsborg reports on recent developments. His July 17, 2011 post is republished…
