By: Cattycataloger
Ahh. I remember those early years when I was fresh out of Library School. I joined ALA back as a student. I cotinued to renew for a few years but then realized because of my peon status I would never...
View ArticleBy: Oleg K.
I like your headline, Annoyed, and I agree. I’m not concerned about voter apathy either. The relatively small percentage of non-voters that wrote “I don’t care” on the survey is right there with the...
View ArticleBy: Oleg K.
You wrote: “I would have been interested in the number of people voted in ACRL or YALSA or LITA elections or one of their sections compared to the same people who didn’t vote for ALA Councilors. That...
View ArticleBy: SafeLibraries
And remember, Greg McClay of the former SHUSH ran for an ALA office, but since he was conservative, his name was intentionally dropped from the ballot, with the name dropper explaining it would not be...
View ArticleBy: AlwaysWanted2B
I think there is another reason why people don’t vote and that is there just really not that much difference between the candidates. There really isn’t any controversy at the top. We don’t get ALA...
View ArticleBy: Oleg K.
AlwaysWanted2B: You’re right. Lack of difference was brought up in the survey, though, like apathy it wasn’t as big an issue as most people (including me) thought it would be.
View ArticleBy: John
+1 to Spencer. When I was in high school, I didn’t bother voting for Class President and such. Why bother? These were inconsequential positions in an inconsequential organization.
View ArticleBy: FinallyaLibrarian
Who says you can’t learn anthing from reading the AL, that quickmeme thing is pretty cool!
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