2015 ALA Election Candidate Analysis from A Lowrider POV
ALA 2015 Presidential Candidates Joe Janes Joe Janes is an academic who uses run of the mill librarian arguments about the importance of libraries. He sounds like a great guy who is really nice, but didn't have much to say about how he was going to lead ALA. He gave some standard answers like, "We must rethink, reinvigorate, and reinstate our why--our rational for being--above and beyond the familiar." I've heard that for a very long time already with little result. We won't be getting any real changes with his Joe's leadership. He will maintain the status quo. I'm not voting for him. James LaRue James LaRue has been a librarian, a community leader, columnist, radio and tv show host, writer, teacher and a leader of a large organization. His statement is concise and focused. You can tell he has experience writing. 1) We should elevate librarians as community leaders. "Imagine librarians who catalog their c...