http://libr.org/srrt/newsletter.html Current news and events from the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#1 http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#1 http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#2 http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#2 This Thanksgiving I reflected on how thankful I am to have a job in which I am able to make a difference in the lives of patrons, and in the lives of the people they serve. What makes you thankful about your work, about your library, or about librarianship in general? http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#3 http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#3 Midwinter Meeting is just around the corner. I am looking forward to seeing old friends and colleagues and meeting new ones. http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#4 http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#4 SRRT Action Council members tell us what SRRT means to them, how they define social responsibility, and why they ran for Action Council. http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#5 http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#5 The Reverend Dr. Lewis V. Baldwin, Professor of Religious Studies at Vanderbilt University, will keynote the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunrise Celebration during the American Library Association’s 2012 Midwinter Meeting in Dallas. http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#6 http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#6 Lynn Anderson, Director of the Durland Alternatives Library, will be retiring at the end of the year after 20 years of service to the community. http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#7 http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#7 Action Council agreed this year to donate $1000 to the Spectrum Scholarship. http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#7a http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#7a The Culture of the Internet and the Internet as Cult: Social Fears and Religious Fantasy. Translated by David Bade. http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#8 http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#8 Are you looking for a way to be more involved in the Social Responsibilities Round Table? The SRRT Newsletter book reviews editor might be just the volunteer position you are looking for! http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#9 http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#9 In the last issue of the newsletter, Diane Kadanoffs name was misspelled. http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#10 http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#10 The SRRT newsletter is always looking for good articles, essays, and letters to the editor. The next submission deadline is February 24, 2012. http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#11 http://www.libr.org/srrt/news/srrt177.php#11