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Digital grassroots: the Internet fights back

Sherrilynne Starkie

It now addresses many issues that are important to consumers. It started in 2004 when a legislative committee held a series of hearings on digital copyright reform. It started in 2004 when a legislative committee held a series of hearings on digital copyright reform. People can now create mashups without fear of reprisal.

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Diversity in associations is not easy!

SocialFish

Last Tuesday’s Association Chat was on the thorny topic of diversity, following on from issues raised after #ASAE10 and our Sweetspot webcast from last week with DELP scholar Stefanie Reeves. We actually noted during the conversation how hard it was to talk about diversity issues! Relegated to committees. 6:17 pm.

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Open Community Case Study – American Library Association

SocialFish

With 1300 committees, 11 dues-paying divisions, 17 roundtables, 57 sections and a myriad of possible membership combinations, members had trouble figuring out how to get involved. 18 months ago another group of young librarians emerged to explore how ALA could reach out and engage them. The group is open to all, members and nonmembers.

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Celebrating Black History Month: Best practices for celebrating on social media and beyond

Sprout Social

She’s also a committee member of Black@, a Sprout community resource group. Beyond their product, they also have internal initiatives including employee resource groups, called Pinclusion groups. In 2023, they hosted their inaugural Pinclusion Group Leadership Summit.

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Technology Topics for 2011

SocialFish

What will happen once this list is final is that we’ll find people and resources that can provide educational content on those topics, and we’ll share the list with all of the other councils and committees who might have an interest. Technology Leaders – these are your top-level IT managers, CIOs, CTOs etc.,

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Open Community Case Study – Empowering the Periphery

SocialFish

With 1300 committees, 11 dues-paying divisions, 17 roundtables, 57 sections and a myriad of possible membership combinations, members had trouble figuring out how to get involved. 18 months ago another group of young librarians emerged to explore how ALA could reach out and engage them. The group is open to all, members and nonmembers.

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Washington Redskins’ Media Coverage Report Fails to Use PR Standards

Waxing UnLyrical

The Barcelona Principles of Measurement , a set of seven voluntary guidelines recommended by public relations industry groups for measuring and evaluating public relations campaign results, strongly discourages the use of AVEs and multipliers to measure media results. She can be reached at @juliesoneil.

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