Join the Hunger, Homelessness, and Poverty Task Force
The Hunger, Homelessness, and Poverty Task Force—a unit of the American Library Association’s Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT)—invites your participation and input.
Founded in 1996 to promote and implement ALA Policy 61, “Library Services for Poor People,” the HHP Task Force has been effective in raising awareness of poverty issues throughout the library field.
Among other accomplishments, the group’s activities led to the publication of Poor People and Library Services (McFarland 1998), edited by Karen Venturella. However, much work yet remains to be done.
If you believe libraries and librarians can do more to help and advocate for people in need, please lend your talents to the HHP Task Force.
For more information, contact
John Gehner, Coordinator
Phone 612.276.0205
E-mail jgehner23ATaol.com
For information about the Social Responsibilities Round Table, visit
www.libr.org/SRRT/
Founded in 1996 to promote and implement ALA Policy 61, “Library Services for Poor People,” the HHP Task Force has been effective in raising awareness of poverty issues throughout the library field.
Among other accomplishments, the group’s activities led to the publication of Poor People and Library Services (McFarland 1998), edited by Karen Venturella. However, much work yet remains to be done.
If you believe libraries and librarians can do more to help and advocate for people in need, please lend your talents to the HHP Task Force.
For more information, contact
John Gehner, Coordinator
Phone 612.276.0205
E-mail jgehner23ATaol.com
For information about the Social Responsibilities Round Table, visit
www.libr.org/SRRT/
posted by stkatesplg at 4:17 PM
2 Comments:
I agree with Ratejokes; these figures are staggering. I think it's important for librarians to be aware of homeless populations in their communities, since they are often invisible -- you can't tell someone is homeless unless they tell you they are, or until they ask for a library card but don't have a home address... so are libraries doing enough to provide services? I'll be interested to hear more about library policies that exist around this issue.
--martha
Martha, this was quite the talk. (I've still got the test RSS in my ipodder!). Did you know it was mentioned here: http://www.openstacks.net/os/ Getting the word out--so important!! This is an issue I'd have never considered, especially not being a librarian myself. But I'm sure there are many librarians in affluent areas that have no idea...and because of the invisibility of much of the homeless population, many librarians in general don't know...maybe don't want to know...but need to. Aimee
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