The individual public libraries can retain their affiliation, so I hope this won't have a huge impact. But still, too many politicians inserting themselves between people and books instead of, you know, helping people.
https://www.wsfa.com/2024/01/30/alabama-pulls-out-american-library-association/
@MookyTroubadour @TomeReader oh, they do. But if you go to the University of Alabama science library, for instance, looking for important and widely cited papers in European journals, good luck finding them. They had this annoying habit of subscribing for 2 years, dropping a journal for 6 years subscribing for 3 years, dropping it again etc. For a while when I was in Tuscaloosa the library chief was the Louis DeJoy of libraries.
@TomeReader won't affect ALA* at all and they'll continue to support Alabamians' best interests. Could be a bit of a drag if APLS supported state librarian's individual ALA membership costs (doubt it), but I'll wager 50 cents ALA would extend them grace.
Picking fights with ALA and Taylor Swift _at the same time_.
Gutsy.
*The total number of librarians (194,000) as reported by the BLS Current Population Survey (CPS)
@TomeReader Alabama has libraries?