Comments on: Who Drugged ALA? http://freerangelibrarian.com/2004/06/10/who-drugged-ala/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else, since 2003. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:37:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Brian http://freerangelibrarian.com/2004/06/10/who-drugged-ala/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Brian Tue, 15 Jun 2004 02:12:05 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2004/06/10/who-drugged-ala/#comment-723 The way I see it, ALA's also asking us to risk damaging library relations with other local retailers by distributing the Walgreens-stickered pamphlets to our patrons. The 25 copies my library got in the mail today have found a nice home in my recycling box. The way I see it, ALA’s also asking us to risk damaging library relations with other local retailers by distributing the Walgreens-stickered pamphlets to our patrons. The 25 copies my library got in the mail today have found a nice home in my recycling box.

]]> By: Emily http://freerangelibrarian.com/2004/06/10/who-drugged-ala/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Emily Fri, 11 Jun 2004 15:02:10 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2004/06/10/who-drugged-ala/#comment-722 This really bothers me that ALA is going this route. Walgreens is one of those companies that really bothers me. Does ALA just go ahead with these partnerships without checking to see how it might go over? Do they talk to council about these types of partnerships? Bad, bad move. This really bothers me that ALA is going this route. Walgreens is one of those companies that really bothers me. Does ALA just go ahead with these partnerships without checking to see how it might go over? Do they talk to council about these types of partnerships?

Bad, bad move.

]]> By: jessamyn http://freerangelibrarian.com/2004/06/10/who-drugged-ala/comment-page-1/#comment-721 jessamyn Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:52:22 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2004/06/10/who-drugged-ala/#comment-721 It's really going to be interesting to see how ALA manages to do this without either jeopardizing their 501c3 status [by endorsing one candidate over another in the elections which is at some level what will happen if they "endorse" the drug card program] or their objectivity by endorsing Walgreens' card over the 75-odd other cards available to seniors. I wouldn't want ALA partnering with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association to provide "nutrition" information to libraries and I don't like the looks of this either. It’s really going to be interesting to see how ALA manages to do this without either jeopardizing their 501c3 status [by endorsing one candidate over another in the elections which is at some level what will happen if they "endorse" the drug card program] or their objectivity by endorsing Walgreens’ card over the 75-odd other cards available to seniors. I wouldn’t want ALA partnering with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association to provide “nutrition” information to libraries and I don’t like the looks of this either.

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