Granted the citation issue is of current importance to all of us,
but I am very leery about seeing single issue politics and litmus tests
being introduced into AALL campaigning. This type of thing truly
hasn't served us well in the national political arena.
The citation issue is certainly not the only issue on the AALL
agenda right now, and may not even the most important (just the loudest).
If we ask candidates to state their position on this one issue, and no
others, we abrogate a process designed to provide leaders and
representatives who can deal best with a broad range of issues, many
which have not yet appeared on the horizon.
In my opinion we should leave the process alone, trust those
elected to do their best, and replace them at the next election if we are
not satisfied.
Paul D. Healey J.D. (graduate student and technology lab coordinator),
School of Library and Information Science
3071 Main Library, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52241
email: phealey@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu Phone: 319-335-6478
"I once spent an entire day without food and an entire night without
sleep in order to meditate. I found no advantage in it. It is better to learn."
--Confucius
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