Comments on: Increasing Usage of ALA Connect http://discuss.ala.org/marginalia/2009/05/13/increasing-usage-of-ala-connect/ Your insider travel guide to ALA Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:21:49 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Emily http://discuss.ala.org/marginalia/2009/05/13/increasing-usage-of-ala-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-14388 Emily Fri, 15 May 2009 05:18:04 +0000 http://discuss.ala.org/marginalia/?p=117#comment-14388 "...I’m curious to know if you think it can fulfill some of the points made in the comments?" Yes. I think it might have some of that utility, which is why I think it's important to get the word out and get people mobilized to use it. To take a resource created for them and use it in a way to serve them that traditional ALA has not. But this is going to take some mass mobilization an effort on behalf of the "people" of ALA. (The ALA proletariat? That's a nice thought. :) ) But how do we mobilize people to use a resource such as ALAConnect after they have already felt disenfranchised by the parent organization that is offering the service? “…I’m curious to know if you think it can fulfill some of the points made in the comments?”

Yes. I think it might have some of that utility, which is why I think it’s important to get the word out and get people mobilized to use it. To take a resource created for them and use it in a way to serve them that traditional ALA has not. But this is going to take some mass mobilization an effort on behalf of the “people” of ALA. (The ALA proletariat? That’s a nice thought. :) ) But how do we mobilize people to use a resource such as ALAConnect after they have already felt disenfranchised by the parent organization that is offering the service?

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