Lisa, these are great ideas. As with Cheryl’s, this is going to be impossible to do as a motion, but it’s something that we could propose that the Executive Council consider in the coming year. Some sort of statement about labor equity and protections during the pandemic would seem apropos.

Cheryl, this is a good idea but one that wouldn’t be able to be done this year giving the timing on motions/resolutions. I wonder if there’s a standing committee of the MLA that might take the lead on such a thing. Still, it’s something I can work to surface.

Sarah, that’s definitely something I can mention. I certainly remember you addressing this question in past years as the organization moved toward an exclusive relationship with EBSCO.

PMLA prices rose this year by a significant amount for Institutional subscribers. It may not rise to the level of the DA and it has been an issue for us in this year of budget cuts.

Hi Brian,

Thanks so much for raising this issue. I’m deeply sympathetic to the issues relating to graduate study, but given this focus group, I feel like we should raise issues related to labor equity, expectations, and job safety for librarians. I think it would be helpful for MLA to have a statement of solidarity that demonstrates our o…[Read more]

Hey Brian– How about asking the MLA if they would propose a statement of support for open-access research in the humanities? 😉

I’m writing to express my interest in representing TC Digital Humanities as its Delegate Assembly representative for the term starting in 2021. I am a co-founder and former Chair of the Global Arab and Arab American CSLS forum, where I was instrumental in building coalitions with other fora in sponsoring Delegate Assembly resolutions.

Although I…[Read more]