Politics, Public Policy, and Boiling Pots of Water

摘要

As the lead in SLA's public policy program, one part of my job that I find very satisfying is that I'm fortunate to be involved almost every day in conversations with smart, thoughtful, caring people. These good people are dedicated to creating, influencing, and identifying public policy issues that need attention, and, rather like triage, they work to determine which issues are of immediate concern, which are "pending," and which are of eminent concern to SLA's members. Planning, experience, timing, and efficiency are crucial in this work. It's difficult to know which issue can be left "on the back burner" as a pot of tepid water, which pot has had the heat turned on, and which pot, all of a sudden, is at a full, rolling boil.