Resumen de Keeping Watch on the Waterfront: Social Responsibility in Legal and Library Professional Organizations

Leslie M. Campbell

• At the 1997 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries, the Social Responsibilities Special Interest Section sponsored a program titled �Keeping Watch on the Waterfront: A History of Social Responsibility in Legal and Library Professional Organizations.� In this article, Ms. Campbell frames the issues surrounding social and political activism by professional organizations. Her introduction is followed by edited remarks from the program�s speakers, leaders of the American Bar Association, American Library Association, and American Association of Law Libraries.