Barbara & Roger,
The earlier announcement about this reminded me that I haven't finished
announcing my new address! I got a new job, as Librarian of the American
Folk Art Museum: [log in to unmask] We're in transition to our
new building on W.53rd St, so I'll have to send the phone # and full
address later, when I have them.
I was going to say that it didn't seem very important for ARLIS to respond
to this issue, but I'm glad you went ahead anyway.
James
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>Dear Alison and ARLIS colleagues,
>
>In response to this executive order, the ARLIS Public Policy committee has
>written a letter to Representative Horn from our president, Ted Goodman,
>to
>express our concern.
>
>The contents of the letter are as follows:
>
>Representative Stephen Horn
>Chairman, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency
>2154 Rayburn Office Building
>Washington, D.C.
>
>
>Dear Rep. Horn:
>
>I write on behalf of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA)
>to express our concern with respect to the President’s recent Executive
>Order 13233 on Presidential Papers. Founded in 1972, ARLIS/NA is a
>growing,
>dynamic organization promoting the interests of nearly 1,500 members
>including architecture and art librarians, visual resources professionals,
>artists, curators, educators, publishers, and others interested in visual
>arts information. Although ARLIS/NA is not primarily concerned with issues
>relating to presidential papers or archives, it does represent a broad
>spectrum of academic and public institutions with significant archival
>holdings. We are also steadfast advocates for the free access to
>information that by tradition and law belongs in the public domain.
>
>On purely legal grounds, we share the apprehension expressed by our
>colleagues in the Society of American Archivists that the Executive Order
>violates both the spirit and letter of existing U.S. law on access to
>presidential papers as set forth in 44 U.S.C. 2201-2207. This law
>establishes the principle that presidential records are the property of
>the
>United States Government, and that the management and custody of, as well
>as access to, such records should be governed by the Archivist of the
>United States and established archival principles. The Executive Order
>conflicts with the law by putting the responsibility for these decisions
>solely with the incumbent President.
>
>More importantly, we firmly believe that Executive Order 13233 threatens
>to
>undermine the concept of free and open access to information that is at
>the
>heart of our democratic society. To restrict such access by an executive
>process without proper public or legislative review or scrutiny is a clear
>violation of the principles upon which our nation was founded. I strongly
>urge Congress to take immediate action to overturn this action.
>
>
>Sincerely yours,
>
>
>Edward Goodman
>President
>ARLIS/NA
>
>
>---Barbara (on behalf of the ARLIS Public Policy committee)
>
>
>At 10:28 AM 11/6/2001 -0800, Alison Pinsler wrote:
>>Hi All,
>>
>>This is an article about an executive order that Bush signed over the
>>weekend allowing the White House or former presidents to veto the
>release of
>>their papers.
>>The archival community is quite concerned about this and is now figuring
>out
>>what to do and how to proceed.
>>I urge everyone to read the article and for ARLIS/NA to take a stand with
>>AMIA and the SAA.
>>
>>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27293-2001Nov1.html
>>
>>Ciao,
>>
>>Alison
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>Barbara Rockenbach, Instructional Services Librarian
>Arts Library
>Yale University
>180 York St.
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>New Haven, CT 06520-8242
>phone: (203) 432-7074 fax: (203) 432-0549
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