I apologize to colleagues if this has already been posted. VERY important! Ray Anne Lockard
Could ARLIS/NA EB write a letter jointly with CAA?
Bibliographer and Public Services Librarian
Frick Fine Arts Library
University of Pittsburgh
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From: Consortium of Art and Architectural Historians [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ogden, Kate
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 12:12 PM
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Subject: Re: shocking plan to destroy NYPL as a research library!
In addition to having CAA make a statement as a professional association, does anyone know how to start one of those "email petitions" that get forwarded around the country? I say let's deluge the current CEO of the library, Anthony Marx, to ask (as Scott McLemee says) "why a collection of three million volumes gathered over more than a century is being treated as a distraction, rather than as the institution's entire claim to cultural significance." His public email address is: [log in to unmask]
I'm thinking of signing the Facebook page about this, although "liking" the page seems counterintuitive since I strongly dislike the library's plan.
Kate Ogden
Stockton College
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http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2012/03/28/column-new-york-public-library-research-collection
I wonder if there might be a way of raising a call for CAA to make a statement as a professional association against this crazy plan?
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