And while we're at it, perhaps we could remind Laura that her husband has
revoked public view of Reagan's presidential papers and moved his
gubernatorial papers to a greatly inaccessible site--the latter violating
Texas state policy. Not a very nice thing for a librarian's husband to do.
Pass me another pretzel, Laur!
Lee R. Sorensen
Librarian for Art, Architecture, Photography and Dance
Box 90727
Lilly Library
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708-0727
v. 919/660-5994 f.919/660-5999
www.lib.duke.edu/lilly/artsearch/home.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Ray Anne Lockard
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 11:28 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] librarian shortage press release
Yes, a letter from the BOARD is an excellent idea!! I think ARL, ALA, SLA,
MLA,
and others should also write letter to Mrs. Bush. I also think individuals'
input would be valauable and I am composing my letter today.
Ray Anne Lockard
Joan Benedetti wrote:
> Ellen Chapman took the words right out of my mouth. With populations and
> nos. of new library buildings increasing nationwide, where did they think
the
> next generation of librarians would come from after the library schools
were
> closed? Perhaps those who thought the new technologies would bring about
> the death of books also thought they would make librarians obsolete? And
> Paula Hardin, Shannon Van Kirk, and Moira Steven are also right about
> librarians' salaries. Perhaps a letter could be sent from the ARLIS/NA
Board
> expressing thanks to Laura Bush for her support AND suggesting these
other,
> perhaps more subtle (!!), issues? Nothing is new under the sun. The
library
> schools that survive need more funding AND the value of librarians needs
to
> be made more clear. That is an old story that apparently needs to be told
> over and over again. I think that ALA does educate politicians (out of
its
> Washington office) but perhaps they don't make it clear how diverse
> librarianship is (culturally, institutionally, and in terms of subject
> matter). It wouldn't hurt for Mrs. Bush (an ex-school librarian) to hear
> from organizations such as ARLIS/NA, SLA--and VRA.
>
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Frick Fine Arts Library
University of Pittsburgh
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