Dear Colleagues:
        Last month when I announced the closing of the LeBrun Library at Montclair Art Museum, I meant just that: the closing of the LEBRUN LIBRARY at the MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM. Its collection of books on American art and Native American art went primarily to the Sprague Library at Montclair State University; a few of its books, especially some of its rarer items, were sold off. I don't know too much about this transaction.

        Regarding the Library at the Newark Museum, where I work, its budget has been cut, but not eliminated, and there are no plans at the moment to merge with the Newark Public Library or the Rutgers University Libraries or any other kind of partner. I continue to acquire materials, organize them, preserve them, provide reference to them, and administer the library.   Like many of the rest of you, who are confronting shrinking budgets, I am dealing with similar problems, but not insurmountable ones.

        I will not be able to attend the annual conference in Indianapolis this year, because conference fees and travel have been eliminated from the budgets of all departments in the museum.

        Sincerely yours,
William A. Peniston, Ph.D.
Librarian
The Newark Museum
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ   07102
Office: (973) 596-6625
Fax: (973) 642-0459
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