Hello Ray Anne:
I believe making suggestions to the Administration at UCLA is the most important thing one can do in protest. In a sense, you change the discussion from us vs. them and you bring them into...we feel your pain but our scholarship can't afford to feel this kind of pain.
The only backlash from this is when they suggest selling part of the collection to keep it open. Are there local ARLIS chapters with BIG connections with any Hollywood types who can walk in and lay down some cash? Someone needs to ask the admin how much $$$ will it take for you to keep the doors open?
Ask the admin, what are your objectives? and then find solutions-
commit to a completely paperless library
find someone who can install solar panels that would contribute to the energy grid
ask for the library to receive cleaning service once a week or month
reduced hours
find volunteers to do as much as
possible without violating union contracts
sell prints from the website
alumni???
Believe me every university and/or college in the country will be keeping track because other art libraries at other institutions are not far behind.
.02,
Stephanie Sueppel
Library Director
Sigourney Public Library
still adding my thoughts old school on ARLIS/NA listserv
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> FYI from Ray Anne Lockard
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> Bibliographer and Public Services Librarian
> Frick Fine Arts Library
> University of Pittsburgh
> Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Consortium of Art and Architectural Historians
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> On Behalf Of Schlitt, Melinda
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> I am happy to support your cause here, the circumstances of
> which seem quite odd and outrageous. One question: it
> is unusual, is it not, for a librarian to have control over
> a University resource that serves several departments.
> In my experience at Colleges and Univerisities, the Library
> is supervised by a collective committee as well as by direct
> oversight under the Academic Dean and/or committee on
> academic programming. Does this Mr. Strong have the
> unilateral ability to close an all-University resource at
> his discretion? Should letters also be sent to the
> Dean and/or another entity?
(Who does he answer to in
> the administration?) I have used the UCLA library over the
> years, and it is an outstanding resource.
>
> If the University is looking to cut costs, this is not the
> route to take --
>
> Sympathetically,
>
> Melinda Schlitt
> Prof. Art History
> Dept. of Art & Art History
> Dickinson College
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> From: Consortium of Art and Architectural Historians [
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> On Behalf Of Upton, Dell [
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> Over the summer, the University Librarian at UCLA, Gary
> Strong, made a secret and unilateral decision to close the
> university's Arts Library, which serves art history,
> architecture, studio arts, theater arts, and a variety of
> other departments. His response to inquiries about
> this decision have been dismissive and condescending.
>
> Appended below is the letter that concerned faculty sent to
> Mr. Strong. Any expressions of support to
> him and to our Chancellor would be welcome.
>
> In addition, there is a Facebook page (!) "Save the UCLA
> Arts Library" that you can consult for more information.
>
> Dell Upton
>
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> August 19, 2009
>
> Gary Strong
>
> University Librarian
>
> University of California, Los Angeles
>
> Dear Mr. Strong:
>
> This letter is intended to express our outrage and dismay
> at the impending closure of the Arts Library, an entity that
> is unique on the West Coast in its offerings and resources.
> As instructors-at UCLA and beyond-in the arts, architecture,
> art history, film, television, theater and the humanities we
> all see the UCLA Arts Library as an indispensable resource
> to fulfill our pedagogical mission. As creators and
> researchers we all see the UCLA Arts Library as a critical
> part of our respective practices. Furthermore, a dedicated
> arts collection
is a staple of all great universities public
> and private. On all of these levels it is unconscionable
> that this library, one that services the myriad needs of
> hundreds of faculty and thousands of students in some of our
> nation's best departments in the arts and humanities could
> even be considered for closure.
>
> Those who did not see the closure of the Arts Library
> buried in your blog entry of August 4, 2009 found out about
> it though word of mouth, Facebook, email and water cooler
> rumors. The lack of any effort on the part of library
> management to consult arts and humanities faculty about
> these plans points to a lack of transparency in the
> library's operations that we find most troubling. This lack
> of transparency is further underscored by library
> management's failure to consult with the UCLA Academic
> Senate Committee on Library
and Scholarly Communication on
> this critical issue.
>
> If the Arts Library closes, it is impossible to see how YRL
> and SRLF, facilities that are already bursting at the seams,
> can accommodate an additional 180,000+ objects. Given that
> in YRL's renovations accommodations are being made for
> meeting spaces-including a café "with seating area and
> service counter"-it is even more difficult to imagine how
> the Arts Library's collections can possibly be brought into
> this building. We are deeply concerned that once the Arts
> Library closes its doors that its collections-some of which
> are singular to this library-will be dispersed and rendered
> inaccessible. We are equally concerned that the library's
> excellent staff will disappear with its collections.
>
> We understand the seriousness of the budget situation; we
> understand that over
85% of the library's operating budget
> comes from 19900 funds; we understand that library
> management, like the rest of the university, has had to make
> enormously difficult and painful decisions regarding
> reductions. We do not understand library management's
> failure to apprise the Senate Library Committee-on which you
> sit-of its plans before a decision was reached; we do not
> understand library management's failure to consult arts and
> humanities faculty as a means of discussing the
> repercussions of this closure or to come up with more
> tenable solutions to this crisis; we do not understand
> library management's failure to communicate its decision (or
> the process in its making) directly to the UCLA community.
> Such secrecy and opacity gives the impression that the Arts
> Library closure was to be presented at the beginning of the
> school year as
a fait accompli. This is simply not
> acceptable.
>
> We protest the closure of the Arts Library. We demand that
> you hold an open meeting on this serious issue for
> interested faculty and students at the beginning of fall
> quarter. At the end of the day, we are deeply invested in
> the Arts Library, and we look forward to coming up with a
> solution that will keep this vital institution in
> operation.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Steven D. Nelson, Associate Professor, Department of Art
> History, Chair, UCLA Graduate Council
>
> Eyal Amiran, Associate Professor, Department of Comparative
> Literature, UC Irvine
>
> Andrew Apter, Professor, Departments of History and
> Anthropology, Director, James S. Coleman
>
> African Studies
Center
>
> George Baker, Associate Professor, Department of Art
> History
>
> Janet Bergstrom, Professor, Cinema and Media Studies,
> Department of Film, TV and Digital Media
>
> Charlene Villaseñor Black, Associate Professor, Department
> of Art History
>
> Peter J. Bloom, Associate Professor, Department of Film and
> Media Studies, UC Santa Barbara
>
> Jennifer Bolande, Professor, Area Head, New Genres,
> Department of Art
>
> Robert L. Brown, Professor, Department of Art History
>
> Julia Bryan-Wilson, Associate Professor, Department of Art
> History, UC Irvine
>
> Emily Carmen, Visiting Professor, Antioch University and
> Otis College of Art and Design
>
> Dee Caruso, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of
> Film, TV and Digital Media
>
> Sandra Caruso, Adjunct
Associate Professor, Theater
> Department
>
> Sue-Ellen Case, Professor and Chair, Ph.D. Program in
> Theater and Performance Studies,
>
>
> Theater Department
>
> Kathlyn M. Cooney, Assistant Professor, Department of Near
> Eastern Languages and Cultures
>
> Dana Cuff, Director cityLAB, Professor, UCLA Architecture
> and Urban Design
>
> Susan Downey, Professor, Department of Art History
>
> Lauri Firstenberg, Visiting Faculty, Roski School of Fine
> Arts, University of Southern California,
>
> Founder, Director and Curator,
> LA><ART
>
> Susan Leigh Foster, Professor, Department of World Arts and
> Cultures
>
> Andrea Fraser,
Professor, Department of Art
>
> Gyula Gazdag, Professor, Production/Directing Program,
> Department of Film, TV and Digital Media
>
> David Gere, Professor, Department of World Arts and
> Cultures and Director, Art | Global Health Center
>
> at UCLA
>
> Sharon E. J. Gerstel, Professor, Department of Art History
>
> Jonathan M. Hall, Assistant Professor, Department of Media
> Studies, Pomona College
>
> Lyn Hejinian, Professor, Department of English, UC
> Berkeley
>
> Roger Herman, Professor, Department of Art
>
> Karin Higa, Senior Curator of Art, Japanese American
> National Museum
>
> Thomas S. Hines, Professor Emeritus, Departments of History
> and Architecture and Urban Design
>
> Jennifer Holt, Assistant
Professor, Department of Film and
> Media Studies, UC Santa Barbara
>
> Neil Peter Jampolis, Distinguished Professor, Theater
> Department
>
> Burglind Jungmann, Professor, Department of Art History
>
> Shannon Kelley, Head of Public Programs, UCLA Film &
> Television Archive
>
> Mary Kelly, Professor of Art and Critical Theory,
> Department of Art
>
> Cecelia F. Klein, Professor, Department of Art History
>
> Barbara Kruger, Professor, Department of Art
>
> Miwon Kwon, Professor, Department of Art History
>
> Juliet Koss, Associate Professor, Art History Department,
> Scripps College
>
> Ross Lipman, Film Restorationist, UCLA Film &
> Television Archive
>
> Willem Henri Lucas, Professor and Chair, UCLA Design |
> Media Arts
>
> Steve Mamber, Professor, Department
of Film, TV and Digital
> Media
>
> Denise Mann, Head, UCLA Producers Program, Associate
> Professor, Department of Film, TV and
>
> Digital Media
>
> Lyle Massey, Associate Professor, Department of Art
> History, UC Irvine
>
> Rebeca Mendez, Professor, UCLA Design | Media Arts
>
> Saloni Mathur, Associate Professor, Department of Art
> History
>
> Donald McCallum, Professor, Department of Art History
>
> Sarah P. Morris, Steinmetz Professor of Classical
> Archaeology and Material Culture,
>
>
> Department of Classics and Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
>
> Aamir Mufti, Associate Professor, Department of Comparative
> Literature
>
> Chon Noriega,
Professor, Department of Film, TV and Digital
> Media, Director, UCLA Chicano
>
>
> Studies Research Center
>
> Janet O'Shea, Associate Professor, Department of World Arts
> and Cultures
>
> Frances Pohl, Professor, Department of Art History, Pomona
> College (UCLA, Ph.D. 1985)
>
> Lionel Popkin, Assistant Professor, Department of World
> Arts and Cultures
>
> Rebecca Prime, Critical Studies, Department of Film, TV,
> and Digital Media
>
> Alex Purves, Assistant Professor, Classics
>
> Nancy Richardson, Professor, Department of Film, TV and
> Digital Media
>
> Allen F. Roberts, Professor, Department of World Arts and
> Cultures
>
> Mary Nooter Roberts, Professor, Department of World Arts
> and Cultures
>
> Jean-Louis
Rodrigue, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Theater
> Department
>
> Michele Schreiber, Assistant Professor, Department of Film
> Studies, Emory University
>
> Jenny Sharpe, Professor, Department of English
>
> Lytle Shaw, Assistant Professor, Department of English, New
> York University
>
> Eric Smoodin, Professor, Program in Film Studies, UC Davis
> (UCLA, Ph.D. 1984)
>
> Andrew Stewart, Nicholas C. Petris Professor of Greek
> Studies, Departments of History of Art and
>
> Classics, UC Berkeley
>
> Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei, Professor, Theater Department
>
> Nancy J. Troy, Professor, Department of Art History,
> University of Southern California
>
> Dell Upton, Professor and Chair, Department of Art History
>
>
Victoria Vesna, Professor, UCLA Design | Media Arts
>
> Edit Villarreal, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Chair,
> MFA Playwriting Program
>
> James Welling, Professor, Department of Art
>
> Joanna Woods-Marsden, Professor, Department of Art History
>
>
>
> cc: Chancellor Gene Block
>
> Executive Vice-Chancellor Scott Waugh
>
> Vice-Chancellor Claudia Mitchell-Kernan
>
> Dean Teri Schwartz
>
> Dean Tim Stowell
>
> Dean Chris Waterman
>
> Professor Shane Butler, Chair, Academic Senate Committee on
> Library and Scholarly Communication
>
> __________________________________________________________________
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