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Raye Anne-- There is such a petition, here: http://www.change.org/petitions/the-new-york-public-library-we-want-the-nypl-to-hold-a-community-meeting-for-opposing-voices All best, Jenni Rodda, IFA/NYU On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Lockard, Ray Anne <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > 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 > Pittsburgh, PA 15260 > Voice-mail: 412-648-2410 > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > "A book should be a ball of light in one's hands." Ezra Pound > > > > -----Original Message----- > 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 > To: [log in to unmask] > 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 > > > ------- > > > 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? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative > matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy > Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -- Jenni Rodda, Curator Visual Resources Collections Institute of Fine Arts 1 East 78th Street New York, NY 10075 212/992-5872 voice, 212/992-5807 fax [log in to unmask] OR [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~