You can try these sites:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/
And/or
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/
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From:
"Lockard, Ray
Anne" <[log in to unmask]>
To:
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Date:
28/03/2012 11:50 AM
Subject:
[ARLIS-L] FW:
shocking plan to destroy NYPL as a research library!
Sent by:
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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
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"A book should be a ball of light in one's hands." Ezra
Pound
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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
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
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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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