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NYPL has released a video and more information on the plan http://www.nypl.org/clp?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=NYPLUpdate20121219&utm_campaign=NYPLUpdates http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/19/arts/design/new-york-public-library-offers-peek-at-renovation.html Barbara A. Genco Manager, Special Projects LIBRARYJOURNAL Home Office: 170 Prospect Park West #2R Brooklyn NY 11215 718 499 8750 Home Office 347 228 6384 Mobile [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] Follow me on Twitter: @BabaraAGenco or @ShiftTheDigital Do you know about LJ Patron Profiles? -----Original Message----- From: ARLIS/NA List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lockard, Ray Anne Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 2:47 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [ARLIS-L] FW: shocking plan to destroy NYPL as a research library! 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~