| Recent downsizing and in some cases, closures,
of U.S. and Canadian libraries have caused alarm
in the library and scientific communities served
by these libraries. ASLI has expressed its concern
in letters to Congressional committees and in
a column in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological
Society (BAMS).
The ASLI letter is posted here along with
updates and links to websites of other organizations
actively working to continue support of federal
libraries and access to public information.
2008
Interior Appropriations Bill has ordered
the Environmental Protection Agency to reopen
its closed libraries with a $2,000,000 funding
increase.
Preserving
and Accessing Information Critical to Our
Community (pdf)
From the July 2007 issue of Bulletin
of the American Meteorological Society.
Posted with permission from AMS.
ASLI Letter
to U.S. Congressional Committee on Appropriations
(pdf)
American
Libraries Association -Washington Office
Federal
Libraries Wiki to report threats and concerns
Special
Libraries Association Continues Dialogue with
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Library
Closures
Current
Affairs at the SLA Government Information
Division Blog
U.S. National Commission on Libraries and
Information Science (NCLIS)
NCLIS
Restates Position on Federal Libraries and
Access to Public Information (pdf) |
