Re: EPA Set to Close Library Network and Electronic Catalog

["Peter Banks" <pbanks@diabetes.org>]

This may point out the irony of believing that the federal 
government is the best entity for the stable, long-term 
preservation of literature--a belief that underlies the current 
NIH policy. The proposed FY07 NIH budget does not raise 
confidence in the long-term stability of federal funding for 
document preservation.

Peter Banks
Publisher
American Diabetes Association
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Alexandria, VA 22311
703/299-2033
FAX 703/683-2890
Email: pbanks@diabetes.org

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Under G.Bush Jr.'s proposed budget, the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency is slated to shut down its network of libraries
that serve its own scientists as well as the public, according to
internal agency documents released today by Public Employees for
Environmental Responsibility (PEER). In addition to the
libraries, the agency will pull the plug on its electronic
catalog which tracks tens of thousands of unique documents and
research studies that are available nowhere else."


Chuck Hamaker
Associate University Librarian Collections and Technical Services
Atkins Library
University of North Carolina Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 28223
phone 704 687-2825