From: Lormand, Saundra (sklorma@sandia.gov)
Date: Wed Feb 22 2006 - 10:45:44 PST
Subject: RE: SLA-SF: Fwd: [sla-dsol] Press Release - SLA Denounces Proposal to Close EPA Libraries Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 11:45:44 -0700 Message-ID: <D9DA210B395C2648824A19771D59999701305B90@ES23SNLNT.srn.sandia.gov> From: "Lormand, Saundra" <sklorma@sandia.gov>
I would urge individuals to contact California senators and appropriate
representatives regarding this issue via telephone or email. What I'm
glad that the association took a stand, I think the number of voices
raised in protest is important.
sl
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From: SLA-SF@exploratorium.edu [mailto:SLA-SF@exploratorium.edu] On
Behalf Of Michele McGinnis
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 8:49 AM
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Subject: SLA-SF: Fwd: [sla-dsol] Press Release - SLA Denounces Proposal
to Close EPA Libraries
fyi. m
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>SLA Denounces Proposal to Close EPA Libraries
>
>Alexandria, Virginia USA, 17 February 2006 - The Special Libraries
>Association (SLA) announced today its strong opposition to the Bush
>Administration proposal to close the network of libraries and
>information centers operating within the U.S. Environmental Protection
>Agency (EPA).
>
>Janice R. Lachance, Chief Executive Officer of SLA, offered the
>following comments on the matter.
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>"SLA is gravely concerned with the proposal in the Bush
>Administration's
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>FY2007 Budget to close the network of 27 libraries and information
>centers within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. With this
>proposal, EPA's leadership is making it more difficult for the agency's
>policymakers and the public to leverage the extensive knowledge found
>in high quality, accurate information to make important decisions on
>our nation's environment, potentially compromising the public's health.
>
>"Clearly, historical trends at EPA have not shown a tendency by its
>leadership towards innovation in the management and dissemination of
>information created by its work over time. In fact, EPA has continually
>scaled back its investment in the management of information in a time
>when this is one of the most strategically valuable aspects of
>organizational
>
>management.
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>"Short-sighted budget savings like this will give way to increased
>costs for EPA that aren't apparent right now. What EPA really needs is
>an innovative information management strategy that leverages technology
>to its fullest
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>extent while employing full-time information professionals who
>understand how information should be selected, organized, analyzed, and
>disseminated.
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>"SLA and its more than 11,000 members around the globe stand ready to
>oppose this proposal while raising expectations of EPA management to
>deliver on a modernized, more effective plan for the future."
>
>SLA Public Policy Director Doug Newcomb indicated that SLA would be
>working in concert with other U.S. library associations in
>communicating opposition to the proposal and the concerns about its
>impact on agency operations and citizen services. "Our strong
>relationship with those organizations will
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>make the force of our efforts even greater," added Newcomb.
>
>About SLA
>The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit global
>organization for innovative information professionals and their
>strategic partners.
>SLA
>serves more than 11,000 members in 83 countries in the information
>profession, including corporate, academic and government information
>specialists. SLA promotes and strengthens its members through learning,
>advocacy, and networking initiatives. For more information, visit us on
>the Web at www.sla.org.
>
>CONTACT:
>John Crosby
>+1.703.647.4916
>jcrosby@sla.org
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-- Michele McGinnis, MSIS Research Librarian to Kevin Kelly149 Amapola Pacifica, CA 94044 650-355-7676 650-359-9701 fax
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