EPA libraries to close?
February 20th, 2006 3:27 pm | by Catherine Lavallee-Welch
Last week, the news starting going around that the Environmental Protection Agency’s libraries could be at risk of closure after proposed budget cuts by the federal government. The electronic catalog which tracks tens of thousands of unique documents and research studies is threatened as well. Ironically enough, at the same time, President Bush is saying to want more research in the field.
Today, SLA announced its strong opposition to the Bush Administration proposal.
As the first USF librarian at the Lakeland campus (now Polytechnic), I opened the USF Polytechnic Library in January 2007 and have developed its various services. I've held positions as information broker, Internet consultant and academic librarian in Canada, the US and Europe. A blogger since 2001, I've created and maintained several sites in, and outside, of the biblioblogosphere. I'm active in SLA, and currently serve as on the boards of the Academic Division and the Florida-Caribbean Chapter.
