Dems are Looking Out for EPA Libraries

A group of 17 Democratic senators and one Independent (James Jeffords of VT) has joined the fray over whether the Environmental Protection Agency should stop a campaign to digitize materials in its technical libraries and close the facilities. The agency has portrayed the library closures as part of an effort to modernize its library system and make the materials more universally accessible, but the senators who questioned the cut cited a 2004 EPA report that found agency libraries more than paid for themselves. Here’s the Senators letter to the Appropriations Committee and here’s the story from Gov.Exec.

November 7, 2006 by Uncategorized 2

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2 Responses

  1. kmccook says:
    November 7, 2006 at 9:18 am

    Thanks for the Update
    Glad someone cares and looks at past use.

    Reply
  2. GregS* says:
    November 7, 2006 at 8:23 pm

    digitize or library?
    How about digital library.

    Reply

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