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If they were going to instead offer online all the resources in question, I would not mind so much (that way even those without a computer & internet at home or work could go access the digital documents at their local public library. But to simply remove them all from public and staff access without even a glimmer of a plan to provide some sort of alternative access? It?s ironic to me that EPA has been preaching increased access and transparency to the various environment agencies in developing countries (at least Latin America and the Caribbean), while they appear to be headed in the opposite direction? ----------------------------------------------- Sr. Keith E. Ripley Temas Actuales LLC telefono: 703-731-7108 e-mail: keith.ripley@no.address <http://www.temasactuales.com/> http://www.temasactuales.com <http://www.dr1.com/blogs/?u=environment> El Equipo Verde Autor del libro "Solid Wastes and Recycling Policy in Latin America & the Caribbean" <http://www.temasactuales.com/temas_in_print/index_wastebookpromo.php> http://www.temasactuales.com/temas_in_print/index_wastebookpromo.php Noticias ambientales de América Latina y el Caribe: <http://www.temasactuales.com/whats_new/index.php?page=1> http://www.temasactuales.com/whats_new/index.php?page=1 Las leyes/los reglamentos ambientales de todo America Latina y el Caribe: <http://www.temasactuales.com/laws_policies/LawDbase.php> http://www.temasactuales.com/laws_policies/LawDbase.php Perspectivas sobre la evolucion de politica sobre el medio ambiente, salud publica y defensa del consumidor en America Latina y el Caribe: http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog Este mensaje es solo para el uso del Destinatario y puede contener información que ES CONFIDENCIAL. Si usted no es el recipiente destinado, mediante la presente usted esta notificado que se prohíbe estrictamente la diseminación de esta comunicación. Si usted ha recibido esta comunicación por error, por favor borrar todas las copias del mensaje y sus anexos y nos notifica inmediatamente. Gracias. _____ From: GreenYes@no.address [mailto:GreenYes@no.address] On Behalf Of Gary Liss Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 7:17 PM To: crra_members@no.address; GreenYes@no.address Subject: [GreenYes] EPA Closing Headquarters Library From: "Stephanie Barger" <stephanie.barger@no.address> To: "'Gary Liss'" <gary@no.address> Subject: FW: EPA Closing Headquarters Library, ENS 9-22-06 Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:11:03 -0700 Organization: Earth Resource Foundation This should alarm EVERYONE!!! Kurt EPA Closing Headquarters Library WASHINGTON, DC, September 22, 2006 (ENS) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is closing its Headquarters Library to the public, as well as its own staff, effective October 1. The decision, formally announced Wednesday in a Federal Register notice, cites lack of funding for the closure. The Headquarters Library collection contains 380,000 documents on microfiche, including technical reports produced by EPA and its predecessor agencies, a microforms collection that includes back files of abstracts and indexes, 5,500 hard copy EPA documents, as well as more than 16,000 books and technical reports produced by government agencies other than EPA. This shutdown is the latest in a series of agency library closures during the past few weeks, government watchdogs said, and as with the other library collections, the books, reports and research monographs in the EPA Headquarters Library have been boxed up and are currently inaccessible to anyone. "EPA is busily crating up and locking away its institutional memory," said Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Executive Director Jeff Ruch, noting that more than 10,000 EPA scientists and other specialists are protesting the library closures as hindering their ability to do their jobs. "Despite its 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' public statements, EPA has no coherent plan let alone a timetable for making these collections available." The agency has not said when any of the materials at the library will again become available to its staff or the public either via the Internet or through inter-library loans. It has no dedicated funds for digitizing hard copies, making microfiche available online or re-cataloguing the tens of thousands of documents that will be relocated to large storage areas called "information repositories." Ruch criticized EPA for failing to at least issue public notice for its closures of its regional libraries in Chicago, Dallas and Kansas City. The three libraries provide services for the general public in 15 states and 109 tribal nations. But the library closures have generated interest from Congress and House Democrats have asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate the effects that the EPA library closures will have on access to environmental information and the impacts on scientific research, regulatory quality and enforcement capability. * * * Gary Liss 916-652-7850 Fax: 916-652-0485 www.garyliss.com <http://www.garyliss.com/> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GreenYes" group. To post to this group, send email to GreenYes@no.address To unsubscribe from this group, send email to GreenYes-unsubscribe@no.address For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/GreenYes -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- |
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