[SLA-SF] Barbara Boxer's staff wants "stories" about possible closure of EPA libraries

[Anne Barker]

If you have specific examples of how the SF Regional EPA library is used, 
please contact Grant Cope in Senator Boxer's office. He can be reached at 
(202) 224-2738 or grant_cope at boxer.senate.gov. The following comes from Mary 
Alice Baish, AALL's representative in the April 24 meeting with the EPA. I 
sent Mary Alice's notes from the meeting the other day.


Dear CA Friends,

Sen. Boxer's staff person, Grant Cope, needs to hear from her constituents 
about the impact of the closure of EPA libraries on public access--my 
understanding is that the S.F. regional library has already been 
substantively downsized although I don't think they plan to close it (as 
they have announced for the Chicago and Dallas regional libraries).

Several of us met on April 26th with EPA staff, and below you'll find my 
notes from that meeting.  Also attached fyi are our talking points.

Grant is looking for specific examples of how the S.F. library's 
collections are used, and it would be good to stress the importance of 
access to its many unique materials. He can be reached at (202) 224-2738 or 
grant_cope at boxer.senate.gov.

If you contact him by email, please copy both myself and Emily 
Sheketoff, executive director of the ALA Washington Office. Her email is: 
esheketoff at alawash.org.

Please pass this on to others who can weigh in. As always, time is of 
the essence. Grant needs to hear from CA folks asap.

Thanks,
Mary Alice
baish at law.georgetown.edu