From The Tennessean:
The Tennessee Supreme Court will close its public law libraries Jan. 1 across the state to reduce the costs of storage and updating books.
Justice Sharon Lee said the judiciary and lawyers are turning to online versions of the reference books, slowing libraries’ “walk-in business.”
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State Supreme Court to shut its public law libraries
Tennessee State Supreme Court to close 3 libraries
From the Nashville Business Journal:
Some high-level belt-tightening will result in the Tennessee Supreme Court’s shuttering of its three state law libraries, including its Middle Division library in Nashville, effective Dec. 21.
The high court’s ruling is effective Dec. 31. and is part of the judicial system’s budget-cutting process. Besides the Nashville library location closure, the court [...]
EPA Library in Chicago 16th floor Construction Notice
Posted to GOVDOC-L:
Attached please find an e-mail I received on Thursday, September 4, 2008, from Cyndy Colantoni, Associate Director of the Resource Management Division, U.S. EPA Region 5 Office in Chicago, regarding construction of the “new” EPA Library.
Confirming AFGE Council 238’s worst fears, EPA Region 5 management is going forward with a slightly larger version [...]
Reclamation Jettisoning Environmental Functions — Lame Duck Reorganization Cutting Green Jobs to Promote Outsourcing
From Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility:
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is rapidly downsizing its environmental capabilities by forcing scores of Denver-based specialists to go into retirement under threat of layoff, according to documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). This massive lame duck restructuring will force the next administration to contract for [...]
EPA Library Restoration Pact Finalized
From Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility:
Beginning in 2006, EPA management began a stealth campaign of closing its regional and technical libraries, ultimately eliminating library service in 23 states and scattering invaluable scientific collections. In December 2007, Congress ordered EPA to re-open the libraries, but by this spring it became apparent that EPA would only grudgingly [...]
Take Action Now! Support Funding for the Law Library of Congress
From AALL’s Washington Blawg:
As Congress heads home for August recess, please considering contacting your House Representative with an urgent request to co-sponsor H.R. 6589, the Charles H.W. Meehan Law Library Improvement and Modernization Act. This bill, which AALL and the American Bar Association have been working toward for years, will authorize a one-time, additional [...]
SLA Requests More Information on Sandia Research Library
From the SLA Public Policy blog:
On 6 June 2008, SLA sent a letter to David Williams, Director of Information Solutions and Services Center at Sandia National Laboratories, requesting information and/or documents detailing Sandia’s library development strategy, plans to continue or discontinue access, or an implementation timeline.
Read the letter.
USDA Dropping Shroud over Pesticide Use Data
From OMBWatch:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced May 21 that it is eliminating the only program that tracks pesticide use in the United States. The USDA claimed it can no longer afford the program, known as the Agricultural Chemical Usage Reports. Consumers, environmental organizations, scientists, and farmers oppose the move.
The Agricultural Chemical Usage Reports, [...]
Closed EPA Libraries to Return in Lavatory-Sized Spaces — Political Appointee Asserts Control over All Libraries, Repeals 30-Year-Old Manual
From Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility:
Ordered by Congress to re-open its shuttered libraries, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is grudgingly allocating only minimal space and resources, according to agency documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). At the same time, EPA is issuing a series of edicts placing virtually every aspect of [...]
California Senate Fiscal Committee Approves Library Bond Bill – Sends SB 1516 Forward to the Senate Floor
From the California Library Association:
Yesterday afternoon, the Senate Appropriations Committee met to consider its so-called “Suspense File.” You may recall that the “suspense file” system is a process that has been implemented by the fiscal committees in each house, to allow the committees to annually prioritize each bill costing $150,000 or more (this year, $50,000). [...]