After a series of controversial library closures (see this history at SLA website), a new bill has been approved in Washington that will allocate $1 million to restore EPA’s network of libraries.
The amended bill includes $1,000,000 above the request to restore the network of EPA libraries recently closed or consolidated by the Administration. (…) The Agency is directed to submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations regarding actions it will take to restore publicly available libraries to provide environmental information and data to each EPA region within 90 days of enactment of this Act. (more info)
This is great news for the EPA, but north of the border, Environment Canada is still struggling to get appropriate funding, both for its libraries and its research activities. I wrote an article about it last year, and an article and video by the CBC was posted last Fall. It would be great if CASLIS or the SLA (its Canadian Chapters), could drum up an advocacy campaign, the likes of which happened in the US over the EPA library closures.
- DD