> Subject:      Museum Reference Center Library
>
> In a budget move, Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lawrence Small has
> reorganized the Smithsonian Libraries, incorporating the Museum Reference
> Center Library into that of the Museum of Natural History. He seems to
> miss the significance of the Museum Reference Center Library to the museum
> profession world-wide.  I am writing to him to express my dismay at this
> move and hope that you will do the same.
> While writing Museums:  Places of Learning several years ago, Valerie
> Wheat and the Museum Reference Center staff were invaluable resources to
> George Hein and me.  This is an important intellectual resource, not
> simply for the Smithsonian staff, but for the museum field as a whole.
> And as the United States does not have a national ministry of culture, the
> Smithsonian Institution's libraries serve that function.
> Stop Secretary Small before he hurts us all.  Share your concerns with
> your elected representatives, too.
>
> Mary Alexander
>
> Mary Alexander
> Director
> Museum Assistance Program
> Maryland Historical Trust
> 100 Community Place
> Crownsville, MD 21032
> 410-514-7622
>

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