Mary,

What does this reorganization mean for the library?  Will NMNH not acquire
holdings under the specialty areas that the MRCL was focused on? or does
this reorg keep the commitment to those subject areas but just moves the
administrative functions under a separate area?  In other words, have there
been programmatic changes stated or has this been proposed as an
administrative change only?  I agree that the MRCL is a valuable resource to
the museum community, I would just like to know what is actually happening
to it before I start writing letters.

Elizabeth Moore

Dr. Elizabeth A. Moore, Curator of Collections
Virginia Museum of Natural History
1001 Douglas Avenue
Martinsville, VA  24112
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-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander, Mary <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, April 30, 2001 12:25 PM
Subject: Museum Reference Center Library


>> 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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