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You may have heard about a recent massive culling of non-fiction
books from the Urbana Free Library, apparently under the direction
of the library's director, and over the objections of staff who were
able to object. It's been written up in Smile Politely (see link
below) and in the News-Gazette, and elsewhere. It's caused quite a
stir - and it's encouraging that people are taking the fate of their
library so seriously.<br>
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The Urbana Free Library board is holding a special public meeting,
this Wednesday, 6/19, at 7pm. See below.<br>
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<td>Update about 'The Administration of the Urbana Free
Library: Hold a public forum and make Lissak explain her
decisions.' on Change.org</td>
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<td>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:11:37 +0000</td>
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<td>Anand Sarwate <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mail@change.org"><mail@change.org></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:stuartnlevy@gmail.com">stuartnlevy@gmail.com</a></td>
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<p>Thanks to all of you who signed this petition so far. I was
pleased to read this morning that there will be a special
meeting of the Board of Trustees this week:</p>
<p>Wednesday, June 19, 7:00 p.m.,
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Urbana Free Library Auditorium. </p>
<p>The agenda includes time for public comment and an executive
session.</p>
<p>For those of you who are local, I urge you to go to the meeting
if you can and put pressure on the Board, which has so far been
rather mum on the whole situation. Some more information is
here:</p>
<p><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://smilepolitely.com/culture/miscommunication_or_mismanagement/">http://smilepolitely.com/culture/miscommunication_or_mismanagement/</a></p>
<p>The situation is getting some press outside of the C-U
community. For example:</p>
<p><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/education-oronte-churm/pillaging-city-library">http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/education-oronte-churm/pillaging-city-library</a></p>
<p>I am not sure one board meeting will resolve the issue to the
satisfaction of the community. The damage to the collection is
quite serious, and it's clear that many of the books (e.g. from
500s down) are not coming back at all. It took the mayor's
intervention to stop the weeding process, even after the public
opposition started coming in.</p>
<p>To that end I would still encourage you to contact your
friends, family, and others who care about the UFL and its
future and ask them to sign on:</p>
<p><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.change.org/petitions/the-administration-of-the-urbana-free-library-hold-a-public-forum-and-make-lissak-explain-her-decisions?utm_source=supporter_message&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=petition_message_notice">https://www.change.org/petitions/the-administration-of-the-urbana-free-library-hold-a-public-forum-and-make-lissak-explain-her-decisions</a></p>
<p>If they don't like to sign online petitions they can contact
the Board of Trustees:</p>
<p><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://urbanafreelibrary.org/board-trustees">http://urbanafreelibrary.org/board-trustees</a></p>
<p>Mary Ellen Farrell, President : <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:mfarrell@tufl.info">mfarrell@tufl.info</a>
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Chris Scherer, Vice-President : <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:cscherer@tufl.info">cscherer@tufl.info</a></p>
<p>Thank you again for your support. It means a lot to me, to the
community of library patrons, and to the hard-working librarians
at UFL who are being scapegoated in this process.</p>
<p>Warmly,
<br>
Anand Sarwate
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:anand.sarwate@gmail.com">anand.sarwate@gmail.com</a></p>
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