Forwarded from maphist ... does anyone know anything else about this?? -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Maphist] Indiana University Map Library to close? Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 11:22:01 +0100 From: tony campbell <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Discussion group for map history <[log in to unmask]> To: maps-l Map Library at Indiana University to close? a.. May 5. < http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.php?id=35831&adid=campus > 'Four libraries facing closures. SLIS Library to close permanently this summer' (by Carrie Ritchie in the Indiana Daily Student). The Map Library is one of four Indiana University campus libraries threatened with imminent closure. However, protests are making the administration review the decision. Much of the piece is about this one library. Kelly Caylor, professor of ecohydrology, said that the library was 'critical to the daily activity of (his) discipline', and grad student Todd Lindley commented, 'Removing the map library - and hence, the maps - will eradicate a very valuable teaching resource from our department and campus. For geographers, removing the map library from the building is like removing a projector from an electronic classroom'. Tony Campbell [log in to unmask] -- Angie Cope