Dear friends on the Sidney-Spenser list: we all know how much we owe the
British Library -- please write in support! The message below was posted
on H-Albion, the British History lList. Germaine
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Subject: Brit Library CUTS! Please protest
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Date: February 1, 2007 10:42:33 AM EST (CA)
According to a London academic at Birkbeck:
>The Independent and the Guardian have run the following
> articles about threatened funding cuts at the BL.
> http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2192972.ece
> http://guardian.co.uk/books
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> If these are put into action, the British Library will start charging
> researchers, reduce opening hours, will pulp 15 per cent of its
> collection, & close the newspaper collection at Colindale.
> The BL management have said that the more letters of protest (to them,
> or to the newspapers) the better. I have a feeling that a good
> response from Cambridge would carry a lot of weight.
I would suggest our H-Net mobilize a lot of protest.
John Bohstedt
History, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
[** A good idea. The contacts page for the Department of Culture, Media
and Sport is http://www.culture.gov.uk/global/ContactUs/ and the British
Library is http://www.bl.uk/contact/howto.html I will try and track
down the best email, or perhaps someone can make a suggestion. We can
send a letter on behalf of h-albion editors and board members, however
messages from individual H-Albion subscribers would probably have the
greatest impact. -- rbg **]
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Germaine Warkentin // English (Emeritus)
VC 205, Victoria College (University of Toronto),
73 Queen's Park Crescent East, Toronto, Ont. M5S 1K7, CANADA
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