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EPA Library System Restructuring

Laura E. Ray, Educational Programming Librarian, laura.ray@law.csuohio.edu | December 21, 2006 - 15:52

On 1 October 2006, the Environmental Protection Agency began to implement its new National Framework for the Headquarters and Regional Libraries. The new Library Framework was based upon several studies and workgroup initiatives conducted since 2003, and stimulated into implementation by the Bush administration's proposed FY 2007 Budget, which includes a $2 million cut in the EPA Office of Environmental Information library budget. The new EPA Library Framework calls for closing all 27 EPA libraries; to date Regions 5, 6, and 7 libraries in Chicago, Dallas, and Kansas City have been closed. While the EPA libraries are to be closed, their collections are supposed to be thoroughly reviewed for dissemination to regional repositories, digitization, or disposal. The new Library Framework has generated controversy among numerous EPA scientists as well as library and public policy groups, particularly in reference to removal of documents from library websites and sales of library equipment. Because the FY 2007 Budget has not yet been approved, protesters and incoming Democratic House Committee Chairs are asking the EPA to halt implementation of the new Library Framework.


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