[Genealib] Michigan abolishes Dept. of History, Arts and Libraries

[James Jeffrey]

Irene and others

Shock and awe tactics!  We are living through a very desperate economic climate.  This can be interpreted as an attack on education and the intelligentsia or a desperate move to wake up the population.

What does this mean for the material in the Library of Michigan.  Hopefully we will hear from librarians, curators and archivists directly involved.  Rumors abound as to the disposition of "the books."  It can only be hoped that the baby is not thrown out with the bath water.  

let us hope that the material is moth balled instead of being disposed.  



James K. Jeffrey
Collection Specialist in Genealogy
Western History and Genealogy
Denver Public Library

>>> IRENE HANSEN <ihansen at wisc.edu> 7/14/2009 3:17 PM >>>
What do you think this really means for the Library of Michigan?

Irene Hansen
Doctoral Student
Reference Librarian, Wisconsin Historical Society

School of Library & Information Studies 
University of Wisconsin-Madison


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>  From: "Susan Scouras" <Susan.Scouras at wvculture.org>
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>  >From the Council of State Archivists listserv:
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>  Subject: Michigan governor abolishes Department of History, Arts, and
>  Libraries
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>  On July 13, 2009, the Governor of Michigan issued Executive Order
>  2009-36 abolishing the Department of History, Arts, and Libraries. The
>  State Records Management Program is being transferred to the Department
>  of Management and Budget. The State Archives is being transferred to 
> the
>  Department of Natural Resources.
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>  A message from the Governor about the reorganization is available at 
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>  http://www.michigan.gov/gov/0,1607,7-168--218072--,00.html 
>  < 
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>  The Executive Order is available at
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>  http://www.michigan.gov/documents/gov/EO36_285881_7.pdf 
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>  Susan Scouras
>  Librarian
>  WV Archives and History Library
>  The Cultural Center
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