[LIBRARYDIR] Library voices/organizations supporting closure

[Bem, Greg]

Complementary is removing the "curbside" or "circulation only" approach to our libraries. This thread on Twitter provides a pretty logical explanation of why we shouldn't be doing those services either.
https://twitter.com/libraryluna/status/1240318347188875265

Greg Bem, MLIS
Faculty Library Coordinator
Library Learning Commons
Lake Washington Inst. Of Technology
Pronouns: he/him/his

Contact Info
greg.bem at lwtech.edu<mailto:greg.bem at lwtech.edu%0d>
425-739-8100 xt.8898
http://www.lwtech.edu/campus-life/library

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I'm just passing these along as they were shared with me and I found them helpful reading and support:
ALA Executive Board Recommends Closing Libraries to Public<http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2020/03/ala-executive-board-recommends-closing-libraries-public>
ACRL-OR statement on the closure of libraries<https://acrloregon.org/2020/03/17/statement-of-support-for-ala-executive-board-recommendation-to-close-libraries-to-the-public-march-17-2020/>
Close your library<https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=close-your-library-editorial> - an editorial from Library Journal
Close the library<https://chrisbourg.wordpress.com/2020/03/15/close-the-library/> - a blog post from leading library thinker, Chris Bourg, director of MIT libraries


Candice Watkins [she/her pronouns]

Library Director

Tacoma Community College

6501 South 19th Street

Tacoma, WA. 98466

253-566-5091

cwatkins at tacomacc.edu<mailto:cwatkins at tacomacc.edu>

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