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Clark Atlanta Trustees Refuse to Meet with ALA PresidentClark Atlanta University trustees have refused to hear an appeal from American Library Association President Carol Brey-Casiano on behalf of the university’s School of Library and Information Studies, which is slated to close in May 2005. Brey-Casiano, joined by former SLIS Dean Arthur Gunn and current SLIS student Colin Dube, spearheaded a rally October 15 at the university’s Science and Research Center to repeat her request to speak during the board’s regular meeting the same day.“As an academic accrediting body, the American Library Association’s voice should at least be acknowledged when one of only 52 library programs in the country is threatened,” Brey-Casiano commented in a statement released October 15. “Multiple letters from the ALA and other concerned library agencies have gone unanswered, and we still do not know why the state’s only library program is being cut.” “Enrollment in CAU SLIS is up 29%, and the school has nearly 100% placement rates,” Brey-Casiano said. “There must be a way to ensure library education continues in Georgia, and we would like to meet and discuss these options. If the administration and board won’t hear us, how can we be sure every avenue has been exhausted? Librarians will not be silent.” About 75 people attended a town hall meeting the evening of October 14 in the Virginia Lacy Jones Hall of CAU’s Robert W. Woodruff Library where supporters announced a new effort to raise funds for one of the only two accredited library schools in historically black colleges and universities in the United States. Posted October 15, 2004. |
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