University of North Texas Students Protest Possible Library Budget Cuts
From the Denton Record-Chronicle:
An estimated 1,500 students had signed a petition showing their support for the University of North Texas Libraries by Tuesday afternoon during an on-campus protest at the Library Mall.
Jody Billeaudeaux, a senior with a focus on philosophy and anthropology, said he organized the protest after he read an article in the Nov. 16 issue of the Denton Record-Chronicle [link below] in which Provost Warren Burggren discussed the $1.7 million budget hit to the library.
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[Provost Warren] Burggren told the Denton Record-Chronicle that the online uproar was premature and misguided but said he and other university officials understand the importance of a strong university library.
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See Also: University of North Texas Libraries Face Budget Crunch (November 16, 2013)
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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