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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> wain-bounces@lists.curtin.edu.au
[mailto:wain-bounces@lists.curtin.edu.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kerry Smith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 8 May 2009 10:16 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> wain@lists.curtin.edu.au<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WAIN] Libraries; A Silence That Is Deafening<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Dear all<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Cheryl’s post on this topic reminded me of an article I will use
in my teaching. It’s Melinda Harvey’s very interesting book review in the
Australian Literary review published with The Australian, May 6,
2009: Harvey, M. (2009m may 6). War on books. The
Australian Literary review, p. 5.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Harvey reviews: A universal history of the
destruction of books: from ancient Sumer to Iraq, by Fernando Baez, translated
from the Spanish by Alfred MacAdam. Atlas & Co., 272pp. $45 (hb); <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Books on fire: the tumultuous story of the world’s greatest
libraries, by Lucien X Polastron, translated from the French by Jon E
Graham. Thames and Hudson, 384pp. $55 (hb).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Kerry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> wain-bounces@lists.curtin.edu.au [mailto:wain-bounces@lists.curtin.edu.au]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Hamill, Cheryl<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 8 May 2009 10:09 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> wain<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WAIN] Libraries; A Silence That Is Deafening<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sunday,
May 3, 2009<br>
Libraries; A Silence That Is Deafening</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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href="http://commentary.exlibrisgroup.com/2009/05/libraries-silence-that-is-deafening.html">http://commentary.exlibrisgroup.com/2009/05/libraries-silence-that-is-deafening.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"During
the last election campaign in the United States, there was a bumper sticker
that spoke to what was happening in this country: “If you’re not outraged,
you’re not paying attention.” Fellow librarians, are we paying attention?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As
a librarian in the United States, I’m growing more and more upset and outraged
about the lack of a national vision for librarianship. Where is our
professional leadership in this time of economic crisis? Who is describing a
vision that inspires us and that we can support? Furthermore, why haven’t
libraries and librarianship been considered as part of the national
infrastructure and eligible to receive significant funding assistance to bring
them to up to 21st century global capabilities as the US Federal Government is
giving to banks and insurers in the new economic packages?" ...
continues on the website</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:purple'>Cheryl Hamill, BA (App Sci), MA (Public Policy), AALIA</span><br>
</b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Library
& Web Services<br>
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<b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Fremantle
Hospital & Health Service (South Metropolitan Area Health Service)<br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:green'>PO Box 480 (Alma Street, Fremantle, T Block, 2nd Floor), Fremantle
WA 6959 Australia</span><br>
<b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:red'>t.</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'> +61 (0)8
9431 2780 </span><b> </b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";color:red'>m.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'> +61 (0)408 550 907<br>
</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:red'>e.</span></b> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>cheryl.hamill@health.wa.gov.au<u><br>
</u></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:red'>w.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:teal'> for Fremantle: </span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.fh.health.wa.gov.au/library">http://www.fh.health.wa.gov.au/library</a><br>
<span style='color:red'>Knowledge INformed Support for Health Improved Practice
- KINSHIP<br>
</span></span><span style='color:teal'><a href="http://kinwahlin.wordpress.com/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://kinwahlin.wordpress.com/</span></a></span><span
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<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'>Committee
Member, Health Libraries Australia Group of the Australian Library &
Information Association<br>
ALIA: </span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.alia.org.au/groups/healthnat/">http://www.alia.org.au/groups/healthnat/</a></span>
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<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'>President,
Health Services Union WA<br>
HSU: </span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.hsuwa.asn.au/">http://www.hsuwa.asn.au/</a><span
style='color:teal'> &</span></span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.hsu.net.au/">http://www.hsu.net.au/</a></span>
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