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<div>Three Critical Issues Facing Librarians in Trump's
America <i> As a new administration takes office, a look at
how librarians can make a difference</i> by Brian Kenney, Director of
the White Plains (N.Y.) Public Library, and former editorial director
of Library Journal and Publishers Weekly.</div>
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<div>I would add to these three issues another that is no less
fundamental: The destruction of scientific enterprises and
databases. Here is a bit on this from the New Yorker:
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<blockquote>The United States is now a country with dozens of
unofficial government "resistance" Twitter accounts. There is one
for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, another for the
Environmental Protection Agency, and others for the National Park
Service, the Peace Corps, and the Customs Agency. Last week, in what
the account describes as an effort to present "actual facts, instead
of alternative facts,'' they were joined by the nation's most
important public-health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.</blockquote>
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>http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-deep-denialism-of-do<span
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<div>Very ominous. There is more detail in stories about the
Department of Agriculture's acts re animal welfare:</div>
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<div>USDA abruptly purges animal welfare information from its
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<div>By Karin Brulliard February 3 at 6:57 PM</div>
<div>The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday abruptly removed
inspection reports and other information from its website about the
treatment of animals at thousands of research laboratories, zoos, dog
breeding operations and other facilities.</div>
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>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/02/03/the-usda-<span
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>abruptly-removes-animal-welfare-information-from-its-website/?utm_te<span
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<div>and here:
http://www.animals24-7.org/2017/02/05/is-protect-the-harvest-behind-u<span
></span>sda-purge-of-animal-welfare-act-data/</div>
<div>Animals 24-7 is a Grade A resource.</div>
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<div><font face="Lucida Grande" size="-2" color="#000000">Walter
Miale, PhD</font></div>
<div><font face="Lucida Grande" size="-2" color="#000000">Green World
Center</font></div>
<div><font face="Lucida Grande" size="-2" color="#000000">Waterloo,
Quebec</font></div>
<div><font face="Lucida Grande" size="-2"
color="#000000">w@greenworldcenter.org<br>
www.greenworldcenter.org<br>
www.itsyourmovie.org<br>
www.imagesmiale.com</font></div>
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