[Libs-Or] Is there any discussion in the library community about the EOU Pierce Library controversy?

[Bryan Miyagishima]

Thanks for more info, Sarah. I thought that maybe one of the state groups
might want to lend support to the cause.

Bryan

On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 12:05 PM Sarah Ralston <sralston at eou.edu> wrote:

> Hi Bryan,
>
> Thanks for bringing this up. There has been a lot of action and discussion
> on this side of the state for quite some time, but none that I have seen
> from our state organizations. However, the Observer headline is a little
> misleading. There is a lot of movement in the university community to
> "de-name" the library, and the board of trustees is supposed to hold a
> special session soon (we were told June or July) to make a final decision.
> There was a committee that was gathering historical evidence to justify the
> change recommendation, but they were thwarted by the pandemic - they had a
> trip planned to the U of O archives, which holds the Pierce papers, and
> that was canceled Spring term. However, the EOU president announced to the
> campus community internally in early June that he was going to recommend
> the de-naming to the board regardless.
>
> If ACRL-OR or OLA is interested in writing an advocacy letter, they should
> do so soon, and address that to the EOU Board of Trustees
> <https://www.eou.edu/governance/>.
>
> Sarah
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 11:54 AM Bryan Miyagishima <miyagib at linnbenton.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> A friend of mine who works at EOU let me know what's going on with possibly
>> renaming the library
>> <https://www.lagrandeobserver.com/news/local/eou-still-considering-name-change-for-pierce-library/article_f744ee4c-aa79-11ea-90d8-0b3f78cb9a88.html>.
>> I'd like to know if there's any discussions within OLA or ACRL-OR taking
>> place as to whether the greater library community could lend support to
>> this cause. And I suppose I'd like to know if the associations are taking a
>> neutral stance and why.
>>
>> I know that various of our groups have done advocacy work many times in
>> the past for individual libraries. It could be that we could do some
>> advocacy for EOU students and faculty as well in this particular case.
>>
>> Bryan Miyagishima, Linn-Benton Community College Library
>>
>
>
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