Thanks Kevin :) Yes, I am a professional librarian who follows such things (and listens to NPR!) and I somehow missed this story. I don't think it is a well known or reported on event. Thank you for bringing it to everyone's attention, it sounds like a tragedy. Following David, if anyone has suggested actions to take that would be great.
-- phoebe On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Kevin Gorman <kgor...@gmail.com> wrote: > The WMF isn't telepathic, at least to the best of my knowledge. Before you > sent this did you have any reason to believe that the WMF was already aware > of the situation and its significance? If not - this email chain probably > would have been more likely to be productive if your first email was > just "This is kind of a big deal and I don't see any blog post up about it > yet, can I write one?" I've always found that all other things being > equal, people are much more likely to want to assist me if I'm not already > assuming that their actions are malicious. > > ---- > Kevin Gorman > User:Kgorman-ucb > > On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 5:01 AM, emijrp <emi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear all; >> >> Bosnia's top cultural institutions[1] (National Museum, Historical Museum, >> National Gallery) and the National Library which was burnt in 1992, are >> closing their doors for funding disputes. >> >> This is a disaster for the spreading of human knowledge, and I don't see >> any blog post in the Wikimedia blog. Are you so worried and biased with the >> US bills? >> >> Imagine the WMF reaction if Library of Congress closes. >> >> Regards, >> emijrp >> >> [1] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=144755322 >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers <at> gmail.com * _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
