To a freaking chat service?! Really?! This is what happens when we willingly destroy our education and civil society just so tech companies can make a little extra money on top of their billions.
Librarians and archivists are underappreciated heroes in the technical fields. I spent many hours in technical libraries, or borrowing materials from them. It's a shame that so many are already gone.
We cannot, as a country, aspire to greatness while destroying scholarship and putting aside true civil servants with years of wisdom and expertise in favor of tech bros.
How long until som higher-up decides that a lot of these collections are just taking up space and aren’t making somebody a bunch of money, and orders them thrown out?
On top of closing out their K-12 education service? This is awful. NASA has been the backbone of international scientific discovery at all levels, and they're just throwing it all away, piece by piece.
NASA didn't announce these library closures. The Library Group Supervisor of JPL says NASA left it "up to the library and Center staff to make their users aware."
It’s not the first and won’t be the last. This is going to be a rough few years for federal science. I just hope in addition to skeeting, everyone direct the outrage to your elected officials, please!
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I am very shocked to see this happen under a cloak of silence, thank you for amplifying!
Of the many sad things about this announcement, this bit hurts the most.
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Soon the majority of the US will be drooling neanderthals in red caps.
ugh