Dismantling of Fishery Library 'Like a Book Burning,' Say Scientists

Photo, Mike Deal, Winnipeg Free Press

Scientists go fishing for old documents
 
by Mary Agnes Welch, Winnipeg Free Press, Dec 05, 2014

Fish and water scientists turned into scavengers this week, descending on a soon-to-be-closed federal library to salvage hundreds of books, journals and rare reports that are about to be tossed.

The library at the Freshwater Institute on the University of Manitoba campus is one of seven slated for closure by the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

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Dismantling of Fishery Library 'Like a Book Burning,' Say Scientists

By Andrew Nikiforuk, TheTyee.ca, Dec 09, 2013

The Harper government has dismantled one of the world's top aquatic and fishery libraries as part of its agenda to reduce government as well as limit the role of environmental science in policy decision-making.

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